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01 Mar 2024
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On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

contributions to the experience of the graduating class. 2024 Juan Alcacer : Received the 2024 HBS Student Association Faculty Teaching Award for exceptional contributions to the experience of the graduating... View Details

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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

railroads represented a highest percentage of listed stocks and bonds issued on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock market grew from a few shares in the 1830s to hundreds of thousands in 1850 to millions... View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

General Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2024 Arthur C. Brooks : Elected as a Member of the American Academy of Sciences & Letters in 2024. Leemore S. Dafny : Elected to the National Academy of... View Details

20 Sep 2022
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How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

percent more than when executives who share the political views of their colleagues depart. “The stock price drops a lot, suggesting that investors actually view these executives as very valuable and that those departures are not in the... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Dissertation: Is the Ideal Worker Still Real? Sources and Consequences of Men's Professional Identities

My dissertation examines the implications of men's changing lives for their work identities and for gender inequality in organizations. Current theories of workplace gender inequality hinge upon the widely-shared cultural image of an "ideal worker,"... View Details

2018
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New Prospects for Organizational Democracy?: How the Joint Pursuit of Social and Financial Goals Challenges Traditional Organizational Designs

By: Julie Battilana, Michael Fuerstein and Michael Lee

For an extended period during the first half of the 20th century, industrial democracy was a vibrant movement, with ideological and organizational ties to a thriving unionism. In 2015, however, things look different. While there are instances of democracy in the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Social Enterprise; Values and Beliefs; Integration; Theory

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20 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time

investors may want to see higher growth, it may be better to sacrifice some short-term growth to gain persistence.” “The semiconductor industry... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

league for Africans, by Africans,” Tatum says—developed in response to this opportunity, and a series of sold-out exhibition games confirmed a continental appetite for live basketball. The NBA’s larger... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Industry Information - Alumni

Investment Management Enterprising Investor (from the CFA Institute) Written for investment professionals by investment professionals, it aims to elevate the most compelling perspectives from the sea of... View Details

Ghassan E. Nuqul

Keywords: Wellness

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Electricity - Business & Environment

climate change by investing capital into all of the components that will be necessary to support changing grid operations as we integrate large quantities of intermittent renewable resources (renewable energy, high View Details

28 Mar 2024
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Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association

personally. Our mission is to connect, empower, and celebrate the next generation of women leaders. We feel it's our responsibility to ensure the women in our campus community... View Details

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

scorecards to align the organization? How can we ensure that our people understand our strategy? How do we use the scorecard to improve how we conduct our management meetings? An OSM typically emerges when... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2000
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Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani

investors take notice, often increasing a company's market capitalization by millions of dollars. The pressure is intense, to say the least, but it's clear that Modigliani loves her job. "Every day the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

investors in London and New York? Kaspi.kz’s business model is one that is unlikely to have developed elsewhere, says Victoria Ivashina, the Lovett-Learned Professor of Finance and the faculty chair of HBS’s... View Details

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Fundraising - Alumni

Investors Society Class Agent or an HBS Class Ambassador. HBS Fund Investors Society Class Agent : These volunteers focus on recruiting and renewing HBS Fund Investors Society... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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James Has New Role

(photo by Susan Young) (photo by Susan Young) Ralph James (MBA 1982), who previously headed Executive Education at HBS, became executive director of External Relations in July. In his new role, James is responsible for development and... View Details

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

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Business in Global Society - Alumni

business as a force for good, please contact Ellen Harkavy, Managing Director of Development, at eharkavy@hbs.edu or 617.495.6883. The HBS Fund Investors Society recognizes leadership annual donors. Learn More “ Business today is being... View Details

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Get Involved - Entrepreneurship

Venture Competition to receive early written feedback from investors and entrepreneurs in related industry sectors on their ideas. Reviewers are matched to one or more (if... View Details

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