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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation edited by Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss (Cambridge University Press) After years of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, interest is growing in the possibility of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
Video Embed The Esquel Group has reduced water consumption at its factories by more than 50 percent in the last nine years. Asia–based Esquel Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts, producing about 100 million shirts a year for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS
Light: Providing steady leadership as HBS moves forward on a variety of established and innovative fronts In August, Professor Jay Light stepped into the Dean’s office in Morgan Hall, rolled up his sleeves, and brought his decades of HBS experience to bear on the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
Kashmir Photo courtesy Sharjeel Kashmir It’s a beautiful morning in Jersey City as I stretch after my regular jog in Liberty State Park. I marvel that this is my neighborhood and my view. In front of me, the Hudson River lies at the feet of the iconic New York skyline.... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- News
Boards Are Terrible at Their Most Important Job
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
CLARK: "It's been a great job and an intense learning experience." In July, after ten years at the School’s helm, Dean Kim B. Clark stepped down to assume the presidency of Brigham Young University–Idaho. During Clark’s decade of leadership, the School became a... View Details
- 31 May 2017
- News
Father Agribusiness
In the late 1950s, an HBS lecturer named Ray Goldberg noticed something: traditional farming and the wider world of business were beginning to intersect with greater and greater frequency. Intrigued, he came up with a name for what he would spend the next 60 years... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alumni Board Goes Global to Pick New President
SHIRAZI: Predicts that HBS graduates will hold top leadership positions in more than two dozen nations over the next thirty years. Saquib Shirazi (MBA ’95), CEO of Atlas Honda in Karachi, Pakistan, takes globetrotting in stride. A member of the HBS Alumni Association... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past
After an internal investigation revealed his company’s historic ties to Nazi Germany, JAB Holdings’ managing partner Peter Harf (MBA 1974) announced that the company intends to donate 10 million euros to a yet-to-be-determined charity. The research found that, in... View Details
- 12 Sep 2014
- News
How Being Filmed Changes Employee Behavior
- November 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
The Tzu Chi Foundation's China Relief Mission
By: Herman B. Leonard and YiKwan Chu
Tzu Chi is one of the largest charities in Taiwan, and one of the swiftest and most effective relief organizations internationally. Rooted in the value of compassion, the organization has many unusual operating features -- including having no long term plan. This case... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Crisis Management; Service Delivery; Mission and Purpose; Religion; Natural Disasters; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; China; Taiwan
Leonard, Herman B., and YiKwan Chu. "The Tzu Chi Foundation's China Relief Mission." Harvard Business School Case 311-015, November 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
- January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Crisis and Response: Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Boston Archdiocese (B)
By: Ashish Nanda
In 2002, the Boston archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church was confronted by public revelations of how allegations of clergy sexual abuse were handled by the archdiocese during the 1990s. This case describes how the Boston archdiocese addressed the issue over the... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Religion; Crisis Management; Boston
Nanda, Ashish. "Crisis and Response: Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Boston Archdiocese (B)." Harvard Business School Case 904-049, January 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
STRATEGIC ADVICE: HBS professor Michael Porter took a question before his presentation. What happens when you bring over 450 CEOs and presidents of New York City’s leading nonprofits together for a daylong educational summit? Answer: a lot of business card swapping and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
In a working paper presented at the June colloquium, HBS professors Michael Porter and Nitin Nohria consider the CEO’s role in the large, complex organization that is typical in today’s global economy. An excerpt follows: “CEOs must ensure that the functions involved... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
It may have been a year—or 50—since the six dozen Harvard Business School alumni gathered in an Aldrich Hall classroom Monday morning had dug into a case study. However, once they got over the initial fear of being cold called by Professor Mihir Desai, it didn’t take... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- News
Dimon on the Federal Reserve, Taxes, and his Optimistic Outlook
(Yahoo Finance) (Yahoo Finance) JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s (MBA 1982) recent interview at the Economic Club of Washington D.C. earned rave reviews from at least one savvy investor, Yahoo Finance reports. “It was off the charts—one of the best I’ve ever heard,”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Getting on Board
Membership on a corporate or advisory board seems like a natural fit for MBAs with solid managerial skills and career experience. But according to the experts, unless you are a prominent CEO, finding a seat at the boardroom table today requires considerable effort.... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)
In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of a Distinguished Service honoree. On his way up the corporate ladder in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
The Generosity Network: New Transformational Tools for Successful Fund-Raising by Jennifer McCrea and Jeffrey C. Walker (MBA 1981) with Karl Weber (Deepak Chopra Books) The authors show how traditional, prescripted, money-centered, goal-oriented fundraising techniques... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia
Energy Future’s timeliness underscores another key “energy” problem: America’s inability to get its energy act into gear. “Cognitive, organizational, and political barriers — which are all interconnected — must be surmounted if we are to solve our energy problems,”... View Details