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02 Sep 2010
What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

Gogula put it, "While protecting the short term interests of shareholders and avoiding a depression of stock prices may be a tempting recourse for a Board member to take, long-term shareholder interest is what the Board needs to take... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Feb 1998
News

Not Your Typical Business Conference

to signals the CEO and the firm's literature send about company mission and values. Focus on getting a quality boss over a good job title. Don't be afraid to take seemingly... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

very good at developing, qualifying, and commercializing innovation, we're not necessarily any better than others at creating it. So when we learned about a toothbrush that an entrepreneur had made from a... View Details

26 Oct 2020
Blog Post

12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

While it wasn’t 100% perfect, there were a lot more offline conversations and learnings that took place over email than expected. We shared: Book recommendations (including The Innovators by Walter Isaacson, the Psychology of Intelligence... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

We are focused on building, in some ways, universities that are the exact opposite of my great alma mater. We want to invest in good institutions and help make them great by making them accessible View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 1996
News

Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business

This column, which first appeared in the August 18, 1996, edition of the New York Times, was adapted from Adam M. Brandenburger and Barry J. Nalebuff's new book, Co-opetition, published last summer by Doubleday. To succeed in business you... View Details

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Instagram Takeover Policy | About

I understand that I am responsible for all content posted to the designated HBS-affiliated Instagram account during my assigned timeframe. I agree to represent myself and Harvard Business School in good... View Details

06 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?

Susan could object, Greg struck the compromise. "Tell you what. Let's commit to making this decision in no more than two weeks. I'll clear my calendar and connect with Benro myself. At the same time, Susan, you can flush out some... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

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Affinity Groups | Employment

Executive Committee. Other Resources Advancing Racial Equity, Harvard Business School We are resolved to take action to promote racial equity and diversity. We take seriously our responsibility to make business a force for View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Laura Scher of Working Assets

digs on the seventh floor of the Federal Reserve Bank building in downtown San Francisco. Being ensconced in the city's money citadel is perhaps a fitting sign that, as Scher has believed all along, the worlds of doing well and doing... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

23 Oct 2018
News

Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

trauma, right? The sort of obsession with being perfect, which is very good when you're reciting a speech, is actually not the most helpful and healthy way of moving through the world, View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

and - much as in word processing - efficiently, with minimal keystrokes." Bricklin made good use of the School's computer resources as he struggled to germinate the seed that would grow into today's... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

Leadership, intellect, entrepreneurial savvy, interest in community service, good old-fashioned school spirit - these are some of the defining characteristics of the MBA Class of 1996. And while it's... View Details

03 Aug 2016
What Do You Think?

How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?

Reconcile yourself to the fact that sometimes leaders have to “behave badly” to do good Recognize that leadership situations and the qualities they require are idiosyncratic—one size does not fit all... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

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Diversity Comes to Corporate Boards, but Slowly - Blog: RGE Report

Race, Gender and Equity at Work Race, Gender and Equity at Work Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author HBS Staff Topics Topics Board Diversity RGE Blog Filters Read posts from Author HBS... View Details

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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement

consistent, high-quality patches without contamination. It could move more quickly and better ensure the quality of its products if it owned the entire process. In less than ten months, Vaxess and Cummings... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

executives set standards for leadership. As good as the late 1980s were to forest products company Boise Cascade (BC) Corporation, the early 1990s spelled near disaster for its primary business — making plain, white copier paper. Like... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Sep 2024
News

Alumni Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog

formats. As in any HBS classroom, students are expected to participate regularly and actively in these discussions. Good contributions offer clear, rigorous argument, present detailed substantive... View Details

18 Jan 2022
News

HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

Crimson Ball and required attendees to wear something crimson as a reminiscence of the good old days at HBS,” says Gong. “It was the first grand black-tie event since the pandemic. We all dressed up View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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