management focus - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground

then joined Answerthink, a West Coast consulting firm, where he continued as EVP and managing director while he earned his MBA as a Baker Scholar at HBS. Answerthink wanted Shumway to relocate to New York when he finished his MBA, but... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

13 Jan 2021
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Stress Test

lock, but the company soon expanded its focus to B2B sales in the health care sector. Its clients now include sites responsible for COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, which require both security and a reliable audit log. The... View Details

27 Nov 2013
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No Bologna, Please

for products and experiences that made them feel special, and the handcrafted approach of St. Louis Bread Company was the best way to meet that need. "By May 1999 all of our other businesses were monetized, and we were able to focus... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Dec 2018
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Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term

Professor Rebecca Henderson “Doing well by doing good” has rapidly gained momentum in recent years as business leaders, investors, and stakeholders have deepened their understanding of the double bottom line. To help managers combine... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Reforming Company Boards

structuring and M&A transactions, it was obvious that the focus was not on building shareholder value but on reporting predictable, double-digit earnings growth to achieve temporarily high stock market valuations. The truth has been... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services

05 May 2011
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Blazing a Trail for Glenn Beck

August and reports about 3 million unique visitors a month. As president of The Blaze, Morgan will focus on establishing the site as a premier digital network serving the loyal audience Beck has built around his three-hour daily radio... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2006
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A Capital Asset

five-year stint managing the multibillion dollar United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds, Cohen was tapped by National Trust for Historic Preservation head Michael Ainslie (MBA ’68) to be the nonprofit’s senior... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2013
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Lesson Plans

the recent innovation has come from technologists and pedagogical talent working together to create an environment where the teacher can focus solely on trying to understand what a student knows and what he or she needs next." EQUAL... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

02 Mar 2016
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On Credit

massive volumes highlights the importance of telling that story through the letters, memos, reports, books, and images that provide a lens for examining the past to better understand the present—a need that has become no less essential in an online, digitized world.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

Florida's Walt Disney World®, this year marking 25 years of extraordinary entrepreneurial success, was the venue for the celebration of the 21st anniversary of Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management Program (OPM). Under the... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

changes that took root after the last crash. “Everything we do today grew out of the dark days of the early ’90s,” says Slaughter, managing director and head of North American real estate investment banking for Morgan Stanley. Some refer... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

for success while avoiding common traps. Filled with practical examples, this book will help you prepare and manage your job search; build your network to be an exponential multiplier for you; be ready when you meet recruiting teams; and... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change

Kyung-Ah Park (MBA 1998), managing director and head of Environmental Markets at Goldman Sachs, who will be meeting with members of the investment team at her company. Grant says the gathering “was useful in helping me to develop a... View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers

01 Jun 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

marks clear dividing lines between China’s domestic economy and the rest of the world. It shows how China seeks to manage the links between the two just when western countries are also focusing on decoupling. In order to prosper, business... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Jan 2017
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Mental Illness and the Workplace

everybody sees and says is special. That you're, again-- like at Harvard Business School-- like you're God, like you're the pope. Hanna: And you came back, though, and you finished your degree, which is kind of amazing. How did you manage... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic

President and CEO of Banana Republic since 1995, Jeanne Jackson (MBA '78) has been credited with transforming the faltering safari clothing brand into one of the nation's leaders in - and definers of - casual attire. In 1998, Business Week named Jackson one of the top... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

bulls. I'm not at all surprised by the nature of the conflicts that have been revealed, nor the areas in which abuses have taken place. These minefields have long been apparent to industry participants. What I find sobering is that a number of firms have been unable to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

15 Nov 2018
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Don’t Be Afraid of AI

self-replicates could do enormous damage to human beings. We should really focus on those kind of distinctions and say, "What are really the things we should fear?" That is something to fear, big time. Something that gets replicated... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

government, and civil society all focus on the poor as producers. The main emphasis must be, he says, on creating employment opportunities for the poor and increasing their productive capacities by ensuring basic public services. What the... View Details