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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
preachy." Horn was subsequently asked to become a board member of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in 1990. "In the face of the Contract with America's rollback efforts, NRDC is a staunch defender of clean air, clean water,... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
help with these problems. Somehow this bridge has to be built,” says Goodwin, who until earlier this month was CEO of Executives Without Borders (ExecWB), a sort of facilitator for corporate social responsibility. (Goodwin just announced... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
“Why didn’t I think of that?” I’ve learned to trust that there’s an endless well of good ideas. And when you put opportunities in the hands of wild-eyed optimists—instead of established companies that are in defense mode—people create... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
employees to more than 1,000, while its community of users expanded from 300 million to more than a billion. Despite the big-picture scope and pace of her latest role, Levine still finds time to enjoy the small, user-generated moments that pop up in View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
States needs to remain an attractive destination for foreign investment. Right now the US corporate tax rate is among the highest in the world. Do we have to make the same mistake with respect to capital gains? Third, using the notion of fairness as a View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
environmental management. Reinhardt argues that in order to manage the environmental challenge successfully, firms should improve their cost management, reduce risk, create and capture value, and help develop new approaches to complicated economic and View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
Sell High includes chapters explaining the events leading to the creation of the Internet bubble, from the Internet's humble beginnings in the 1960s as a federally funded defense research tool to the “wild excitement” generated several... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
watched, and if anything happened to them, if they showed up that day with bruises, the world would know about it. So there was an aspect of helping with the legal defense as much as we could, providing support and care for them while... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
The following article is the seventh in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Professor Michael C. Jensen has a simple explanation for why people sometimes don't listen when they are angry and why they get View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
trauma—on players' long-term health, a complex issue that could affect the league's growth. In other words, the league has to play both strong offense and stellar defense to achieve its $1 billion-a-year growth-rate goal. But fans can... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
of health-care finance and access, this simple innovation could help make things better today. Could you talk about your idea of “citizen diplomats”? In comparison with our massive defense spending, the U.S. Foreign Service budget is very... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Business Deep Purpose offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Finding sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises
strengthen and scale three of the top nonprofit organizations in Rio de Janeiro. In February 2014, Goodwin took on new roles as Mattel's director of corporate affairs and executive director of the Mattel Children's Foundation. Previously, he held senior positions at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
get comfortable giving in to extortion in various countries, that can lead to crossing the line into capture.” Companies’ reputations can affect the degree of corrupting pressures to which they are subjected. But even when firms strive to create a corruption-free... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
finance. Wilson then addresses issues central to the present-day political discussion, such as the fairness of US tax policy, the social safety net, health care, and income inequality. Faculty Books Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
credit card companies have become much better at shutting that down quickly.” Now hackers look for personally identifiable information—think birthdays, social security numbers, and addresses—that they can sell on the underground market... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Bonnie Kintzer (MBA 1987)
the turnaround. I knew the brands were still very strong in the mind of the consumer and, with the right team, that we could rebuild the company. I was very clear in the interview process that the name of the company had to change. If your name is Reader’s Digest,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
outreach and social justice advocacy, justice system reform, and education parity. Its past campaign, the Take Action Initiative, raised $400,000 for The Bail Project, the Black AIDS Institute, the Equal Justice Initiative, the NAACP... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
have created an enduring record of the School's intellectual engagement in historic events. In their regular reports on social gatherings, curriculum developments, building dedications, and retirements, they have also helped to foster a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg