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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

studies of men and masculinity on offshore oil platforms, the impact of racial diversity on retail bank performance, and the design and delivery of women’s leadership development programs. For the past several years, Professor Ely has maintained an View Details

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

A legendary professor at Harvard Business School for 40 years, Georges Doriot was a pivotal player in the founding of the modern venture capital industry. As Spencer E. Ante's new book notes, venture capital per se is as old as commercial View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008

taken a position in a Mexico-based closed-end fund. Following a hard-fought proxy contest in which he advocated for management to eliminate the fund's substantial discount, Goldstein earns a seat on the board of directors. Now he and the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2016
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October 18, 2016

partnerships—that with the American company Stance, known for its colorful socks. Involved with the young company since 2013, Wade quickly established himself as Stance’s most successful brand ambassador. But recently, several younger players had also come on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Urbana-Champaign Ann is a General Partner at The Engine, an MIT-launched venture capital firm that invests in early-stage “Tough Tech” companies in the Boston area. On behalf of The Engine, she serves on the boards of Vaxess Technologies,... View Details

28 Apr 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

“Reimaging Capitalism” into practice by helping funds build investing strategies and philosophy around how they evaluate potential investments via a series of ESG ratings. I’m currently organizing a teach-in for the company management to build on these ideals and we... View Details

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

firms and SEC regulations soon emerged. In 1972, Textron submitted a merger proposal, and ARD accepted. Two years later Doriot stepped down from active management of ARD but remained a member of its board of... View Details

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

focused on the phenomenon of bankruptcy. A consultant to or board member of numerous corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies over the years, Hayes expressed his aversion to Chapter 11 proceedings for companies trying... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Turning Point: One Step at a Time

work just as well. Luckily this meant I had plenty of places to hide. I found a tree a few hundred feet beyond the starting line and ducked for cover. Then I spritzed myself with water to ensure that I was appropriately sweaty and jogged out for the last lap. It... View Details

Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

could not afford them. The executives were far from naive, however, about how tough it can be to create the corporate conditions that also foster social good. When a CEO tries to extend the company mission beyond short-term quarterly earnings, resistance from View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

technologies to help companies increase employee happiness. Hitachi had begun manufacturing high-tech badges that quantify a wearer’s activity patterns. Data from these devices revealed an unusually high correlation between certain... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

which finds (a) a shift in the object of observation from organizational outcomes to the detailed individual activities within them; (b) a shift from people observing the technology to technology observing people; and (c) a split in the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

decipher what kind of company they are buying into. The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) is an NGO established in 2011 with designs on cutting through that noise. Much the way the Financial Accounting Standards View Details

Keywords: Re: George Serafeim

20 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?

for it? Probably not, as long as there is a giant global community (Facebook), with a billion monthly active members, including that high school exchange student who they lost touch with when they went back to Bolivia. And that one's... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton & Sunil Gupta; Publishing; Financial Services

02 Apr 2010
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Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

for low job satisfaction among those surveyed in The Conference Board survey. More than half, Nanninga reports, said "there were no career advancement opportunities in their current roles," but "81 percent of respondents... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Oct 1998
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A Community Investment

Whether through career choice, board membership, volunteerism, or philanthropic support, HBS graduates traditionally have shown a strong interest in giving something back to their communities. Taking this commitment a step further, the... View Details

18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

objectives. First, this format allowed us to combine the active student orientation typical of case-based approaches with the systematic construction of cumulative theoretical frameworks more characteristic of lecture-based methods.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

articulated by (HBS professor) Michael Porter, will be most successful when the collection of integrated and aligned activities enable the company to offer a value proposition—whether low total cost, product leadership, complete customer... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals

community members know where they are going. On average, some 70 percent of students reside on campus. Second-year students are slightly more inclined to live off-campus than first-year students, but many remain on-site. In executive-education programs as well, most... View Details

Keywords: Education

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

What might be most intriguing, however, is the activity beyond the halls of government that has focused on the corporation's role in society. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have worked tirelessly in recent years to establish... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

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