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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
these large institutions is too powerful for one leader to overcome within the limited time frame of tenure—a finding that could apply to other organizations as well. Sadun is hopeful this evidence will influence hospitals to rethink... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
various courses by getting regularly from industry problems which are current and illustrative?” By 1923, two-thirds of the School’s courses were taught by the case method, supported by field-based research that had already begun to View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
Basden (MBA 1997). Former Georgia Congressman and Atlanta Mayor Andrew J. Young, Jr., also led a forum on influencing political and economic agendas. Telecommunications industry leader Robert E. Knowling and media entrepreneur Keith T.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
whose work has had a major impact on modern financial markets." "We are enormously proud that Bob Merton has received this honor," noted HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. "He has made and continues to make fundamental contributions to finance and economics. His work not only... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
Social and Environmental Stewardship, the report praised HBS as a leader in fostering social awareness, incorporating social concerns into coursework and projects, and supporting student activities and faculty research that influence both... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Fred Newman (MBA 1978)
just a shoe salesman. I wasn’t crushed if they didn’t want me or my ideas. I just hadn’t made the sale. I came of age watching television, and old radio was fading out. It’s so exciting to see audio come back and to see that influence my... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
1960), former chief economist, Royal Bank of Canada, Canada The United States has the worst of all worlds: a relatively high marginal tax rate that influences behavior negatively, but a considerably lower average tax rate that precludes... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That’s been the experience of HBS associate professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced government... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices
vouchers for free contraceptives. Half received vouchers with their husbands present while the other half received them privately. A control group received no vouchers. The goal? To measure the influence of spousal pressure in a nation... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Not a Regular Joe
No, I really don’t. He never developed those characteristics that most of us associate with success. What he did do was keep striving to add even more value. Is Wilson’s influence still felt at Xerox today? Anne Mulcahy is the CEO at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
study, we looked at how gender-based assumptions in over 100 companies influenced issues such as career planning, goal setting, promotions, and raises. We examined the characteristics most frequently cited in performance management... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Joint Venture
faculty have introduced game-changing thinking to management and business practice. And that work continues apace in the 21st century. In the pages that follow, we spotlight some of the “big ideas” HBS faculty are unveiling that we believe will have significant View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters
expert committees, which are ubiquitous in science. Yet exactly how those experts deliberate and what factors may influence or bias their determinations has remained a mystery. “To ensure that the decisions coming out of such committees... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Books
fate by mastering three imperatives: manage yourself (management isn’t about getting things done yourself, it’s about accomplishing things through others); manage a network (understand how power and influence work in your organization and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Survey Spotlights HBS Experience
persuading others (68 percent). The survey confirmed the expected with regard to the senior positions held by alumni. About 34 percent identify themselves as officer/chairman, and 25 percent as president/principal. The data also show the extent of alumni View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
in the attacks, but that information was in separate silos. Richard Clarke, whose job it was to integrate across those silos, was a leftover from the Clinton administration, with limited influence in the new Washington power structure.... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Impact: The Changing Nature of Work
Losing Strategy How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business The Past Informs the Future of Work The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation Q&A: Managing the Future of Work View Details
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Rooting out Racism
“Then more people of color will become economically mobile, organizations will become more diverse and competitive, and there will be a critical mass of black leaders whose institutional influence leads to more racially equitable... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Willoughby G. Walling II: A Learning Experience
two grown children, both of whom are involved in the arts, have been supportive, notes Walling. Influenced by van Gogh, Horace Pippin, Basquiat, and Henri Rousseau, among others, Walling aspires to a style that is "between realistic... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
the person directly responsible for a specific area or product line, influenced decisions at least as much as the head of the organization. I had been unable to find anyone at HBS willing to even consider the validity of my insight, but... View Details