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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
individuals to whom you are speaking or writing to begin thinking, 'You know, maybe this guy . . . does have a valid point.' " From Pareto's optimal outcomes to Plato's Republic, the authors draw on academic research, classical... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
economics, researchers who study leadership argue or assume that individual leaders are surprisingly unimportant. Strikingly, social scientists in every field have identified different versions of the same three forces that, together,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
same-sex marriages. It's no surprise that Scher has dedicated her life to social causes. A native of Clifton, New Jersey, she grew up in a family that was "liberal and concerned." "My parents taught me that individuals can make an View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 30 Jan 2018
- News
Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars
problems and improving the civic or social good. Over the course of the year, the Scholars will travel to each participating presidential center to learn from former presidents, key former administration officials, and leading academics. They will pursue View Details
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
which investors should have access in order to make informed investment decisions, it engaged in a public comment period, soliciting feedback from various stakeholders about the provisional standards it developed by sector. As such, it is iterating its assessment tools... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
it can shorten the time an individual needs to develop some of the traits we look for in a manager. It's often an indicator of a strong desire to learn and grow, because in most cases people have interrupted a career to return to school. View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
appeared last June on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Afterward, so many viewers logged on to the organization’s Web site that it crashed. Once the site was back up, seven hundred New York City teachers posted new project proposals and eight hundred View Details
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Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems - Course Catalog
contributing to a flowering of individual freedom and possibility that would have been unimaginable to our ancestors. Today, however, increasing global crises are posing the greatest threat this economic system has faced. Reimagining... View Details
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
SolStock As of this July, what do Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Associate Professor Ethan Bernstein have in common? They’ve all published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Bernstein’s new paper, The Impact of the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home Sweet Home
the development of Hilton Head, South Carolina, before moving on to a long and successful career at Trammell Crow. In May, he announced a gift of $100 million to Habitat for Humanity International, whose board he chairs. The largest View Details
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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism - Course Catalog
impact on material prosperity. Students will encounter several different units of analysis: much of the focus of the course is on the individual business leader and entrepreneur, but the worker, the company,... View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
The remaining 75 percent Hope and Comfort purchases with money donated by individuals or through grants. Today, Hope and Comfort is still one of the few nonprofits that distributes hygiene products, notes Feingold, who retired from his... View Details
- Fast Answer
Sustainable investing and ESG resources
Reports (AGR) are also available for individual public companies. Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) The GIIN Research Center includes their own research content (such as their annual View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
makers,” says Tierney. “We’re not looking for thirty-page research papers. We are certainly going to share individual success stories and explore multimedia formats. So this grant gives philanthropy an enormous boost.” TIERNEY: Over the... View Details
- Profile
Charles Jennings
experience here shaped your goals & career path? Prior to HBS, my job required me to perform as an individual contributor—now, I have a much deeper interest in and opportunity to lead others to achieve their best. I look forward to... View Details
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Mimi Sax
Mimi enjoys assisting students who are interested in pursuing careers in social impact but are unsure of the specific opportunities available coming from an MBA program. She is well-equipped to help students explore career opportunities... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
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New Video Series Showcases Faculty Research HBS rolled out a video series that captures the intellectual passion and rigor of four members of the School’s faculty in pursuit of new ideas and insights. The series consists of four two-minute videos highlighting View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
researchers might be able to address such issues as "how corporate practices contribute to or detract from stable societal institutions or democratic processes, or how might companies advance individual learning and growth, or the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
Baseball, drawn from the 1969–1987 period, to estimate the impact of managerial quality on team and on individual players’ performance. Using a team’s winning percentage in a given year as the dependent... View Details