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History - Entrepreneurship

forum groups (Rock Councils). Visit our Showcase to see the HBS entrepreneurs who are currently members of our Rock 100 community. Read More Rock Summer Fellows Rock Summer Fellows enables students to continue to explore their... View Details

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HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

To inspire and support alumni serving on nonprofit boards 41% of HBS alumni currently serve on a nonprofit board 1 , and many more have or will serve on a board at some point in their career. To support this extraordinary number View Details

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

Founding Chairman, Egon Zehnder International, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Zurich, 1949 A.B., Classics University of Zurich, 1953 Ph.D., Law (including... View Details

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

strategy, it's essential to regularly reevaluate individual and team goals to ensure that each still maps to those of the company. — "How will it satisfy stakeholders?" How important is it to your boss, your team, and other... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

01 Mar 2018
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Every Trick in the Book

Carolyn Brody (MBA 1983) photo by HollenderX2 BookHampton has been a mainstay of the Long Island, New York, community of East Hampton for more than 40 years. Carolyn Brody (MBA 1983) fondly remembers the... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Student Activities - Health Care

capital, private equity, investment banking, and consulting. The Student-Alumni Mentor Program Matches students interested in health care with alumni who can provide direction on navigating the complex health care sector. Speakers From... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Jackson, senior advisor, joined New Mountain in 2008. Jackson has over thirty years of operations and logistics management experience leading consumer product companies and retailers. Jackson was president... View Details

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Institutions and Corporate Lobbying

“Institutions and Make-or-Buy Decision of Lobbying: The Role of Sociopolitical Legitimacy on Foreign MNEs’ Lobbying Internalization”

In this study, I examine how legitimacy comes into play in foreign MNEs’ make-or-buy decisions... View Details

Keywords: Institutions; Make V. Buy; Lobbying; Legitimacy; Corruption; Culture; Multinational Enterprise; United States

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship

Buyers and sellers in mature industrial markets can turn single transactions into long-term beneficial relationships by a deeper understanding of the complex connection between the two, says Harvard Business School professor Narakesari... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Sep 2020
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The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

the core, and pivot to new opportunities. We provide a top-level overview of major topics and ideas relevant to each concept. We hope you are interested in engaging in further research about any topics that... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

05 Nov 2019
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Alumnus Named McDonald’s CEO

Chris Kempczinski (MBA 1997) has been named the new CEO of McDonald’s. Previously serving as McDonald's USA President, Kempczinski was instrumental in the recent turnaround of the iconic burger chain, a... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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Scaling Work - Research Computing Services

, certain approaches with Rparallel or Rfuture , or others), one must also determine how the memory will be consumed for each fork/thread/process/branch of the code. If each has it's own copy View Details

04 Feb 2010
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What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

decision goes wrong." Luis X. B. Mourao opined that " while (a model) helps to diligently collect and analyze relevant data, it only gets you so far. Add experience and it will get you a step further." Some of the most... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 1997
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High Fives

father-in-law said it would be in the new CEO's interest to make sure that my career was successful also. I took the job.” Investment outlook over the next five years: “I'm bullish. We're in a world of low... View Details

14 Jul 2003
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Keeping Your Balance With Customers

partnership (in which vendor and customer share cost reductions). The company measured its success rate by the number of requests for proposal it received that sought a sole-source relationship. The consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

04 Jun 2018
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Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

someone, perhaps a highly experienced, high-profile executive, who might not otherwise be available or interested in the job? On the other hand, if the person is to be hired, what are the costs in terms of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Aug 2020
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Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?

would be interesting , he continued, to examine sectors other than technology “for their natural tendencies and what drives such culture and procedural traits.” Joe noted that some of the principles View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

12 Mar 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO

Editor's note: This is part of a series of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. In this article, Davis discusses when to make changes at the top. No... View Details

27 Sep 2021
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Working to Change the Food System

you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of "what is my calling?" It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to work on problems that mattered to me, that I could have fun doing,... View Details

28 Jan 2013
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Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

Each week, millions of consumers visit crowd-sourced review websites in search of recommendations for everything from taco stands to car dealers. Among the influential leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

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