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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ian Walsh
after he got out of the service. "I wanted to emulate my father, who always attributed his self-confidence to his Marine Corps experience," Walsh explains. By age fourteen, Walsh had already made his first solo flight. In 1992, he earned... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
William F. Connell (MBA '63)
group, Connell gained 85 percent ownership of the industrial companies with a leveraged buyout that created the Connell Limited Partnership. Last year, the four firms remaining in the Partnership accounted for revenues of more than $1 billion. Connell modestly View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Christopher Cox: Capitol Hill Intellectual
kind of careful consideration that normally goes with a significant career change, I wouldn't have done it," says the St. Paul, Minnesota, native. Cox attributes winning the election to his ability to differentiate himself from his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
34,000 Pages and Counting
is Class Notes. Divided into three chronological versions whose total quarterly page count is equal to an issue of Vogue, Class Notes require not only editing skill but a sense of humor, diplomacy, and grace under deadline pressure. Editor Keith Larson has brought all... View Details
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Real Estate Private Equity - Course Catalog
of the analysis of specific transactions with an emphasis on whether to pursue a specific transaction or not based on its investment merits. This section of the course will be run as an investment committee. We will focus on the View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
but ultimately I’m going to hire the best person for the job.’ People say that a lot. You have to say, ‘We are going to go find the person who is qualified for this job and also has these other diverse attributes we want.’ That person is... View Details
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Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds | Baker Library
on the left-hand side navigation. Select Company Search . Add desired criteria under Industry & Geography . Under Company Attributes , check Private under Company Status. Under Financing & Exit , add information about funding such as deal... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
grading standards? Associate Professor Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution error." The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking Senator John Heinz Professor of... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 2
strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and b) reduced informational asymmetry due to increased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
"may be the Dragon, a common icon in Asia that combines the disparate and frequently beneficent attributes of lesser beings into one of extraordinary capability and power. In the best companies, the whole is truly the sum of several... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Ann M. Fudge
accolades for her management and marketing savvy in overseeing some three thousand employees and familiar brands such as Kool-Aid, Jell-O, and Grape-Nuts. Fudge attributes her success to her ability to get the job done and her genuine... View Details
- 08 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
person who is qualified for this job and also has these other diverse attributes we want.’ That person is out there.” But that’s not the last step, she says. “You can’t set one goal and call victory, which is something I did in the early... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
separate evaluation, the employers were more likely to choose male employees for the math tasks and females for the verbal tasks. But in cases of joint evaluation, stereotypes did not seem to matter at all. The researchers attribute their... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
(relative to the hiring manager) influences other organizational members’ support (or lack thereof) for who is hired through perceptions of the hiring manager’s motives and morality. We apply principles derived from the literature on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School’s Armed Forces Alumni Association
AFAA when applying, in hindsight, I realized that was a missed opportunity. My favorite attribute about members of the AFAA is the ‘can-do’ attitude. We all have limited, if any, experience in the corporate world, but that does not... View Details
- 14 May 2024
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship
Without those basic requirements, it’s pointless [ ] In my opinion, 90% of the success in any innovation process may be attributed to the setting where that innovation will be set up.” – Page 98 of Interview Transcript. Download this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
book to be published next year. Bilmes cautions that the $92 billion figure is highly conservative for several reasons, above all because the team attributed zero value to households that failed to return the research survey (even though... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
information for industry executives and fashionistas alike. Amed, who made British GQ’s list of the 100 most influential men in Britain in 2011, attributes much of that success to the relationships he developed at HBS. “I was uncertain... View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
providing managers with a convenient excuse when they fail to achieve economic objectives. Mismanagement can be attributed to efforts to be "socially responsible." We elaborate these criticisms and respond to them in another... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
Corporate Director's Guidebook, the basic attributes for board service eligibility are common sense, practical wisdom, and informed judgment. Add to these baseline qualities the skills and experience acquired during the course of one's... View Details
Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV