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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
over what time frame, is an expression of those values. The commitment to reconsider, evaluate, question, and modify your decisions in light of your values is an expression of character. With an overly narrow focus on the near-term maximization of corporate View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a battle against corruption, a force that slows economic development
efforts are having a real impact, with fewer allegations of corruption appearing in the media. Companies with low anti-corruption efforts, while enjoying faster sales growth in corrupt markets, have lower profit margins and return on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
revenue-neutral reform: A much-reduced rate, to facilitate US domestic investment and discourage transfer pricing games. A transition to a territorial regime of taxation with only US-earned profits subject to taxation and foreign... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Getting Smart About Philanthropy
Seven HBS alumni are among more than 50 philanthropic leaders who share their strategic thinking, insights, and wisdom in a unique set of video interviews being showcased on the new GiveSmart.org website. The "Conversations with... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
is the acknowledgment of the importance and value of sharing information itself and of adopting common technology standards to further this end. Thus, IBM in computers, RCA in television, and AT&T in transistors, to cite three examples,... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
aerospace sector, proposed a different approach for Aero, one that took its cues from other profitable airlines that own their fleets: “We’re a low-cost carrier on the back end and a premium service on the front end,” she explains. Mikael... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Taylor R. M. Keen
environmental improvement efforts. Encouraged by Mankiller, he applied to Harvard as a joint degree candidate at both HBS and the Kennedy School of Government, but deferred admission for a year to help the Omahas reinvest profits from the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
endeavors. After building his fortune in the virtual world, Steven D. Murch (MBA '91) has taken up a hammer to build a lasting legacy in the real world. “My dream is to create a foundation that helps people,” says Murch, a Microsoft veteran and Internet entrepreneur... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
Even if 2020 wasn’t a profitable year for booksellers, it seems to have been a banner year for reading. When we asked alumni to tell us about the best titles they’ve read this year, we received a flood of recommendations. Here we offer a... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
enough to be able to make a gift for their endowment, so they can accept qualified students without regard to the size of their pocketbooks.” Five years ago he returned to the helm of Bloomberg LP. He donates all profits from his View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
goods, and protecting the environment. Baker illustrates how these realities further corrode the commonwealth, with specific, pragmatic measures to reset capitalism so that it once again contributes to shared prosperity and sustained... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Four-Letter Word
lot of sound and fury that, it turns out, really doesn’t signify much at all. That’s because David Miller (MBA ’03), the Treasury Department’s former chief investment officer for TARP, helped preside over “a steady and, so far, profitable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
really my job to think about the health of society or the planet. My job is to put my head down and run a profitable business.” Now we’re at a moment where many of us look around at the federal government and say, “Excuse me, we have a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
celebratory fireworks. "We've always thought of OPM as a family, so it's wonderful to see all the families here tonight," he noted. "The friendships and relationships that are reinforced by class reunions are always fruitful, and we hope that this reunion will provide... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
affordable prices, a unique offering in the otherwise crowded wedding industry. But custom design creates ongoing operational challenges. As it grows, should Anomalie leverage its supply-chain advantages to create a line of off-the-rack styles, with the potential for... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
and governance dimensions. Critics of the One Report concept maintain that it destroys shareholder value by diverting attention from short-term profit maximization. But Eccles and two colleagues found just the opposite. In a recent paper... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System? Corporations have turned tax obligations into profit centers, bringing into question the whole rationale for business taxes. Associate Professor Mihir Desai discusses problems with the modern... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
individuals can do their jobs? It reminds me of one of the most poignant lines in the 9/11 Commission report: “Good people can overcome bad structures. They should not have to.” It’s been said that, post-9/11, the intelligence community’s culture must change from... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
that, how to share information efficiently within a company, new ways to share information with suppliers and customers — those elements of the new economy are unstoppable. How job has changed in last five... View Details