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- 26 Oct 2017
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Can Farming Save the Planet?
magnitude and complexity of the problem. Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) begs to differ. For him, the solution is both simple and doable. The solution Wiviott envisions is to convert typically high-production, conventional, GMO-based farms to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Passing the Torch
approach to management. One clue might be found in Immelt's comments to USA Today (September 7, 2001), where he declared, "There's consequence for lack of performance, and believe me, that won't end with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
have big consequences for how people spend the money and its impact on their businesses and their livelihoods.” “That paper was very influential and one of the first indications to academics that small... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
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Research Brief: Lost in Translation
“non-plain” English: executive-speak, technical jargon, and multisyllabic words. A single standard deviation increase in non-plain English, for example, led to a 5.66 percent reduction in intraday trading volumes, even after controlling... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
challenge we face,” he said, “is changing the way we think about our relationship with the environment.” Business, Gore asserted, must conduct itself with a greater appreciation for the long-term View Details
- 06 Feb 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China
the Dr. Li Wenliang HBS Alumni Memorial Fund, named after the whistleblower who first identified the Wuhan virus and subsequently died. According to Zhang, the fund was set up to be transparent, direct, and efficient, with the funds to be... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
broader friends and family, who collectively deserve the credit for getting me to this point in my life and career. Professionally, it is a team award for the various folks I work with at TPG Capital, who... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
identifying areas for improvement. We try to work with them to fix issues.” The SEC can also rely on its hugely effective Whistleblower Program, which has paid more than $1.3 billion in awards to individuals... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Wasserman Wins Award
Associate Professor Noam Wasserman has won the Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award from the Academy of Management in recognition of his second-year MBA elective course Founders’ Dilemmas. Based on a decade of research, the popular course examines the early... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
K1 Investment Management, is leading an effort in his investment firm to give time off for voting for all K1 employees and over 5,000 portfolio company employees. K1 recently announced election day as a paid... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
always had the feeling that HBS was in the business of training leaders, and consequently I feel that you have to bear some responsibility for what your graduates have done to this country. HBS and other... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
companies taking on these challenges. It’s been a steep ascent for ESG in recent years, from a fringy outlier straight to the mainstage, as investments increased tenfold from 2018 to 2020. And there’s no sign of that pace slowing. Some... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
officer at U.S. embassies before becoming deputy ambassador to Norway from 1976 to 1979. He was selected in 1983 by President Reagan to be ambassador to the Netherlands, where he served until 1986 when Reagan appointed him ambassador-at-large View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
consequences for the financial system. So we argue that it’s crucial to regulate mortgage markets, and we need new approaches to regulating securitization. What new regulations do you advocate to enhance... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards
as being the objective but rather the consequence or the result of working well. Carla Harris (MBA 1987) Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley My parents brought me up in a no-excuses household: ‘What are you doing, and how are you responsible... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Combating Climate Change
If global temperatures rise by 6 degrees celsius by 2050—as they are on track to do—officials at the International Energy Agency say the changes would bring “devastating consequences for the planet.” And... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
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One-on-One with Carter Roberts
coral reefs, oceans, rivers, and deserts. (See a map at www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces.) To accomplish this goal by 2015, the WWF will work to reshape global markets, policies, and institutions to ensure a sustainable future for nature... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
management was a licensed profession on a par with law or medicine, there might be fewer opportunities for corporate bad guys, argue HBS professors Rakesh Khurana and Nitin Nohria and research associate Daniel Penrice. How to Harness... View Details