by Roger Thompson - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2011
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Alumni Books

women and meant the difference between survival and starvation for dozens of families. Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL by Roger L. Martin (MBA '81) (Harvard... View Details

26 May 2016
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Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971

President and COO, 20th Century Fox 1987 Cofounds Castle Rock Entertainment; named Chairman and CEO 1989 Castle Rock produces When Harry Met Sally and Seinfeld 1999 Named President and COO, Warner Bros. 2004 Awarded Pioneer of the Year, Will View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2023
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Family Matters

driven by their desire to pay it forward for others. In addition to being the beneficiary of the Forward Fellowship, Thompson-Woode received the Barbara and Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964) Fellowship for students who are first in their family... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2002
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Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference

Joseph Yam (fourth from left), chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), and Vincent Lee, administrative assistant to the HKMA chief executive (third from left), with HBSA-HK copresident Hamilton Tang (MBA '90), Stephanie Hui (MBA '00), Anthony Teo... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger

Smiles all around: Guatemalan schoolchildren enjoy the fruits of their labor. photo courtesy John Batcha Batcha in his Charlotte, North Carolina, garden with his grandchildren, Nicole and David Spencer. photo by View Details

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Breaking Down the Barriers - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

commerce and consumption.” 16 Recognizing his reputation as an extraordinary portraitist and the prestige his name could lend to commercial work, the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency hired Steichen in 1923, the same year he became... View Details

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Matt Thurmond

my inventory." With solid math skills and a genuine attraction "to the quantitative aspects of engineering," Matt pursued an engineering degree. But in what he calls a "serendipitous moment," he picked up and read Buffett View Details

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Related Resources - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

document early examples of HBS marketing courses taught by Professor Cherington and his subsequent career as marketing consultant, economist, and author. Of particular interest are the materials pertaining to speeches and articles written... View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968

into a major multinational marketing services organization. The firm Sorrell bought a stake in was Wire and Plastics Products plc (soon to be renamed WPP Group), a maker of wire shopping baskets. In 1986 he became chief executive of WPP, which started small View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Case Study: Inside Story

Illustration by Lu Zhang Amelia Lin (MBA 2016) grew up feasting on the stories her parents told about how they met and what it was like for them to leave China to start a new life in the United States. These narratives were central to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Roger M. Blough, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of U.S. Steel, was the chief spokesperson for the corporation in 1962, when U.S. Steel raised its prices by 3.5 percent. President John F.... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

qualities that define a leader? Where does one find a mentor? What are the ingredients in the recipe for success? Getting beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works by Roger L. Martin (MBA 1981) and... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

trading has been beneficial. Derivatives serve as a form of sophisticated "adapters," he said, linking economic systems together and helping to bring about a unified world economy. They have also brought about vast reductions in costs by... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Roger Frisch, a concert violinist with the Minnesota Orchestra, sees his instrument as an extension of himself—each time... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

01 Jun 2004
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Books

“to run a little faster, jump a tad higher, and, like Ginger Rogers dancing with Fred Astaire, do it while wearing high heels and moving backwards.” — Deborah E. Blagg Just Enough by Laura Nash and Howard... View Details

Keywords: book review; faculty books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 Nov 2017
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Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress

respect for each other. They know what it means to serve something larger than themselves, and how to work together and solve hard problems.” There are a number of other HBS graduates among the more than 100 next-generation veterans running for House seats in 2018,... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative industry characteristics including the average skill intensity and reliance on external capital. Third, we use a new dataset... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2003
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Business Answers the Call

give the nation’s schools a grade of C or below. That mix of approval locally and misgivings nationally translates into an attitude of “Let’s work to improve the model we’re used to,” according to a September Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll. The survey’s findings indicate... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

Leeuwenhof, the majestic estate of Western Cape Premier Gerald Morkel. With the splendor of Table Mountain above and the beauty of Table Bay below, Morkel welcomed his guests to Cape Town, which he described as "a region of great economic hope." Sounding one of the... View Details