by Paul A. Gompers - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2011
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‘Green’ Trailblazers

dedicated to creating and advancing solutions to the core issues driving climate change Matthew Commons (MBA 2007) FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation Waltham and Wilbraham, Massachusetts Wind turbine manufacturer Patricia A. Connolly (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

Course descriptions by Elaine Gottlieb, Judith A. Ross, and John Simon (sidebars by Elaine Gottlieb) Whether they come to HBS with a business plan in mind or become... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club

innovative new programs, such as the club's "Books for Breakfast" series, which features authors from the cutting edge of academia and business. HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter kicked off the program last year with Evolve!: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of... View Details

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

08 Jun 2023
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Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

dinner raised $1.3 million toward the club's extensive programming, pro bono consulting, and student scholarships as well as club staffing and operations. The evening opened with a welcome from Club president Clare Peeters (MBA 2000) and included remarks View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains

this was something I was meant to do.” People, People, People After brainstorming restaurant concepts over pizza in Harvard Square, Paul D. Conforti (MBA 1997) and some friends got the idea to open a dessert establishment. When he and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

Illustration by Mercedes McDonald. Orchard Gardens photo by Ed Quinn/Saba In many parts of the country, housing costs and shortages have begun to show signs of adversely affecting corporations, workers, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

02 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

Ceilings, Floors, and Imperfect Calibration Authors:F. Gino, Z. S. Sharek, and D. A. Moore Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research has claimed that people exaggerate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2020
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Maintaining a Resilient Democracy

republic was failing,” says Moss, the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration. Moss is the author of the acclaimed 2017 book Democracy: A Case Study, which grew out of a popular Harvard course he created on the history... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

28 Jun 2024
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Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories

in honor of its 20th Anniversary, and The Wall Street Journal has called Weinstein “one of the most powerful women in hedge funds.” Weinstein was introduced by Steven A. Cohen, owner of the New York Mets and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2011
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Coming Full Circle

(MBA 1972) has parlayed a lifelong interest in the field of organizational behavior into two careers. Encouraged by HBS professors Jay Lorsch and Paul Lawrence, Nadler pursued a PhD in the subject at the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

creative new markets. Lessons in Corporate Finance: A Case Studies Approach to Financial Tools, Financial Policies, and Valuation by Paul Asquith and Lawrence A. Weiss (DBA... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

skill transfer—the two charges that the new skills economy has laid out for any educational enterprise. Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game By Andrew Binns, Charles A.... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books

Innovator’s Dilemma, Second Edition By Charles A. O’Reilly, III and Michael L. Tushman, Baker Foundation Professor; Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business... View Details

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Baker Library Resources | Baker Library

purchase through Harvard Business Press . Retired HBS Cases El-Hage, Nabil N., and Cedric A. Lucas. “Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal.” HBS No. 209-009. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008. Hill, Linda A., and Katherine Seger... View Details

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509024 Breaking through Action Plan Harvard Business School Exercise 409-059 The "Breaking Through Action Plan" is a developmental tool based on the book, Breaking Through: The... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

in several major cities. Ira A. Jackson (100th AMP), the executive vice president of BankBoston, is also finding a way to turn social ideals into good business practice. Locally, Jackson is guiding the bank in its efforts to provide jobs... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI By Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley, Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business Review Press The digital revolution is... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

19 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

charitable giving, crowding out intrinsic motivations to give by corrupting a purely social act with economic considerations. Purchase the Book: http://www.psypress.com/the-science-of-giving-9781848728851 Americans Do I.T. Better: U.S.... View Details