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- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=606099 PublicationsThe Derivatives Sourcebook: Foundations and Trends in Finance Author:Terence Lim, Andrew W. Lo, Robert C. Merton,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
$10 behind health care, there's a problem." Dr. Pride Chigwedere, an Oak Foundation Research Fellow at the Harvard AIDS Institute who worked as a physician in Zimbabwe, said the policy issues begin with difficulties designing... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
easily funded by venture capitalists on the one hand or philanthropic foundations on the other. “It's much harder to get started and be successful if you don't fit into a well-defined form that people understand." —Matthew Lee So what... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
religion, nationality, and family role(s) and that these multiple identities shape people's actions in organizations. The current organizational literature on multiple identities, however, is sparse and scattered and has yet to fully capture this View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
at the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The pandemic has made it clear that this must change. Richard Hamermesh (@RHamermesh) is a Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
and nonprofits positively influence corporate philanthropy. Interviewees in one of the cities we studied described how institutions such as the local community foundation and boards of companies and nonprofits create links between local... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
about how they are perceived in society; they have the courage to pursue their mission no matter the adversary. "This was a learning specific to the context of Japanese business, and to actually hear and talk to the CEOs made a View Details
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
to American innovation and growth. Small businesses are actually the foundation for economic growth and, with that, critical to policy that purports to care about the average American. In fact, if we consider what Americans expect from... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
the nation's 54,000 foundations, whose combined assets total approximately $370 billion. If these foundations are willing to embrace this concept as an important priority and "to dedicate substantial resources to developing new market... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
transpire, the media instantaneously supplies a convenient explanation, even as the players conceal the real facts. When the true story emerges the originals are never corrected, particularly on television. One consequence is that our minds contain decades of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
contributions of Sabancı. "Now Turkey has reached a level where there are many more big family foundations, big wealthy families running a lot of schools and dormitories. So we, at the Sabancı Foundation are adding new things to our... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
To equip students to effectively work in and lead these teams, FIELD begins with a five-week foundations module, in which students undertake a series of workshops on communication, feedback and coaching, emotional intelligence, and team... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
slides on leadership that are part of the course) originated from our interest in laying the foundations for a science of leadership. We agree with Warren Bennis (2002) and Joseph Rost (1993) who conclude respectively: "It is almost... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
all earners and remove private money from our lawmaking process (2) Remove a publicly traded company’s ability to repurchase their own stock, or allow it to continue under a steep tax penalty (3) Invest in educational infrastructure as a nation.” About the Author James... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Aug 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study
"There we heard questions from a perspective that we haven't heard before," Forjaz marveled. "That's another highly beneficial aspect." Antonio Ruiz Garcia Antonio Ruiz Garcia, of Fundacion Mexicana para el Desarrollo Rural (Mexican View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
groups of people lead to individuals being judged by external characteristics such as gender, race, and national origin rather than the authentic person within. As with many complex issues, business leaders must explore these foundational... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
and clothing, with almost half draining their savings to pay the bills, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey. Medical debt tends to be a more pervasive problem among those earning less than $40,000 per year and among Black and... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
Leonard A. Schlesinger is the Baker Foundation Professor and chair of Practice-based faculty. Andy Wu: Innovate digitally and find strength in partnerships The pandemic continues to accelerate ongoing trends in retailing away from... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
supporting the development of firms in the adjacent hardware and software communities. By following a successful and focused niche strategy, NVIDIA built a firm foundation for the next step: the transformation of its niche into an... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
the captains of industry that have forged the foundation upon which business stands today? Over the course of the last few years, we set out to address these questions. In the process, we created a database of 860 individuals who stand... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne