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Naiyya Saggi

strong systems of support and learning for me. The Social Enterprise Fellowship supported me in my internship with the UNICEF Headquarters in New York over the summer. Organizing the Harvard India Conference helped me establish contact... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Consulting

25 Mar 2015
News

The Greening of Houston

not just Hermann Park but around the Bayou and Memorial parks as well,” says Thacker. “It’s been quite wonderful.” Gilbane believes that the greening of Houston is a natural result of all the energy companies headquartered there. “An... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

2009
Working Paper

Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument

By: Bo Becker, Henrik Cronqvist and Rudiger Fahlenbrach

Large shareholders may play an important role for firm performance and policies, but identifying this empirically presents a challenge due to the endogeneity of ownership structures. We develop and test an empirical framework which allows us to separate selection from... View Details

Keywords: Business Headquarters; Geographic Location; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Performance Effectiveness; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods

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Nathalie du Preez

Paris. In a welcome addition to her financial background, she will be involved in strategic management and marketing, conducting competitive analyses of 18 luxury brands, including Mont Blanc, Cartier, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Founded by a South African and View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Surveying Students’ Summer Plans

be part of GE just as it’s relocating its headquarters to Boston.” Graham Fairbairn (MBA 2018) Hometown: Sydney, Australia Destination: General Mills, Minneapolis “I come from a consumer packaged goods background and have had the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

28 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

country-level factors that limit firms' use of selective disclosure by intensifying scrutiny on them and by diffusing global norms to their headquarters countries. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel dataset of 4,750 public... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate." During his tenure, Andersen had divided what had previously been operated as almost a single entity into separate lines of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo

is a popular language learning app and website that now serves over 500 million learners worldwide. Learners can access 30+ languages through bite-sized engaging lessons on a gamified platform making learning fun and accessible. The company is View Details

Keywords: Technology

10 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis

Headquarters in New York for the 2023 Water Conference. The three-day summit was the first major UN conference on the topic since 1977, and it took place in the context of a newly released UNESCO report revealing that “26% of the world’s... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations

enter less financially rewarding fields can apply for a variety of loan-assistance and fellowship programs. Global Research The Global Initiative, headquartered in Greenhill House, helps faculty develop in-depth international re-search... View Details

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

01 Jan 2008
News

John Doerr, MBA 1976

businesses. “I love helping people make a large-scale impact,” says Doerr. “I’m a networker, an organizer, an unbounded enthusiast and supporter of great entrepreneurs and leaders.” When he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1980, the eight-year-old venture... View Details

01 Jan 2002
News

Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)

not for profits. He also said that if we remember this ethic, profits will never fail to appear." A life-size sculpture in the lobby of Merck's headquarters in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, of two figures-a boy leading a blind man with... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2014

working at his desk Nelson with two of his three daughters Nelson with two of his three daughters Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987 Chairman and CEO, Corning Incorporated Weeks at Corning headquarters in Corning, NY “Our past gives us the... View Details

April 1992 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Otis South Africa (A)

By: Michael Beer

Otis Worldwide CEO, George David, was frustrated with the slow pace of nonwhite advancement within Otis South Africa. After a few years of trying to elicit action from South African management, he decided to send a 28-year old U.S. employee to take over as the human... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Race; Operations; Business Headquarters; Performance Improvement; Human Resources; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Industrial Products Industry; South Africa; United States

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20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

perspective, it’s not obvious why the CEO of Apple, which is headquartered in California, would get involved in a contentious debate about gay rights in Indiana.” ”From a business perspective, it’s not obvious why the CEO of Apple, which... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

across several EU country markets. The case concludes the (A) case's exploration of BMW's approach to redesigning the channel in Greece. The case provides details on both headquarter and country head perspective on BMW's channel strategy.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

Japanese managers in foreign locations engaged in nemawashi and ringi by intensive telephone contact and frequent exchanges of visits between headquarters in Japan and the overseas units. View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

30 Aug 2018
News

Sharing a Passion for Art

collection expanded quickly, as visits to museums and galleries intensified his interest in the work of prominent artists, such as Serra, Ellsworth Kelly, Damien Hirst, and Tracey Emin, as well as talented newcomers. Some of the works were exhibited at Caldic’s View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Arts, Entertainment

01 Oct 2001
News

Making a World of Difference

in the midtown Manhattan headquarters of Halcyon/Alan B. Slifka Management Company. In discussing the success of his investment firm, he points out that his traders are not only innovative and individualistic but also cooperative. When... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Apr 2002
News

Pamela Thomas Graham on September 11

second office at Manhattan’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza. She’d just finished a breakfast meeting with advertising clients and was preparing to return to CNBC’s Fort Lee, New Jersey, headquarters when the first plane struck the World Trade... View Details

Keywords: terrorism; leadership; television; news; stock market; decision making; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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