Professor Bill George - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

celebrities including Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Oprah Winfrey, was drawn to Bono's commitment to conscious capitalism and to the question of what made Bono, well, Bono. "It so clicked for me," she says. "I hadn't listened to U2 in 10... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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Past Issues - Alumni

graduates who have embarked on second careers. Rural Renewal A Profile of Torrey Reade An Authentic Leader A Q&A with Bill George Complete Table of Contents September 2003 These Are the Good Old Days Anne... View Details

16 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

At the end of 2020—seven months after COVID-19 had sent the airline industry into a tailspin and five months after George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police provoked nationwide protests for racial justice—Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

27 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 27

views on the appropriate policy. Bill Klesse, the CEO, can either sit back and wait, or move to capture greater market share. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/713083-PDF-ENG View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

objective criteria such as price or venue. But what happens when emotion fuels the process? Could it increase efficiency and engagement? Edward McFowland III, assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and his coauthors examine this... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Partners - Case Method Project

U.S. Government, College Prep/Honors U.S. History, Economics CA 45 of 65 Mkunde Mtenga USC Brio College Prep Los Angeles, CA CA 46 of 65 Bill Mustard Cerritos High School Cerritos, CA Subjects: U.S. History, Civics CA 47 of 65 Aaron... View Details

07 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 7

related bills that have both costs and benefits are combined. Using a laboratory study, we confirm across a set of four legislative domains that this bundling technique increases support for bills that have... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

Baker Library / Bloomberg Center Harvard Business School’s first benefactor, George F. Baker & Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) Baker Library is named after Harvard Business School’s first benefactor, George... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Jr. Professor of Business Administration Fireside Chat: Pathways to Profitability Thomas R. Eisenmann (MBA 1983, DBA 1998), Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration Jenn Hyman (MBA 2009),... View Details

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Faculty & Advisors - MBA

MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Faculty & Advisors Faculty Robert D. Howe Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering at SEAS; Faculty Co-Chair of the Harvard MS/MBA Program; Director, Harvard Biorobotics Lab; cofounder, RightHand... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Township High School Piscataway, NJ MA Erin Sullivan Wellesley High School Wellesley, MA MA George Sullivan Belmont Hill School Belmont, MA MA Peter Sullivan Boston Latin School Boston, MA Subjects: Humanities MA Kimberly Surrette... View Details

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

of value and growth indices, and a more general investor, who also has access to Treasury bills and bonds. We find that the mean allocation of equity-only investors is heavily tilted towards value stocks at short horizons, but the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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The Gift of Global Talent

OCT 2018 | Managing the Future of Work Professor Bill Kerr talks with co-host Professor Joe Fuller about his new book on global talent. Talent, View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Building a Movement

17 Dec 2020
News

Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta

around the world, too, and I would love to collaborate with other clubs.” Virtual Case Discussion Dissects Launch of The Farm at Comcast More than 30 alumni from the HBS Club of Atlanta joined Professor Linda Hill, on November 23 for an... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

9:00 a.m. Welcome Srikant Datar, George F. Baker Professor of Administration, Dean of the Faculty 9:15 a.m. Roles, Responsibility, and Expectations: What Is Business Meant to Do? Two trends are increasingly... View Details

27 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

strongly rewarded for a positive result," says John, now an assistant professor of marketing at Harvard Business School. This system can drive researchers to bend the rules to get a desirable outcome. Sometimes researchers commit... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

managers at all types of organizations (e.g., small companies, large companies, non-profits, and public servants) become more effective at enhancing the value of those organizations. HBS professor Ken Andrews described three roles for the... View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), p. 98-99, map. Arçelik Corporation (Koç Group) A.M. Colpan and G. Jones, “Vehbi Koc and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B),” Harvard Business School Case, January... View Details

28 Sep 2023
News

Screen Time

iStock/ST.art MBA 1982’s Section B had already formed a close-knit group that gathered often in the decades following their time at the School, when the pandemic appeared in the spring of 2020. Unable to enjoy one another’s company in person, the group didn’t miss a... View Details