Public Relations Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2009
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The Maestro and the Market

Business and Creativity at elBulli WIZARD: Chef Ferran Adrià at the World Summit of Gastronomy in Tokyo. He’s been called “the Salvador Dalí of the kitchen” for creations ranging from beetroot and yogurt ice-cream lollipops to a deconstructed Spanish omelet served in a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

02 Apr 2014
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Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain

Brochu went to Silicon Valley and worked for a computer security firm. But like the rest of the nation, her worldview shifted on 9/11. She decided to return to Washington, DC, her hometown, and get involved in public service. She was... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; human trafficking; Government; National Security and International Affairs; Government

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Illustrated by Julie Kwon Little, Brown Books for Young Readers This children’s book by Cherie Fu is a pitch-perfect rhyming text about messiness that any child and parent can relate to, featuring a unique Chinese-American,... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

microscope by thousands of HBS students, tell it like it was and relate what they’ve learned and what they believe about being a leader. Toby Johnson Putting Her People First Whether leading in military or civilian life (bottom, at... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Class Day, Commencement Mark New Beginning for Newest Alumni

crisis and opted instead to relate lessons learned and wisdom acquired over his long career. “I am wildly optimistic about the future of America,” he said. “It is still one of the shining lights on this planet. It has been and will... View Details

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

20 Jun 2019
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Reframing Modern Art

first in finance where you are proposing transactions, acquisitions, private placements, public offerings, etc, to corporate clients. It's a process of long-term relationship building, but it is first a process of upfront... View Details

16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice

A born adventurer with a passion for social justice, Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) uses her business savvy to effect social change. Since 2014 Brooks has served as chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Oct 2001
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Philip L. Yeo: The Next Big Thing

highly visible undertakings such as the $4 billion Jurong Island complex, in which seven offshore islands were linked with imported landfill to form a huge new industrial area for land-strapped Singapore. Less apparent, but no less... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

illustration by Peter Arkle When Professor Paul Gompers began studying the venture capital industry in the late 1980s, colleagues often wondered why. “They’d say that it’s such a backwater and unimportant industry,” he recalls. With more... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2020
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We Rise

into the VC industry but that we also retain those currently in it.” —Madeline Keulen (MBA 2019), vice president, Victress Capital Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, general trends on gender diversity were moving, slowly, in the right... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

08 Jun 2011
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George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees

When Singapore’s George Yeo (MBA ’85) was a young man, his intellect and achievement made clear to his country’s leaders that he was destined to become an important national resource. Indeed, he has fashioned an impressive career built on civic engagement and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Oct 1996
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The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson

James A. Henderson (MBA '63) is chairman and CEO of Indiana-based Cummins Engine Company, one of America's most respected industrial corporations. Prior to joining Cummins, where he has worked for more than thirty years, Henderson, who... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

Capitalism Constrained: Public Policy and the Manager, examines the role of the state in five economic sectors: energy, communications, transportation, health, and the environment. "Deregulation, with roots in the U.S. political economy... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

Bulletin coverage of technology centered on areas such as aviation, energy, and automation. A 1928 article on radio, for example, noted that "with the exception of aviation, no other industry has so swiftly passed from the stage of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2001
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Film School

volunteer in Africa before attending HBS; thinking back to that time made him want to do "something useful and outrageous" once again. Particularly concerned about violence among young people, Seder decided that he wanted to "make a commitment to at-risk youth." At the... View Details

Keywords: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

15 Oct 2019
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Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective

received support from staff at the School’s Europe Research Center, who facilitated contacts with 13 top executives and policymakers at European businesses and institutions. When Pons teaches the case, students consider the history of climate science, how country-... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Capitalism’s False Mantra

Related Links Martin discussing his book One of the most influential papers defining the role of business, “Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure,” was coauthored in 1976 by Michael Jensen, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run

product of the GPP’s Substance Abuse Research Alliance (SARA), an affiliate group of 150 researchers, public officials, and practitioners all working to turn the rising tide of deaths from opioid overdose. Langford, here for the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

01 Mar 2006
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The Real Conflict

competing operations, driving employees toward public welfare systems, and creating urban sprawl. The savings to Wal-Mart customers appears large in relation to the surplus that it passes on to its... View Details

Keywords: Pankaj Ghemawat; Ken A. Mark; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

14 Dec 2015
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A Leader’s Call to Action

community service, and for actively assisting women in their attainment of professional excellence and leadership skills” over her more than 30-year career in the electric and gas industry in the Midwest. It’s fitting that Plato’s words... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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