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  • 01 May 2015
  • News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

regional events. Among those alumni offering observations about the role of HBS in their lives have been: Harold M. Brierley (MBA 1968), William A. Chen (MBA 1995), James Dinan (MBA 1985), Trevor Fetter (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Letters to the Editor

now facing the consequences of the many failures of American and world leadership in the previous century. It appears likely that we are now in the position of standing on the deck of a sinking ship, and all we can do is argue about the colors of the missing life... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
  • Web

A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

half-siblings from her father’s second marriage to Louise Jeffreys were Peter Farnsworth Morse, William M. Morse, Julia Morse Dix, Elizabeth Morse Reardon, and Louise Morse. back to text Smith Alumnae... View Details
  • November 2015 (Revised March 2018)
  • Case

Air Products' Pursuit of Airgas (A)

By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Paul M. Healy, Penelope Rossano and Kyle Thomas
This case centers around the Air Products' hostile takeover attempt of Airgas in 2010. Air Products argued that its offer of a 38% premium is generous given Airgas' poor performance, which Air Products attributed to underperforming and entrenched managers at Airgas. On... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business and Shareholder Relations; Industrial Products Industry; Energy Industry; Chemical Industry
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  • February 1974
  • Journal Article

Natural Selection of Life History Attibutes: An Analytical Approach

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Howard M. Taylor, Robert Gourley and Charles Lawrence
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  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

cluster concept pioneered by Michael Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor (Renewal Leave) at HBS, Mills argues that organizing a region’s small and large businesses around specialized industries—such as biotech in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 25 Aug 2015
  • News

Sunset in the East?

Illustration by Daniel Bejar The Chinese economy seems to have finally hit the brakes. Thanks to stalling real estate and export markets, this year China reported first and second quarter growth rates of 7 percent—its lowest numbers in six years. We asked Professor... View Details
Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Real Estate; Health, Social Assistance
  • April 2014
  • Teaching Note

Teach For China and the Chinese Nonprofit Sector

By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
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  • April 2014
  • Teaching Note

Boardroom Battle Behind Bars: Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings—A Corporate Governance Drama

By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
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  • April 2014
  • Teaching Note

The China Entrepreneurs Forum

By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
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  • June 2004 (Revised March 2005)
  • Background Note

Question of LIFO or FIFO, The; Which Is Preferable?

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Sharon M. Bruns
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of alternative inventory flow assumptions allowed in the United States. A single exhibit shows that in Year 2, a company using LIFO in Year 1 could report higher net income by switching to FIFO at a cost of higher income... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Taxation; Revenue
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  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

New Ventures New Gains

members, including early supporter William A. Sahlman, and passed it along to entrepreneurship club members Jennifer Scott Fonstad, David M. Rosenblatt, and John N. Iannuccillo (all MBA 1997). “We were... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

Connecting Universities Across Eurasia edited by Marijk van der Wende, William C. Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Nian Cai Liu, Simon... View Details
  • 13 Jul 2017
  • News

Making Friends with Mother Nature

University before heading to HBS. His business thinking was influenced by faculty giants such as Georges Doriot, who taught industrial management and is widely considered the father of venture capital, and commercial banking authority View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
  • 21 May 2018
  • News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

Williams, a home furnishing manufacturer; Karen Kaplan, CEO of ad agency Hill Holliday; and Felix Rappaport, CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino. The event opened with a cocktail reception in the Spangler Center’s Williams Room, followed by a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

strategy, decision making, and innovation. Download the paper (HBS only): http://intranet.hbs.edu/dept/drfd/papers/1011/11-099.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsChina Construction America (A): The Road Ahead Regina M. Abrami and Weiqi... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1636719   Cases & Course MaterialsReSource Pro Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr, Elisabeth Koll, and David LaneHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • News

China IFC: Global Access, Global Perspective

William C. Kirby, the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, developed the course to introduce students to a cross section of Chinese industry and commerce while also providing a deeper dive into a particular sector. For... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

probably seen the beginning of the decline of the actively managed mutual fund," Charles Broming expressed the hope that "money management will become another technical job and compensation will reflect its real added... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 04 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 4

incentives and opportunities as influential precursors of bridging ties.   Working PapersSocial Enterprise Series No. 32: Value Creation in Business—Nonprofit Collaborations Authors:James E. Austin and M. May Seitanidi An abstract is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne