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  • 09 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

engaged in education in ways that are generous, well-intended, effective at alleviating the symptoms of a weak education system, and thoroughly inadequate to help strengthen the system," says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher J. Malloy
This paper uses social networks to identify information transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are... View Details
Keywords: Asset Pricing; Investment Portfolio; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry
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    Brian L. Trelstad

     

    Brian Trelstad is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the General Management Unit and the Faculty Chair of the Advanced Leadership Initiative. He teaches elective courses on Social Entrepreneurship and Systems... View Details

    Keywords: education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry
    • October 2008
    • Article

    The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

    By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher J. Malloy
    This paper uses social networks to identify information transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Markets; Information Management; Social and Collaborative Networks; Announcements; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Investment Funds; Asset Pricing; Governing and Advisory Boards
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    • 2015
    • Chapter

    Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations

    By: Daniel A Brown, Rakesh Khurana and James O'Toole
    We explore the role of the corporate leader in creating value for stakeholders throughout three eras: one of naïve idealism, one of naïve cynicism, and an emerging era of rugged idealism. We explain how the role of the corporate leader and society's perceptions of this... View Details
    Keywords: Stakeholder Management; Value; Shared Value; Institution; Business School; Stakeholder Engagement; Value Creation; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Alignment; Business Education; Business and Stakeholder Relations
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    • May 2017
    • Teaching Note

    The Container Store

    By: Tatiana Sandino and Kyle Thomas
    “The Container Store” teaching note describes how the case can be taught to MBA or executive education students who are interested in developing a strong culture, implementing strategy, and managing growth. The authors wrote the case for teaching MBA courses such as... View Details
    Keywords: Retail Chains; Growing Organization; Culture; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Employee Relationship Management; Retail Industry
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    • 26 Mar 2020
    • Video

    College Programs Series: SVMP

      Lauren H. Cohen

      Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management

        Janice H. Hammond

        Janice H. Hammond is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing. She currently serves as coursehead for the new MBA required course, Data Science for Managers. She serves as program chair for the HBS Executive Education International Women’s Foundation and Women’s... View Details

        Keywords: apparel; distribution; e-commerce industry; manufacturing; retailing; textiles; transportation
        • December 2003 (Revised April 2005)
        • Case

        Camilla Denison (A)

        By: H. Kent Bowen, Bryce LaPierre and Virginia Fuller
        Follows a successful manager as she takes on challenging assignments to lead manufacturing and development organizations. Details many experiences that influenced her character and attitudes from her youth to her graduate education and first jobs. Students discover the... View Details
        Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Success; Management Skills; Experience and Expertise
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        • 15 Feb 2000
        • Lessons from the Classroom

        Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective

        with the senior managers and CEO—not the second-class citizen the IS person once was. The CEO is also quite comfortable with the technology, which is different from the past, when IT decisions tended to be delegated to others. EE: So CEOs... View Details
        Keywords: by Staff
        • 05 Sep 2008
        • What Do You Think?

        Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

        were nevertheless raised for our further consideration. For example, Joe Violette left us with the assertion that "The Case Method ... develops a structured management approach ... not ... leaders." Others, such as Jacoline... View Details
        Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education
        • 14 Feb 2008
        • News

        Harvard Business School Sets Out Centennial Activities

          Christina R. Wing

          Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on families in business, and she is the creator of Demystifying the Family Enterprise, a course that explores... View Details

          • September 2002
          • Case

          Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (A): The Freedom Agenda

          Describes efforts in Seattle Public Schools, under the leadership of Superintendent Joseph Olchefske, to replace the district's centralized budgeting process with school-level budgets. Olchefske's decentralization effort, referred to locally as the Freedom Agenda,... View Details
          Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Education; Education Industry; Seattle
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          • 20 Jun 2012
          • Lessons from the Classroom

          Teaching Leadership: What We Know

          literal and practical sense of the word) field? How should one even "think about" the challenge of "teaching leadership"? This Handbook is intended to be a foundational reference for educators who teach primarily in... View Details
          Keywords: by Scott A. Snook, Rakesh Khurana & Nitin Nohria; Education

            Ryan L. Raffaelli

            Ryan Raffaelli is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the MBA course "Leadership: Execution and Action Planning" (LEAP) and serves... View Details

            Keywords: publishing industry; advertising; consulting; information technology industry; grocery; nonprofit industry; retailing; consumer products; federal government
            • August 2004 (Revised March 2009)
            • Exercise

            Your Own Case Study

            By: Joshua D. Margolis and Sarah Marie Kauss
            Designed to aid in the transfer and application of knowledge gained from the executive program to the live situation that program participants face in their jobs. Teaching Purpose: To bring practical relevance to executive education programs, permitting focused... View Details
            Keywords: Executive Education; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management; Practice
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              Luis M. Viceira

              Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit  and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details

              Keywords: education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry

                Tsedal Neeley

                Tsedal Neeley is the Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA program at Harvard Business School, where she is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Faculty Chair of the... View Details