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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
The same neurochemicals that made our prehistoric ancestors flee the saber-toothed tiger now percolate in our brains when we bristle at a spouse's criticism or negative comments in a board meeting, according to research by HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Releases
Foundations of Organizational Strategy by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard University Press) Economists have historically concentrated on analyzing... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
Michael Jensen, a finance expert, how what is happening today compares to what transpired in the 1980s. A decade ago, Jensen explains, M&As; were often associated with downsizing and what he describes as... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
focused on operational competitiveness, technological development, and the integration of design with manufacturing. Hayes received his BA from Wesleyan University (1958) before earning an MS (1962) in statistics and a Ph.D. (1966) in operations research, both from... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Swiss Re, which predicts that even if some mitigating actions are taken, global GDP will shrink by 14 percent by 2050 by 18 percent if no actions are taken. Okay, the sky may... 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... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
Related Links Martin discussing his book One of the most influential papers defining the role of business, “Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure,” was coauthored in 1976 by View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Making Lives Better
to knowing how to reward employees. "All those things you learn in business school make that successful," she says. In particular, Singer recalls her Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations (CCMO) class, taught by... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
As noted briefly in the last issue of the Bulletin, two distinguished members of the HBS faculty, C. Roland Christensen and Raymond Vernon, passed away last August. Highlights of their illustrious careers follow. A Master Teacher One of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
Deborah Blagg (send e-mail to the author) DISTINCT YET OF A PIECE PROFILES FROM THE CLASS OF 1977 John R. Davis: Nature's Blessing Michael F. Cronin: A Focus on the Fundamentals Ann M. Fudge: Enhanced Perspective Steven View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
This month marks the first anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq. Within weeks of their initial military assault, U.S. and coalition troops triumphed over the Iraqi army and took on a new mission — rebuilding a country devastated View Details
- 27 May 2014
- News
Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma
discussion of "The Capitalist's Dilemma"—the challenges of innovating for long-term growth and job creation—in the Harvard Business Review. The team of more than 150 people (see below) collaborated using the OI Engine platform developed View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
behind Wildly Successful Initiatives by Jane C. Linder (MBA ’76, DBA ’89) (AMACOM Books) Based on a study of more than forty highly successful projects, Linder identifies five characteristics of such... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur
Management Professor Robert H. Hayes and Associate Professor Marco Iansiti Global Financial Systems Professor Robert C. Merton and Associate Professor Peter Tufano Organizations and Markets Professors George P. Baker III, Carliss Y.... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
taking participants through case studies of Southwest Airlines, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and Neutrogena Soap, Professor Michael E. Porter discussed his latest research on strategy. Rather than choosing to "run the same race faster" View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
corporation that came with the emergence of investor capitalism in the 1970s. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when the debate about the sources of America’s economic malaise, and what could be done about it, began to penetrate mainstream business schools, but HBS... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
affected by the attack (see sidebar). "I wanted to fight back in the best way I could." And Mayor Giuliani's successor, Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA '66), voiced the sentiments of many city residents when he... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
departing executives soon become common practice. 1990 To better align executive pay with shareholder returns, academics — led by HBS professor Michael Jensen — and activists... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
dinner raised $1.3 million toward the club's extensive programming, pro bono consulting, and student scholarships as well as club staffing and operations. The evening opened with a welcome from Club president Clare Peeters (MBA 2000) and included remarks View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
Rocket: Eight Lessons to Secure Infinite Growth by Michael J. Silverstein (MBA 1980), Dylan Bolden, Rune Jacobsen, and Rohan Sajdeb (McGraw-Hill Education) This book offers the latest techniques for knowing... View Details