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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Building Capacity in the Social Sector
nonprofit sector. SPNM is a week-long program designed to strengthen the capacity of nonprofit CEOs to lead their organizations effectively. "Nonprofit executives often work 24/7 and have little chance to gain a broader management perspective," View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
technology is having on business practices. Drawing from papers presented at the 1995 HBS colloquium "Multimedia and the Boundaryless World," the 24 authors - many of whom are HBS faculty members - observe the effects new technologies are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Protagonist Goes Prime Time
friends, a couple. Their conversation is interspersed with videos of a Cineplanet theater in a Lima mall and interviews with Cineplanet employees. “It looks a lot like the way we brainstorm around the dinner table,” observes one student... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Dec 2020
- News
Hour by Hour
pitch what we’re doing, it makes sense to them,” observes Morris. Not only with companies, he says, but also with former employees who may have lost jobs or been placed on furlough and, through Syrg, are able now to make use of their... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
create satisfied, loyal customers." In such new territory, it is not surprising that there was initial skepticism about observing the world of cyberspace from a management perspective. "During the first few years we were studying the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
Batten’s generosity will enable us to continue the tradition of creating a seamless experience from learning to living.” Presently, Harvard University owns 240 acres of land in Allston, compared with the 215 in Cambridge. “As Allston develops,” View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
uncertainty over time. HBS professor Gary P. Pisano, a longtime observer of the industry, points to two key elements common to successful biotech firms: development capabilities and strong senior management. "Once you attract bright,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
efficiently, but not necessarily as effectively as in physical meetings. The opportunity to observe body language and nuanced commentary is much trickier online, to draw people in when necessary. We also miss the opportunity for casual... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
cofounder of the global investment firm GMO, recently observed in the context of governmental inaction on climate change, “We face a form of capitalism that has hardened its focus to short-term profit maximization with little or no... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
assess how things were going but not too soon to tap into their collective insights on launching a new venture. Private or nonprofit sector, up market or down, the observations that follow highlight the many approaches to what it means to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
change,” says Childress. Why the shift in attitude? “Some people point to 9/11 as creating a heightened awareness of the world as an interconnected system and spurring a search for meaning,” observes Childress. “It may also be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
corruption, the interesting and important issues are shades of gray,” observes Abdelal, who has authored several case studies on corruption and is writing a book on the subject with HBS professor Rafael Di Tella. Very broadly speaking,... View Details
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
groups attract the necessary financial investments. “There is no blueprint, as every member is at a different place,” observes Goodwin-Groen. “Our role is to help create opportunities for investment in this sector.” One of the biggest... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
relationship management or ‘customer loyalty' execution," observes Brierley. A board member of numerous organizations, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, KERA-TV, The Dallas Opera, and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
of work in their lives. And Richard Whiteley observes that corporations, too, are seeing things differently. "Previous activities that have been intended to create organizational vision and purpose have indeed formed the foundation for... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
of a major research project that addresses whether rapidly growing Chinese universities will set the world standard for excellence in the 21st century. When I talked with Nohria recently about the year ahead for HBS, I asked him to assess Kirby’s View Details
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
board service about a decade ago, he observed that there was a severe lack of representation in boardrooms in Pittsburgh. “So, what are you going to do about it?” he remembers someone asking him. With that catalyst and funding from... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
approach, and asks participants, especially executives, to get vulnerable in order to dig into the complexities that can’t be conveyed by a PowerPoint slide. “People tend not to share stories of a personal nature for fear of being attacked in an emotionally destructive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
States,” she observed in a recent Business History Review article. An 1890 photograph of women workers in the looping room at Ipswich Mills in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Now up and running, the “Unheard Voices” Web site offers access to a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions
School's commitment to provide lifelong learning opportunities that address the needs of all HBS graduates. In recent years, both Hart and Dean Kim B. Clark have said that they often meet HBS alumnae who have left the workforce to focus on caring for their families and... View Details