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- 09 May 2022
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Green House
In the Observatory Hill neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Betsy Harper (MBA 1984) has built an oxymoron: a brand-new, historic home. The recently completed structure combines traditional architecture and the latest in...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
organized in two categories: competitions and collaborative communities. His work has an impact both on practice, by helping partners solve difficult innovation dilemmas, and on theory, by optimizing design parameters needed to engineer...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Good as Our Word
set itself apart from the pack with uncompromising integrity and accuracy, especially in the rating of structured finance products such as asset-backed securities. Although Becker never spoke with Kroll directly while writing the case,...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
standards can be treated as part of setting direction. Coordination: Organizational structure defines how individuals in the organization are grouped into units, and how these units coordinate with each other. Processes such as the...
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- 01 Mar 2006
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Faculty Books
From Resource Allocation to Strategy by Joseph L. Bower and Clark G. Gilbert (Oxford University Press) Drawing on thirty years of research on resource allocation, Professor Bower and Assistant Professor Gilbert discuss the structural...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
MBA students to connect with HBS alumni are all part of the latest EC enhancements designed to address the changing needs and interests of MBA students. Course Development After completing the MBA Program's required courses, students...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Executive Action
A rendering of the new Chao Center (Illustration by Goody Clancy) Harvard Business School broke ground for the construction of a new Executive Education facility—the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center—on April 24. The Chao Center, a 90,000-square-foot, four-story View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
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3-Minute Briefing: Derek Bouchard-Hall (MBA 2004)
When I graduated from Stanford, I had the opportunity to travel with an elite amateur team doing bike races, or I could go join a structural design firm in Pittsburgh. That was my choice. I chose to race...
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- 01 Sep 2013
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Authentic Leadership
2007 book True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. George is now faculty chair of the Executive Education version of the course, which is being offered three times a year. One of several innovative "platform" courses designed to...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
Washington isn’t broken. It’s thriving. The real problem is that our political system benefits the major political parties and their industry allies—not the people it was designed to serve. That’s according to “Why Competition in the...
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- 01 Oct 2000
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After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
Microsoft and Cisco, Nolan said the mature business model of a hierarchical organizational structure with a "make-and-sell" strategy can't be adapted to the virtual, information-enabled world of dot-coms. There, the real-time speed,...
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Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath house matches its neighbors in the historic area; but in its construction, the building is an innovation—and a proof of concept that could ultimately spark a home-design revolution. A Passive House is View Details
- 05 Jan 2022
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Untapped Potential
technologies and providing services that are designed to improve water management worldwide. Already, the fund has invested more than $9 million in 12 companies that address such pressing problems as flood tracking, water waste and reuse,...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Benaree Wiley
"Early in life," says Bennie Wiley, "I learned an important guiding principle: look for ways to exercise your values." As president and CEO of The Partnership, an organization designed to open doors for minority professionals in the city...
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Mary Ellen Gardner
- 25 Aug 2022
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Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
digitalization and data science and artificial intelligence are deployed as management and business tools,” Lakhani explains. And that means HBS needs to think differently, too. Enter the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard...
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April White
- 01 May 2013
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Joella Lykouretzos, MBA 2001
for her 10th Reunion, says that giving back to the School “is a way to contribute to a tradition of education that transforms people’s lives.” Her decision to designate her support for entrepreneurship and innovation reflects her belief...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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Convening Power
A significant new structure will open in 2018 on the HBS campus, designed to harness the energy, creativity, and ideas of the thousands of students, faculty, alumni, and leaders of all kinds who convene at...
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- 01 Feb 1999
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New Releases
which looks at the roles of three management groups: worldwide business managers, country or regional managers, and worldwide functional managers. A second new chapter, "Managing the Transformation Process," outlines the structural and...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2010
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Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
have been a huge mistake. Two years earlier, she and her partner, Peter Strugatz, had purchased the assets of Great Harbor Design at public auction for $26,000. The former owner had invested $4 million in perfecting a durable building...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Private capital, public good
Tracy Palandjian (AB 1993, MBA 1997) is spearheading the development of social impact bonds (SIBs), a financial innovation designed to tackle some of the world’s most intractable social challenges. Alongside Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969)...
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