by Scott Wallask - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2019
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Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty

Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Income inequality over multiple generations is... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Educational Services

22 Sep 2015
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Turning Troubled Schools into High-Achievers

Through UP Education Network, founder Scott Given (MBA 2010) is helping to turn around chronically underperforming Massachusetts schools by making and managing significant changes in all areas, from... View Details

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

States, Neeley argues that an organization’s lingua franca is the catalyst by which all employees become some kind of “expat”(someone detached from their mother tongue or home culture). Through her unfettered access to the inner workings... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2004
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Reforming Company Boards

Senior executives have taken most of the heat for the headline-grabbing scandals that have rocked corporate America over the past few years. Scott C. Newquist (MBA ’75), president of Board Governance Services, wants to shift some of that... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services

01 Mar 2015
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New Idea: State of the Art

Photos courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum On the subject of art’s relevance in the digital age, Scott Belsky (MBA 2008) has never been one to mince words. “Art institutions need to change the way we think about the... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Adobe; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

The first charter school law was passed in Minnesota in 1991; by 2011, there were 5,275 charters nationwide, making up more than 5 percent of all public schools. In June 2009, however, the movement hit a bump. Stanford University's Center... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2020
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Ink: The Habit of Innovation

Leaders have gone to great lengths in the name of innovation—and yet far too often these efforts fall short, according to Scott Anthony (MBA 2001), a senior partner at the growth-strategy consulting firm Innosight and one of the authors... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

Publications Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii Authors: Michel Anteby, Filiz Garip, Paul V. Martorana, and Scott Lozanoff Publication: PLoS ONE 7, no. 8: e42673... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2009
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MBA Oath Maintains Momentum

Conceived and implemented in the closing weeks of the 2009 academic year, the HBS student-inspired MBA Oath has continued to grow and gain support both at the School and beyond. Spearheaded by Max Anderson (MBA ’09) above, at right and a... View Details

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

01 Jun 2013
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Education Innovation

populated, in part, by HBS alumni. Doug Lemov (MBA 2004) is pushing to "reteach" teachers, equipping practitioners with real-world skills to improve learning ("5 Bright Ideas"). Scott Given (MBA 2010) and... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

16 Oct 2014
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Innovating for International Aid

It’s no secret HBS graduates are a hard-charging bunch who sometimes find it hard to take time off. Most eventually learn how to do this so they can recharge to do even harder charging—spending time at a beach, playing golf, climbing mountains, or the like. But View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

04 Sep 2019
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@Soldiers Field

SUNNY DELIGHT: Above: In late June, Schwartz Common was the location for “Summerfest” lunchtime fun, with generous servings of ice cream, sunshine, and cornhole served up to the HBS community. (photo by Leah Fasten) LIGHTS, CAMERA,... View Details

Thomas B. McCabe

McCabe transformed Scott Paper from a sleepy 500 person paper mill company in Chester, Pennsylvania, into a multinational concern with over 60 manufacturing plants throughout the world employing over 40,000 people. View Details

Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

02 Jan 2018
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Reconsidering Retirement

Mitch Tuchman and Scott Puritz (photo by Kim Marshall) Mitch Tuchman (MBA 1982) was a successful software entrepreneur in the exuberant 1990s when his first son, Jack, was born. A year later, Tuchman’s life... View Details

Keywords: April White; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Jun 2004
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Alumni Bookshelf

by Scott Green (MBA 1989)(Wiley) A practical approach for managers who want to improve internal controls to prevent fraud. Learning to Love Africa by Monique Maddy (MBA 1993)... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2007
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Last Look

02163. We’ll update you on what we have learned in the next issue. Thank you! LAST ISSUE’S LAST LOOK: Surprisingly, members of two different MBA sections recognized themselves in these Groucho Marx disguises. Thanks to MBA ’78I sectionmates View Details

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

28 Sep 2017
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Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion

David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK (courtesy Orbital ATK) David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK (courtesy Orbital ATK) Orbital ATK—which was founded in 1982 by three HBS classmates—was sold this week to defense... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Making Finance Personal

Cook Main article: Where Innovation Rules Necessity may be the mother of invention, but as Scott Cook (MBA 1976) can attest, an unhappy spouse can be a powerful prompter of innovation. Spurred by the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

years, this paper presents a significant revision of the model of creativity and innovation in organizations published in Research in Organizational Behavior in 1988. This update focuses primarily on the individual-level psychological processes implicated in creativity... View Details