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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
know what I was talking about — I wanted to change that. I also wanted to understand business, one of the most powerful institutions in society, and learn about leadership and how to galvanize resources, human and otherwise.” As is the... View Details
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
mobilize business leadership on a sufficient scale to make a difference." "Our view is the system could go, if companies don't step up," says Bower. "It's companies that have the skill sets necessary to go from a vision to making... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- August 2007 (Revised April 2008)
- Compilation
"Doer's Profile" Nelson Mandela (1918- )
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence
Profile of Nelson Mandela designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical records. View Details
Stevenson, Howard H., and Shirley Spence. "Doer's Profile" Nelson Mandela (1918- ). Harvard Business School Compilation 808-040, August 2007. (Revised April 2008.)
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
in U.S. politics: CEOs are taking very public stands on thorny political issues that have nothing to do with their firms’ bottom lines. Business leaders like Tim Cook of Apple, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Marc Benioff of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
second of five children, growing up under apartheid in rural South Africa, she credits her parents with stressing the importance of education and for making her politically aware and proud of her Sotho heritage. With this strong... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Lavoie (MBA 1993) (Crown Business) In How Remarkable Women Lead, Barsh described Centered Leadership's five capabilities and the research that underpins it. In this book, Barsh and Lavoie provide a practical field guide for implementing the Centered View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
they are in terms of their educational background and their companies and the fact that they are there more to talk about leadership because they want to advance their own leadership. Kenny: We're all using one platform and another and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- Portrait Project
Scott Quigley
the city through political and economic development projects. A young soldier in my unit, fresh on what would turn out to be a 15-month-long mission, asked me in a fearful tone through a stone gaze, "What do we do, Sir?" My... View Details
- 2024
- Case
Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations: Figueres the Negotiator (C)
By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian
This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Management; International Relations; Leadership
Sebenius, James K., Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro, and Mina Subramanian. "Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations: Figueres the Negotiator (C)." Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Case, 2024.
- June 2009
- Case
The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama
By: David A. Thomas, Laura Morgan Roberts and Stephanie Creary
This case profiles President Barack Hussein Obama's rise to the presidency as an "improbable candidate." The case illustrates the ways in which he overcame criticism from those who questioned his credibility and his values, and skepticism from those who were unsure... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; Race; Political Elections; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Trust
Thomas, David A., Laura Morgan Roberts, and Stephanie Creary. "The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama." Harvard Business School Case 409-115, June 2009.
- 01 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program
not only for a business leader but also for someone considering a career in politics like myself. Third, HBS provides many opportunities to take leadership positions. The responsibilities of the HBS Student... View Details
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
Working PapersAccounting Information as Political Currency Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We test whether accounting can be used as political currency. Our setting is the US... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
began with the Giants’ cross-bay rivals, the Oakland A’s. As a political science major at the University of California, Berkeley, Baer fed his passion for journalism and sports by serving as business manager and sports director of the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
that leaders matter. Certainly, many leaders (especially the successful ones) make this claim—just have a look at the business section of your local bookstore. But social scientists who systematically study leadership generally agree with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
leaders who make a difference. “I don’t regard HBS as a business school,” he explains. “I regard it as a leadership training school.” In the short run, Flannery plans to ply his newly acquired skills in the world of private equity. But... View Details
- 18 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 18
Buildings Authors:Timothy Simcoe and Michael W. Toffel Abstract We measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
- Module Note
Truman and the Bomb Summary: Balancing Benefits and Harms
By: Sandra J. Sucher
A summary of the major themes discussed in the eleventh class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details
Sucher, Sandra J. "Truman and the Bomb Summary: Balancing Benefits and Harms." Harvard Business School Module Note 607-075, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
Selected as a 2018 “new leader to watch” by the Leadership Now Project, cofounded by Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001, MPA 2002), Harder sees Washington’s hyperpartisanship as a roadblock to legislative progress. In his 10th Congressional... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- Profile
Jacob Meiner
Jacob Meiner has always been attracted to the difficult. As an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania he initially studied Near East languages and civilizations. "It intrigued me from an interdisciplinary perspective, as a way to draw history, religion,... View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
rely on indirect governance through regulated competition among political as well as economic actors in structures that in many ways parallel the competition found in organized sports. Inevitably these two systems develop as well as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne