Charitable Lead Trusts - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

economic and social value. The goal of the corporation is to add value to employees, customers, suppliers and other partners, and community/society. These CEOs and the companies they lead make decisions with the interests of these other... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

Chairman of Nalli Silk Sarees, explains how his grandfather's commitment to honesty in business has been handed down through the generations, and how it has helped to engender customer trust and loyalty. Rahul Bajaj Rahul Bajaj Chairman... View Details

13 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants

packages based on Yelp’s guidelines: They were in good standing with a certain number of trusted reviews, solid ratings, and complete business listing information, including photos. Starting with a total pool of 18,295 businesses, the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

15 Nov 2024
News

Driving Change

changing role in American society since the 1960s. Her analysis revealed how women’s movements adopted organizing strategies from the Civil Rights movement, leading to both progress and pushback. “As a group unifies and gains rights it... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Post-Office

model. Why wouldn’t people do this before? Was a lack of trust driving an aversion to this? RC: Trust was definitely part of it. It’s also the habits that people have. Some managers would like to see people... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Remote work; COVID-19; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

31 Oct 2004
What Do You Think?

Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?

Mary Ann Ulrich describes what may be one of the most important challenges in leading the crowd when she comments that "... trusting the result will be the greatest challenge for most leaders and the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

Enterprise Capital Markets Harvard Business School Case 307-078 Seeking to impact global poverty and philanthropy, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar donates $100 million to Tufts University for a trust restricted to investment in microfinance.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Jul 2021
News

Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

competition or another investing network. We took inspiration from our club’s mentorship program and came up with a shorter version, where we could advise startup founders.” Pundrik, Mansukhani, and Ventura lead the club’s New Ventures... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

and extraordinarily detailed maps. Leading YOU: The Power of Self-Leadership to Build your Executive Brand and Drive Career Success by Brenda Bence (MBA 1991) (Global Insight Communications, LLC) The most important driver of overall... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

lead you into formal roles of leadership. At its core, leadership is built on an understanding of human nature, human needs, and human relationships. Three themes—service before self, tough love, and personal integrity—make up the bedrock... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2005
News

Making History, Starting Over

Returning to his roots in the Middle East, Cohen created The Portland Trust in 2003 to fund investments aimed at easing tensions between Israel and its neighbors. For example, the trust is working to secure... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

May 2017
Case

Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund

By: Steven Rogers and Valerie Mosley

Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at conferences around the world and typically holding court wherever she went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street... View Details

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01 Dec 2010
News

How to Survive Past Start-up

different.” Have the Right Mindset From talking with HBS alumni, I learned about many cases in which people seemed to rush headlong into start-ups, hoping primarily to make a lot of money fast. That could lead them to ignore what seemed... View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

does not trust Microsoft and its use of 'customer' information to market to customers and hold them digitally captive. This demographic will continue to provide sales to (a judo master competitor)." These comments reflect general... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2017
News

Case Study: Something New

expertise in various parts of a complex supply chain and high efficiency (to keep lead times down and costs manageable). But that is valuable precisely because it is difficult and thus very hard to replicate. —Ankur Daga (MBA 2005) What... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 May 2017
News

Going the Distance

sector is similar to what we did in economic development—building our social impact ecosystem instead of just working in silos. WalletHub recently ranked Utah as the leading state in both charitable giving... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

11 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

innovations, or selling services—to step up and lead without a hierarchy. Consumer marketing companies are lining up to use these networks to reach their tailored demographics with highly personalized messages. Already they are... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

10 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

considered the communication he had just received. It was from Permira, the leading European buyout fund, and concerned its fourth fund, to which Altoona had made a $100 million commitment. The memorandum offered investors a chance to... View Details