by Rebecca Henderson - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Feb 2021
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The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard

business school was the right next step for her to build a career in the fashion industry. “Around the time I left Parson’s, Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (MBA 2004) and Alexis Maybank (MBA 2004), co-founders of Gilt Groupe, had released their book View Details

29 Sep 2020
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Virtual Networking Tips from HBS Career Coaches

reaching out to those in your current network by email to check in with them, requesting email introductions to new connections, and sending emails or LinkedIn messages to individuals you admire and want to learn more about. Then you will... View Details

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Bequest - Alumni

class receives credit for the full amount of your intended gift (starting in the 50th reunion year) John C. Whitehead Society Recognizing alumni and friends who make planned gifts to HBS Learn More Donor Stories Rebecca Sumner Lien (MBA... View Details

07 Jan 2025
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Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

consumer research around the world to understand what people hoped their skincare products could do,” Twist explained. “I was also fortunate to learn from and be developed by several HBS alums (every leader on the Clinique Global... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

their classroom training as they explore... Insights on the Art of Driving Performance and Innovation Annabelle Cloutier 17 Jun 2024 Annabelle Cloutier is Head of Strategy, Communications and Corporate Governance at Canada’s Natio... DNPIV Perspectives: Bonnie... View Details

10 Feb 2021
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What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization

friend groups, and workplaces. "'What did you mean by that?’ ‘What you just said feeds into a really old stereotype, can we talk about that?’ ‘That thing you said reinforces the system of racism. I want to talk about why,’" Manso-Brown... View Details

22 Mar 2021
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3 Key Steps for Crafting Your Retirement with Intention: Advice from Career Coach, Lauren Murphy

reduced workload.” For those who find they want to scale further back or make another change, there is more good news. You can do exactly that! Continuing to assess what you want and need is a process. By staying honest with yourself and... View Details

08 Jul 2021
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Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

managing performance, but also translates it into ESG metrics relevant to their industry. “The metrics we use are based on the latest academic research (including research from HBS professors Rebecca View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

01 Apr 2020
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How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

focused on are his underlying motivations for starting a business. From the onset he was driven by personal fulfillment, a desire to build something for his family, and controlling his own destiny. For Linzmeyer, control meant being able... View Details

2022
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A Political Economy of Justice

By: Danielle Allen, Yochai Benkler, Leah Downey, Rebecca Henderson and Joshua Simons

Defining a just economy in a tenuous social-political time.
If we can agree that our current social-political moment is tenuous and unsustainable—and indeed, that may be the only thing we can agree on right now—then how do markets, governments, and people... View Details

Keywords: Political Economy; Social Justice; Capitalism; Business And Society; Economy; Society; Fairness; Economic Systems; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States

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28 Jun 2023
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Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni

Abilities Identifying resources and supports are critical throughout the recruiting process, but there is also one piece of advice that alumni all shared in different ways, best summed up by O’Grady. “If I could go back and speak to... View Details

27 Oct 2016
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Pathfinder

Founded in 1963 by Bruce Henderson (MBA 1941), the Boston Consulting Group is one of a trio of well-known consulting firms that includes McKinsey and Bain. Many MBAs do an early-career stint in consulting—so... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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HBS Grads Are the Most

Joy Covey (MBA '89), Kraft Foods' Ann Fudge (MBA '77), Bain & Co.'s Orit Gadiesh (MBA '77), Fidelity's Abigail Johnson (MBA '88), Colgate-Palmolive's Lois Juliber (MBA '73), Azurix's Rebecca Mark (MBA '90), People magazine's Ann Moore... View Details

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HBS Alumni Events

HBS New York Young Alumni Networking Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2011-2015 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in New York. View Details

08 Dec 2017
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Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits

fundraising. And the super PAC With Honor, cofounded by Rye Barcott (MBA 2009), was formed in November to support veterans running for office. It plans to spend around $30 million campaigning for 25 to 35 congressional candidates in 2018.... View Details

Keywords: politics

01 Oct 2001
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Christopher Cox: Capitol Hill Intellectual

kind of careful consideration that normally goes with a significant career change, I wouldn't have done it," says the St. Paul, Minnesota, native. Cox attributes winning the election to his ability to differentiate himself from his competition View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

26 Oct 2020
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A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

crisis. The program featured speakers Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at HBS, and Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969), who talked about their latest books, Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, and IMPACT:... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Research Links - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Boston Sunday Post , June 15, 1921. Bunting, Bainbridge. Completed and edited by Margaret Henderson Floyd. Harvard: An Architectural History . Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985.... View Details

25 May 2016
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A Focus on Sustainability

directed his giving to support the Business and Environment Initiative. He is enthusiastic about “integrated reporting”, developed by HBS Professor of Management Practice Robert Eccles, combining an organization’s financial and... View Details

18 May 2018
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