Governing and Advisory Boards - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Mar 2015
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The Greening of Houston

and mostly overlooked by outsiders. Gilbane is just one of several HBS alumni working with other Houstonians to expand and improve the treasured parks, which they see as key to the continued growth of... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Beyond Accommodation

serving on the HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors. After earning his MBA, Gibbons returned to AT&T to head its subsidiary, Campus Wide Access Solutions, a $15 million company providing cash-card operations to colleges View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; AT&T; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

07 Oct 2021
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Bringing Light to the Fight

part thanks to Smyth, who joined the volunteer board of the fledgling Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the mid-1990s and became its chair in 2009. Her work with the charity has been informed by her business... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

“This has to be a shared mission,” Obama told attendees at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University, where he signed the order onstage. “So much of our computer networks View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

19 Jan 2016
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Electric Avenues

and 20 international public partners, says program manager Paige Fitzgerald (MBA/MPP 2014): In Los Angeles, it’s working with city government to push out Amber Alerts; in Rio, garbage truck drivers are using... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jan 2003
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Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

information you have. Ultimately, this process leads you to a zone for judgment; it's a process I have used throughout my career." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Director, The Council for Excellence in Government Director, Capital Partners for... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

projected to increase to 30 or 40 within the next several years according to Blackley, the company's president. Part of that pace is due to the expertise and credibility provided through its association with The View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2004
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Roll the Credits

the ratings system, to challenge government boards that censored Hollywood content” (USA Today, March 24, 2004). In those days, the movies were the country’s undisputed entertainment choice; today, by... View Details

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

attending the quarterly event. “We try to do it without the press,” he explains. “That's how we preserve the frankness and fluidity of the symposium.” Recent forums featured Lau Siu-kai, head of the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Where Are They Now?

in management control systems through research focused on the various issues related to the design and effects of performance measurement, evaluation and incentive systems, and, more recently, corporate... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2018
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Code Breakers

Education program co-chaired by professors Lynn Paine and Boris Groysberg, which provides senior executives with the opportunity to navigate the board selection process and to... View Details

01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

investing $4,000 in savings and a $12,000 loan to found Centennial One. A supplier gave her ninety days of credit on vacuum cleaners, buffers, and chemicals. With a secretary View Details

01 Jun 2001
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Donella Rapier to Head External Relations

an audit senior manager in Boston. In that position, Rapier developed materials and conducted courses on a variety of accounting and auditing topics. This interest led in 1995 to a part-time faculty... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2012
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Faculty Books

the most experienced voices at HBS—Bill George, Krishna Palepu, Rakesh Khurana, and Lorsch himself—to address the challenges of governance and the role of corporate View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Emerging Information

one of London's leading investment banks, Mueller took a deep breath and punched in the name of an obscure Polish company about which the bank needed information. There was a hit, then another. Soon, no fewer than 87 separate items, from... View Details

Keywords: Paul Michelman

01 Feb 1999
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Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office

members of their own communities." In the mid-1970s, Lazarus was looking for a position in government and having a hard time finding one that would give him the broad experience he was seeking. By chance, he... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

sync with the larger interests of the nation. Paul Healy: We may have been through these experiences before, but it's shocking where we have ended up, given all the advances in technology and improvements in governance. In spite of all... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Jun 2018
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An Unfinished Story

In 1961, at the age of eight, Elaine Chao (MBA 1979) traveled to the United States from Taiwan with her mother and two sisters aboard a cargo ship. It was a harrowing 37-day journey to reunite with her father, who had come to the country... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2011
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Reimagining the MBA

Elective Curriculum (Second Year) Authentic Leadership Development Leading Professional Service Firms Leading Teams Leading and Governing High Performing Nonprofit Organizations Managing Human Capital Power... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

04 Nov 2014
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Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

Harvard alumni living in Mexico and elsewhere and the other half from corporate donations, mainly from Mexican companies. Harvard provided matching funds to the first $1 million, as part of an initiative to... View Details