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plan, and a mission to create deep economic and social change, NBA Africa is shooting for a continental shift in basketball Singing to the Corn Taylor Keen’s Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
Nitin Nohria planned to step down as dean of Harvard Business School on June 30. But in March, as the University shifted to remote learning in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, President Lawrence Bacow asked Nohria to extend his term... View Details
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
thinking. As Bowles puts it, “I’m confident many Americans will wonder why didn’t those old guys make some of these tough decisions 20 to 30 years ago.” Michael A. Peterson, president of the Peter G.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
As Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen Mills spent four years as part of President Barack Obama's senior economic team and a member of his Cabinet, specifically focused on the health and growth of America's... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
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... View Details
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
There has been much recent discussion about which objective the United States should pursue—democracy for them vs. security for us—in instances where the two seem at odds. The problem with this debate is that it stems from an imprecise articulation of View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
funds have made an important contribution to both the democratization and the strengthening of the American economy," says HBS professor Jay O. Light, an expert on the financial services industry. And now, according to Light and... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
became common to describe the United States as a "business civilization." President Coolidge in 1925 said, "The chief business of the American people is business." More recently, historian Sven Beckert... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
staff, and faculty who packed Burden Auditorium on Tuesday, September 23, as Congress hotly debated the then newly proposed $700 billion financial rescue legislation. The second panel convened two days later by Harvard President Drew... View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
state of failure? Michael Porter and Katherine Gehl find a rigged American political system that limits competition and works against the public interest. Green Businesses Are Incredibly Difficult to Make Profitable. Try It AnywayMaking a... View Details
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman
A show of hands, please. "How many of you would be fifteen minutes late for an appointment with your CEO?" Gail McGovern, president of Fidelity Personal Investments, scanned the audience, but only a few hands wavered upwards.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, and moderated by HBS Professor Henry McGee, former President of HBO Home Entertainment. Held at the brand-new, nearly half-million-square-foot Telemundo Center, the new Miami headquarters of... View Details
- 26 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Video: Students Foster Disability Awareness and Access
for their employees. Transcript: [MUSIC PLAYING] Teresa Danso-Danquah (MBA 2024): There's a legal definition of disability. A physical or mental impairment that substantially impacts a major life activity, and that's defined by the View Details
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
first may offer slim chances for a deal. To improve the odds, try to discern who influences the target player and to whom that player defers. In a 1993 New Yorker article, Sidney Blumenthal described how Bill Daley, then President... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
president and CFO of Medtronic, overseeing a number of acquisitions and sales at the medical device company and broadening its reach to include a more global investor base. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
this work,” says Roberts, “and nine out of ten will describe turning over logs and discovering things when they were little.” Four decades later, he’s still discovering nature, but on a global scale. Since his appointment in February 2005 as View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
to talk to them—that he needed to address the community as if he were the President of the United States. His daughter's plea led him to record a podcast that did just that, urging the Black community to both keep up the fight and take... View Details
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
this time. Read the paper: http://hbr.org/2011/10/the-cure-for-horrible-bosses/ar/1 Golfing Alone? Corporations, Elites and Nonprofit Growth in 100 American Communities Authors:Christopher Marquis, Gerald F. Davis, and Mary Ann Glynn... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Maynard, Massachusetts, formerly occupied by the American Woolen Company. In 1958, DEC's first products were computer modules–circuit boards that served as the basic building blocks for computer functions in various technologies. "In... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
mastered English and advanced to the top of his class. His outstanding academic performance earned him a scholarship to Oxford University, where he became president of the Oxford Union, the world’s most famous debating society. Upon... View Details