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- 01 Mar 2010
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Alumni Books
resurgence of interest in promoting value-chain development as a way to add value, lower transaction costs, diversify rural economies, and help increase rural household incomes. Using real examples, mostly from African countries, this... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
effects of organizations allowing employees to “work from anywhere” and why geographic mobility has led to increased innovation. The movement of employees, Choudhury found in one study, promoted tacit knowledge transfer across... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Beyond the Numbers
he explains. In a record six weeks, Robinson was promoted to controller for Citicorp's Global Consumer Businesses, becoming responsible for seven hundred employees worldwide. In 1994 he joined ADVO, Inc., the largest direct-marketing... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
further exploration of racial equity-related issues. “HBS faculty members write most of the cases taught in business schools around the world. That gives us a tremendous opportunity and responsibility in terms of promoting racial equity,”... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
circle to promote innovation, collaboration, and overall behavior change. Henderson explained that businesses attempting to cooperate pushes regulation, which in turn creates incentive for innovation. Hwang offered a call to action:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
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Alumni and Faculty Books
Review Press Women around the world do extremely well when it comes to their education. They graduate at higher rates than men and have higher average GPAs. But then a strange thing happens upon entering the workforce: They immediately lose their advantage. When the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
initiatives. Recently, McGinn has taken a nuanced look at evidence that women in professional service organizations are more likely to be promoted when the firm's leadership includes significant numbers of women. Her analysis of five... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
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Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
consumers to open their wallets a little more? Yes, we believe so. In an 11-day field experiment, we designed a PWYW promotion for a pack of gum at a student café under two different scenarios. In the first, we set up a sign with a pair... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
to integrate the programs into the School's culture and better promote them among the appropriate alumni groups. The board believes that education doesn't stop at graduation, and the School is in a unique position to add value in this... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
the bottom line. “We’re running out of time to avert catastrophic, irreversible climate change,” he says. Doerr’s influence reaches far beyond the world of business. A tireless advocate for education, ten years ago he co-founded the NewSchools Venture Fund to View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
When the Egyptian government forced out all Jewish inhabitants after the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Cohens left with only one suitcase apiece. His mother’s British citizenship made it possible for them to immigrate to London, where they had to begin their lives anew. As... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
at the helm (he was knighted in 2000), in 22 years WPP has become a giant with revenues of some $12 billion, offering a full range of services in areas such as advertising, digital and promotional marketing, public relations and public... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
dinner conversations centered on how to run a store, promote a designer, and expand a brand. After business school and a stint at Macy’s, Traub joined Bloomingdale’s in 1950, became president in 1969, and served as chairman and CEO from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
reality and the way they think things should be,” he explains, “we have an opening—we can ask them whether they support policies that promote the outcomes they have just told us they most desire.” Norton, a member of the Marketing Unit,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
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Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
for another decade or so before transferring his talents completely to the nonprofit sector or even politics. "I care enough about this country and the issues confronting it that I want to get directly and personally involved," he says. "One thing I don't want to do... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
several cities, Executive Education graduates, in particular the OPMers, have formed groups to focus on activities of particular interest. Last fall, the School hosted a combined reunion in Florida for all OPM graduates as a means of View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
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Newman's Own Brand of Charity
Whitehead (MBA 11/ '47), Paul Volcker, David Rockefeller, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, to create a nonprofit center to promote corporate philanthropy. "Government has become less involved in its social responsibilities, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
the gender biases of those who control them, then historically male places will tend to be harder on women and to promote only those women who essentially behave "like men." Conversely, once an organization becomes dominated by women, the... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
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The Nature of Business
learned at Harvard and at Goldman Sachs," he recalled. "Viewing nature through the lens of basic business principles—maximize returns, invest in your assets, manage your risks, diversify, and promote innovation—can open the door for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
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Knowing the Score
campaign—still one of the most creative promotions any network has ever produced about itself—and the methodology behind it. ESPN has had many corporate owners over the years, and the famous edict of Watergate’s “Deep Throat” to “follow... View Details