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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
Whether it’s an upfront enterprise on Main Street or illegal dealings on Mean Street, competition, risk management, and profitability are primary concerns in both business venues. That’s the theory behind the nonprofit Prison... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- News
Last Look - December 2008
remembers that the class Section E skipped was MERC II, taught by Zschau’s replacement. Barry adds: “MERC addressed quantitative decision- making under uncertainty. The subject matter was difficult, and the teaching workbooks were obtuse.... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
know how best to deploy their talents and motivate them in circumstances that can be discouraging.” He also cites the value of the HBS case method in preparing him for decision-making in a pressure-filled,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
Professor Jeffrey F. Rayport and John Hagel III (MBA '77, JD '78), a principal in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office, detail how managers will resolve the upcoming tug-of-war over this valuable information asset. Until recently,... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Stevenson’s Own
meets it? The motivation to pursue those opportunities to achieve some desired future state Do I have the long-term will and endurance necessary to stick with it, until that product or service is fully... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
promoting its investment opportunities, to organizing site visits and meetings for foreign investors, to negotiating investment deals and incentive packages. In little more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
force of the last few elections. While George W. Bush may have come to Washington promising to unite us, not divide us, he won reelection by doing the opposite. Instead of finding ways to bring people together, he exploited our divisions View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
for example, buys copy paper, it knows where the trees it’s made from were cut. That means the company can create and enforce purchasing standards so it’s not unwittingly contributing to illegal logging. We’re also exploring how you... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 13 Sep 2013
- News
Educate Everyone About Second-Generation Gender Bias
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
service these men and women do for us and our country. It enables me to honor that commitment even though I did not serve,” he says. York was motivated to make this gift... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
she says, noting that Brazil offers incentives in the form of discounted transmission rates for biomass-generated electricity. (Brazil is almost entirely independent of fossil fuels, relying primarily on hydroelectric energy for its grid... View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
BollyX actually makes me better at both jobs. As a cocreator of the BollyX workout, I absolutely love teaching BollyX classes. Feeling the energy and vibe of the class participants keeps me connected to the mission View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
SPNM scholarship program a primary focus of its fundraising activities because the program’s impact in the region is so far-reaching. “Our members have been most motivated to give back to the community through SPNM,” says Panoff. “This is... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
illegal, gaming of society’s rules that led to Enron’s collapse. The answer points to three persis-tent tasks of corporate governance: the avoidance of perverse incentives for executives, the strengthening of board oversight, View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
edited by Dan Morrell; illustrations by Chris Gash use this navigation to explore the 19 Musts MUST READ The Border by Don Winslow “The Border is a gut-punch crime novel that contrasts the desperation of illegal immigrants with the callous greed of drug lords View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
introduces some of our nation's brightest individuals to a variety of social enterprise organizations. This exposure will motivate them to invest with time and dollars. Ostrov: The field of social enterprise... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
two years at Soldiers Field had prepared us to size up a competitor, motivate employees, and gain market share, but we could not have anticipated the many other ways in which our leadership skills would be... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
across a far-flung network of operations, and motivating everyone with a clear understanding of the new company’s mission. Add to those formidable tasks the steep learning curve Parker faced by moving from... View Details
- 03 Oct 2009
- News
"I Read Playboy for the Articles"
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
1978), a Republican from Indiana, and Representative Josh Harder (MBA/MPP 2014), a Democrat serving California’s 10th Congressional district, have much in common. Both ran for office in 2018, motivated by a... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg