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- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
Professor Janice Hammond, the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing at HBS, was named to the fund's advisory board. "The Women's Venture Capital Fund was referred to me by two highly regarded HBS professors, and it was that referral—together with the impressive... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
business administration cannot change the world. The recourse I see is to establish a level of supervision above the corporate world, either private sector or government. Of the two, only government is susceptible to opinion of mere citizens. The SEC could require that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
soon working side by side with its dynamic pastor, the Reverend Dr. Floyd H. Flake, to take Allen’s ministry outside the church walls. In 1986, after eight years as a senior executive at General Motors, Reed left GM to manage Flake’s... View Details
- March 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and James Weber
In 2018, City Year was a 30-year-old nonprofit that recruited and organized teams of young-adult “volunteers” (corps teams) to provide a year of citizen service. It had 3,100 corps members serving in 327 schools located in 28 U.S. cities. In its early decades, City... View Details
Keywords: Education; Service Operations; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Resource Allocation; Change Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Middle School Education; Secondary Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Human Capital; Growth Management; Service Delivery; Organizational Design; Social Enterprise; Poverty; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and James Weber. "City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact." Harvard Business School Case 318-089, March 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
that "firm performance and top management compensation are inversely related." And this may not have taken into account the large severance payments made to those being asked to leave their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the PRIDE Club
in the U.S. Army following the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Dan attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 2010 with a B.S. in French. An avid fan of RuPaul's Drag Race, he's still smarting over his terrible View Details
- Web
Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024
American 5% 5% 2% 3% 1% Hispanic / Latino / Latinx 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% Multi-Race / Non-Hispanic 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% White 89% 90% 93% 93% 95% Did Not Report / Unknown 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Staff headcount includes View Details
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
facing the Internet. Note that in the newspaper industry, digital content initially started with different advertising customers, a different business model, and a whole set of performance characteristics that made it appear unattractive... View Details
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower Retrofitting buildings in inner cities is just one element of BlocPower’s groundbreaking sustainability strategy. In this episode of Climate Stories, BlocPower’s General Manager Keith... View Details
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
systems in the software industry. Our sample includes 1,286 software releases taken from 19 distinct applications. We find that 75%-80% of systems possess a core-periphery structure. However, the number of components in the core varies widely, even for systems that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
dental assistant would be more likely to sign up for cadaver donation with his spouse than a married female firefighter would with hers. The findings indicate that donation program directors may want to target possible donors by sending educational information to View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
Gerdeman's story The Manager in Red Sneakers. 2. Resolution: Work harder to meet the demands of a job where you’ve been failing to shine. Tip: Ask yourself whether the problem is actually the job, not you. Today’s jobs are expanding in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
men led during terrific growth phases are similar in some ways, but very different in others. With $30 billion in revenue, The Koç Group is the largest conglomerate in Turkey, with more than 100 companies and 73,000 employees operating in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
area’s first Asian grocery/restaurants, the seven-year old Marcelo, in flawless English, was put to work answering the phone and taking messages. “I’ve always enjoyed the way business gets conducted and the scrappiness with which my parents View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
around the globe. As he considers 3i's performance through the first quarter of 2006 (3i's fiscal year 2006), he must balance his satisfaction at the firm's results and progress in the recent buoyant market with the question of whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
Publications September 2014 The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management Mergers and Acquisitions and Innovation By: Ahuja, Gautam, and Elena Novelli Abstract—This article (a) identifies the different theoretical perspectives and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
years and currently serves as faculty chair for the Managing Brand Meaning program in the Executive Education curriculum. He believes the future of Internet advertising depends on improvements in technology. "We won't really understand... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
demands preclude a commitment to learning and teaching performed at the convenience of an instructor. Increasingly, employers are competing with educational institutions for students' time, and in many cases employers appear to be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
passionate teaching, the building of intellectual capital, and the broad communication of ideas, we are advancing knowledge of how organizations and institutions can perform more effectively and, ultimately, benefit people in every sphere... View Details