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11 Dec 2023
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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

consulting around working with management teams, partnering with C-Suite leaders on challenging strategic questions, financial analytics, customer strategy, and operations,” she recalled. “I also found that I loved the retail space and consumer psychology.”... View Details

November – December 2008
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Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?

By: Anette Mikes

Risk management departments in financial institutions have been undergoing major transformations. New regulatory requirements have raised the bar on compliance, and expanded the remit of risk management significantly. The compliance imperative requires banks to... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships

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31 Oct 2023
News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

Sijh Diagne (photo by Michael Bucher) In March 2020, Sijh Diagne (MBA 2017) was asked to serve as an advisor to Senegal’s minister of economy, planning, and cooperation. He was charged with leading the country’s private-sector development; but just as became the case... View Details

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

(Renewable energy utility). Andrea Boza Zanatta (MBA 2023, Section I), Summer Internship: ESG Investments & Asset Stewardship Team Analyst at State Street Global Advisors State Street Global Advisors is... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

PeopleImages Convicted stockbroker Bernie Madoff knew exactly what he was doing when he stole billions from clients, yet the financial advisor didn’t pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in the United States by himself. He had the help of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Hawes Hall | About

purchased Life Re Corporation, which grew into a major player in the US reinsurance market. The company went public in 1992 and was sold to Swiss Re in 1998. At HBS, Hawes has served multiple terms on the Board of Dean’s Advisors and led... View Details

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The Essential Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

2001 to further his work and research. Impact & recognition Advisor to countries, corporations, non-profits, and academic circles across the globe Seven-time winner of the McKinsey Award for the best Harvard Business Review article of the... View Details

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Judging Criteria - Alumni

appealing to acquirers or positioning it for an IPO. Financing: How much money do you need and for what purpose? Team: Can the founder, key team members, and advisors operate and scale a successful business? Highlight industry knowledge,... View Details

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McArthur Hall | About

McArthur remained at the School as the George Fisher Baker Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus and Dean Emeritus. He served in multiple advisory roles in business, government, education, and health care. McArthur was senior View Details

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

production is incredibly resource intensive and that even a small shift in consumption and production can have a massive impact on greenhouse gas emissions. From there, Karen Skelton, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy at the... View Details

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

negotiate and resolve conflicts—or whether you wish to "win." If it's the latter, hopefully you will have a friend or advisor discourage you from this path. 3. Understand The Other Party's Interests, Constraints, And Perspective... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
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Algramo

By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal

Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details

Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile

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06 Aug 2021
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Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

had wanted to achieve at Apple from its founding in 1976 to his firing in 1985. He still believed that the future was all about the computer. He agreed to act as an advisor to Amelio, promising to “help Gil in any way he asks me to,”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

Reading: Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records The Knowledge Coach What do you think of this research? How are you managing your life in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Jan 2023
Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

leaders of companies, they are rightly interested in strategy, marketing, operation—they don’t want to be spending many hours and millions of dollars on external counsel and advisors to resolve misconduct issues. The best way of making... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Judges - Alumni

machine learning), VR/AR, robotics/autonomy, and space. He has been named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 Venture Capital list. Brandon is currently a formal advisor to CASIS, the organization designated by NASA to manage, promote, and broker... View Details

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

Hill. He then earned a Ph.D. from Harvard's Economics Department. Affiliated Faculty John D. Dionne Senior Lecturer of Business Administration John D. Dionne is a Senior Advisor to Blackstone and a Lecturer in the Finance Unit at the... View Details

12 Sep 2023
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Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

ventures I was advising as the senior advisor for social entrepreneurship at the Harvard Innovation Labs. They said: “Hey, we’d like to learn more about that solution, and we think our colleagues might too.” So they set up a pitch day for... View Details

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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

with a financial advisor regarding the tax consequences for loan assistance awards. For graduates working in for-profit social enterprises: Awards will be taxed. INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one... View Details

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