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25 Jan 2024
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Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

Climate Stories Episode #15 – Hilton Augustine III - Finding and Funding Climate Technology Solutions Episode 15 of Climate Stories focuses on recent HBS alumnus, Hilton Augustine III. A veteran of... View Details

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Melcolm Ruffin

Growing up on the west side of Chicago, Melcolm Ruffin was immersed in three things: "a loving family that nurtured me," an emphasis on education, and a passion for basketball. "I loved sports and was a big basketball... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

Montreal Children’s Hospital and faculty member at the Université de Montréal, was a key player in the rise of Telemedia, and is credited with setting up a unique human resources culture within the company.... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century Charts & Statistics Birthplace Education Gender & Ethnicity Tenure Birthplace of Leaders Foreigners Gain CEO Access After Mid-Century Pre-1950 Founder 73%... View Details

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

securitized, and professionalized. There are over $5.5 trillion of securitized home mortgages, $500 billion of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and $200 billion of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Construction; Real Estate

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MBA Program - Alumni

Giving MBA Program Giving MBA Program Enhance Learning Ensure a transformational educational experience The MBA Program is the cornerstone of HBS’s educational offerings. Ongoing innovation in teaching and learning, as well as the... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

father's travels provided me with a broadening experience," says Porter, at ease between sips from a can of diet soda, "and athletics offered an outlet for competing while exposing me to the importance of... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

04 Feb 2010
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

these sound like "dog bites man" assertions. I'll risk oversimplifying a complex set of arguments this way: Mauboussin, citing a wide range of examples and research,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

not sufficient anymore. 2. The internal control systems are broken. 3. The best response to the above is to strengthen externally imposed controls by improving the flow of information to capital markets, by shifting power to shareholders,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Feb 2013
What Do You Think?

Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

Summing Up Can "Conscious Capitalism" Become a Viable Antidote to Income Inequality? Conscious capitalism as an antidote to income inequality apparently is an idea that attracts the attention of a diverse community, judging from... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

while building platforms to educate leaders and catalyze action on this complex and expanding set of issues. Play Video duration: 3:02 Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study View Details

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HarvardKey for Alumni

can claim your HarvardKey, you'll need to know: Your Harvard Alumni Assocation (HAA) ID, which is found in the footer of any email you receive from HAA. Which email address HAA has on file for you. If you can't find your HAA... View Details

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

the solution. In prior writings, we called this strategy “coring.”5 There are several examples. In order to solve the problem of how to build an IBM-compatible personal computer during the 1980s, which IBM... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting

31 Jan 2014
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Body, Heal Thyself

BANCEL Throughout 2009 and 2010, Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000) had received upward of 20 calls from biotech companies asking him to come aboard and lead the company. It made sense. He was a highly recruited CEO successfully running... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

08 Nov 2013
HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

requires us to find people who want to stay with the company for the long haul." Another linchpin in Zehnder's vision also sets the firm apart from all others in the field. Clients pay for services rendered, period. There are no... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

Reid. Workplace programs that attempt to bridge race and class often view the minority group as “other,” Ramarajan notes, with acculturation expected of the minority individual. But often, leaders are not willing to critically rethink the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

admonished, “If you ever dreamed of playing for millions around the world, now is your chance: play inside, play for the world,” to reinforce the need for people to stay home, while McDonald’s team in Brazil decided to redraw the iconic... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

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