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- 13 May 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game
Joseph L. Bower
JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade. He has served in many administrative roles... View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Books@Baker: Joseph Badaracco
decision personally or professionally. So says Harvard Business School Professor Joseph Badaracco, who studied classic works and interviewed more than 100 managers in 15 countries to learn how busy people find time for reflection. Based... View Details
Joseph Boyer
Boyer helped William S. Burroughs develop the adding machine and was the inventor of the first successful pneumatic hammer. In 1900, Boyer moved the Burroughs Adding Machine Company to Detroit. By 1930, at the time of Boyer's death,... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- Profile
Joseph Abel
Ever since his undergraduate days at Harvard, Joe Abel has been pondering the consequences of global climate change. “When you think of the things that have the potential to cause trouble,” he says, “all of them are made worse by climate... View Details
Joseph P. Routh
When Routh assumed the position of President in 1938, Pittston’s coal and oil production businesses were generating $26 million in revenues and losing approximately $1 million on the bottom-line. Through shrewd investments and tight financial controls, Routh created a... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Joseph A. Boyd
An academic engineer by training, Boyd was instrumental in leading Harris Corporation’s renewed focus on research and development. Under his tenure, Harris introduced a variety of new products including super-minicomputers, integrated... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- Portrait Project
Eleanor Joseph
the drivers of terrorism through the lens of the structurally disadvantaged. I want to rid the earth of soil in which extremism can take root. I want to ensure that everyone has a voice and that others listen. When people are impoverished, silenced, marginalized, or... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Stephen Fuller Remembered
Fuller An authority on labor relations and organizational behavior, Stephen H. Fuller (IA ’43, MBA 2/’47, DCS ’58), the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, died... View Details
Joseph B. Lassiter
Joe is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired. He focuses on one of the world’s most pressing problems: developing clean, secure and carbon-neutral supplies of reliable, low-cost energy all around the world. He... View Details
Joseph S. Wright
Wright led Zenith Radio Corporation during its heyday as the leading manufacturer of color televisions in the United States. Under Wright’s direction, Zenith pioneered the wireless remote controller and introduced advances in color television, phonographs, and hearing... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Joseph I. Miller
outsource their engine production to Cummins. By the end of his tenure, Cummins had reached the billion-dollar revenue mark and had captured over 45% of the domestic market for diesel engines. View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Alfred C. Fuller
Fuller developed a new, unique brush for household use and employed salesmen, called independent “dealers,” to sell his brushes directly to the consumer. Fuller grew sales of his firm from $40,000 in 1910 to... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
than quantitative analysis. Cases and business are also about human beings, and I always keep that human element in mind." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "As you set out on your careers, take a long-term view and have a sense of direction as to where you want to end up.... View Details
Joseph D. Williams
Williams entered Warner-Lambert through a merger with Parke-Davis, where he was President and CEO. When elected president of Warner-Lambert, and later as chairman and CEO, he invested heavily in research. This investment helped Warner-Lambert to generate over $4... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 17 Jun 2015
- News
3 Minutes With: Joseph Fuller, Harvard Business School
- 05 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction
time tweaking corporate America with this campaign, the scenario they describe is, in reality, impossible. First, let's understand why the plurality standard dominates director voting. Corporations' internal affairs, including the election of directors, are governed... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details
Joseph F. Cullman III
Cullman increased Philip Morris sales from $440 million to $2.6 billion in 1973. Cullman’s crowning achievement was capturing the male demographic for Marlboro cigarettes. He did this by developing a new Marlboro package, and establishing... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco