Middle Managers - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Sep 2019
News

Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse

Okay. I do my best thinking during yoga. It's a time when I quiet the mind, and I think a lot of other times my mind is constantly going with “How do I manage my three children, and my life, and the logistics, and the work, and the eating... View Details

01 May 2013
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Isik Kececi Asur, MBA 1997

Seeing obstacles women face, particularly in Middle Eastern countries, is what drove Isik Kececi Asur and her husband, Mustafa, to endow an MBA fellowship designated for female entrepreneurs from Turkey and Lebanon. “Supporting women to... View Details

06 Nov 2020
News

Signal Boost

belong.” LEDA starts inclusion education at a young age, offering programs like Calling All Colors, which allows students in middle and high schools to discuss race in their communities and calls on them to make their schools a welcoming... View Details

04 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

We’re in the middle of a Great Resignation. This past April, 2.7 percent of Americans quit their jobs, the highest rate on record. And according to a study by Microsoft, more than 40 percent of the global workforce would consider leaving... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

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Global - Global Activities 2020

of HBS faculty interviewing business leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The five new videos feature South African business leaders in banking (Cas Coovadia), retail (Shirley Zinn), food (Robbie Brozin),... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey

He’s got a superhero’s name, and he’s shining a light on enduring wrongs here at home while confronting challenges in the Third World as well. Meet Richard America, who sees policy analysis and quality management as keys to development... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

stretch goal would be a turnover of 10 in five years, with improvements toward that goal recognized and rewarded on a year-to-year basis. One goal of this philosophy was to eliminate the time-wasting annual budgeting game in which middle... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Apr 2002
News

Q&A - Mark Fields

at all levels. It helps people understand our revitalization process, so they can tie their own efforts to it and feel they’re part of the organization’s progress. In the area of productivity and incentives, we’ve linked compensation to individual performance in our... View Details

Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Eugene W. Rhodes

Having spent his summers in college working at the Tribune, Rhodes was selected to run the paper in 1922, following the unexpected deaths of both the Tribune’s founder and its managing editor. Despite his youth and lack of experience,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

01 Jun 2009
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Lewis and Primo Receive Recognition for Achievements

received the groups’ Professional Achievement Award, built Essence magazine into the leading lifestyle publication for African-American women. Primo’s real-estate investment and development firm has over $4 billion under management and... View Details

Keywords: awards; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

24 Apr 2014
News

Educating children through inquiry-based learning

industry. In 2004, Frock embarked on what she thought would be a 9-month leave of absence from her high-level job at Corning Inc. to help start ASMS. She ended up staying at the innovative middle school, which is supported in part by... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Carving a Niche

turns down sheer mountain faces, launching off snow-capped boulders, and even sliding along stair railings in the middle of a city park. Faction cofounders Alex Hoye (left) and Tony McWilliam at the company’s offices in Verbier,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

at Africa Health Management in Accra, Ghana. Dezzy Ogakwu (MBA 2021) , director/CEO of Lagos-based Aku Fintech, which enables access to digital financial services. Nikki Okrah (MBA 2021) , founder of Ghana-based Chaku Foods, and a grand... View Details

Platform for Dialogue

fashion, American and Indian cinema, Middle Eastern oil, Chilean minerals, Japanese and Greek shipping, and much more, to synthesize historical drivers of global change, I became convinced by the power of true Socratic teaching as... View Details

Profile

Jonathan Evans

From the time Jonathan Evans got his first computer in middle school – an IBM Aptiva complete with a DVD encyclopedia, featuring actor Patrick Stewart in the introductory video – he was hooked on technology. Years later, after graduating... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Breakthrough International Negotiation

managing conflict, and building momentum. The authors guide readers through detailed accounts of complex negotiations involving North Korea, Bosnia, the Middle East, and Kuwait, raising questions and... View Details

Keywords: Michael Watkins; Susan Rosegrant; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

17 Apr 2017
News

Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE

jet engines, and for years made its home in leafy Connecticut will officially open its new corporate headquarters in downtown Boston, smack in the middle of the city’s burgeoning innovation district. According to the Boston Globe, after... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Oct 2018
News

For the Greater Good

Applied Science—I think that will have a huge difference in the world. “I also supported Central Park in New York. That is the heart and soul of New York City. It's an 873-acre park right in the middle of Manhattan. And it's almost... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

on MBAs. Here’s a closer look at three of this year’s offerings. Investing for Impact Professor Shawn Cole, Finance, and Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi, General Management A rapidly growing share of asset owners and View Details