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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Managing Family Assets
generations to come and shares his personal history as an heir to the Carnation fortune. The message of his great-grandfather, E.A. Stuart, the founder of the Carnation Company in 1899, still holds true today, says Lucas: Be useful. How did your family experience View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
donations you’ve made—and the fact that you’re getting something for this supposedly altruistic act makes it seem like a worse version of a charitable act. So the difference in framing can affect both whether people want to engage in that... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
New Releases
a quantifiable set of relationships that directly links profit and growth not only to customer loyalty and satisfaction but to employee loyalty, satisfaction, and productivity. The authors emphasize that mutually reinforcing relationships (e.g., customer satisfaction... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
have been disproportionately affected by the entrenched interests of utilities, Riley observes. The green-energy pitch isn’t always a politically compelling idea in these often more conservative communities, but, he says, “It’s not about... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Value Added
advantage in the host country." The soft-spoken Gupta, a native of India and a 25-year veteran of McKinsey, reveals that the firm supports a research agenda worthy of the top tiers of academia, allocating some $200 million per year to shed light, for example, on how... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson
limits of human physical capabilities" by maintaining his Special Forces' exercise regimen and competing successfully in full-contact fighting martial arts tournaments. Jefferson retains a deep affection for the people of Hawaii, who... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
How to Fix Wall Street
turning honest mistakes into ethical failures. But when people are acting as fiduciaries or when their decisions affect the lives and well-being of millions of people around the globe, reckless judgment becomes a matter of public concern... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
to speed on these topics? In what way will this digital transformation affect alumni interactions with the School? We should be able to give them a much more customized experience. For example, we might ask alumni: Given your life stage... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
says, usually less than 24 hours, while longer outages have been more localized and the areas affected have been able to rely on outside help. The recent collapse of Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria, however, is a... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
challenge—the business world. “I knew that if I were to pivot in my career that it had to begin at HBS.” Her decision to apply was influenced by the School’s need-blind admission policy and generous fellowship program, which has also positively View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
Auto Workers in a 1980 case that led to the voluntary restraint agreement with Japan; the bearings industry since the 1970s; and the steel sector in the 1970s and 1980s - as examples where legal intercession in support of import-beleaguered industries yielded positive... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
into the conscious part of the brain, affecting its operation -- a phenomenon familiarly known as the "fight-or-flight" response. While this reaction is invaluable in the face of physical threat, Jensen noted, "it is also generated by the... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Does My Résumé Work?
conversation. Check periodically with contacts to keep them posted on your progress. Approach networking as a reciprocal event and offer your help in return. Personal factors are affecting my career. How can I make my life work? “Having... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
are the best-positioned market sectors and stocks as well as those to avoid. Hot Stocks provides a roadmap detailing how to invest in this new reality, and evaluates the many ways global warming will affect profit flows in the economy.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
businesspeople must see each other as allies in the process of pursuing the common good. Have you observed ways in which social enterprise activity has positively affected company operations and employee morale? Behnke: Employees take... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
conditions of the distribution of capital on nonprofit management and organizational performance. He will also investigate how the availability of capital at various stages of an organization's evolution affects its growth. Jed Emerson... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
what to do. You ask them questions, engage in dialogues. Key elements in evaluating a business proposal I look for something that has a major impact on the area that it's supposed to affect — major cost savings, speed improvement, major... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
Sahlman discusses how Khan Academy, a global online education nonprofit, strives to balance founder Sal Khan’s (MBA 2003) vision with the need to focus and scale. Prediction: How AI Will Affect Business, Work, and Life Bill Kerr speaks... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Turning Point: Living History
was no museum to learn about this period in history, and nowhere for those affected to record their experiences for the benefit of others. I grew up with my maternal grandparents—the generation that lived through Partition—and saw that... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
of the population is prospering, but we need a model that benefits Mexico's 95 million people. How does Mexico's stability affect emigration to the United States? Economic instability and unemployment drive Mexicans to the States - to... View Details