Distinctiveness - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

global regulators may take action in time, the best companies are implementing sustainable accounting now, rather than waiting and playing catch-up later. Whether focused on energy, agriculture, infrastructure, or less obvious sectors that will be disrupted by the... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

excellent runner and that this distinction would be noticed by the people I worked for. It was an interesting way to say that whatever you do, do it well - and it's something I've never forgotten. Would you want your kids to do what you... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

distinctive qualities—which a 2013 New York Times article described as “tasting softer and richer” than most syrups and pouring with “a languor more like that of honey”—in part to suspending harvesting earlier in the season than many... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 2000
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Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist

Vincam became ADP TotalSource, and Saladrigas, as CEO, oversees the company's twenty regional offices and over eighty thousand employees. A Man of the Year award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and an Alumnus of Distinction honor... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 May 2013
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Edward E. Matthews, MBA 1957

private investment firm. “HBS expanded my horizons to the way people really thought. I loved it.” In fact, Matthews excelled at HBS and graduated with high distinction as a Baker Scholar. Matthews supports HBS as well as a broad range of... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Faculty Books

of international capital markets. Several cases go inside multinational firms to consider how hedging strategies can be devised, how to value assets around the world, and how to pursue major financings that capitalize on distinct legal... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2011
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Henderson Named University Professor

In September, HBS professor Rebecca Henderson was named a University Professor, the highest honor Harvard bestows on its faculty members. Currently the second active HBS professor with that distinction (Michael Porter is the other),... View Details

19 Sep 2016
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Crafting Success

distinctive taste that would work well with food.” He founded Cobra in 1989, going door-to-door to introduce stores and restaurants to the brand and somehow turning “noes” into “yesses.” The first five years were the hardest: “...[T]here... View Details

27 Nov 2013
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No Bologna, Please

SHAICH by Julia Hanna Imagine a restaurant that doesn't charge for its food. There's a box for money—and a suggested donation amount—but no one can see what you pay, if you pay anything at all. That's the concept behind Panera Cares, a group of five View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Sep 2005
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Upstart Startup

rainmaking in New York. The company is a committed meritocracy, which can be distinctive in the Indian setting. “We have the best people, be they from the Brahmin caste or the lowest ‘untouchable’ caste,” Sigelman noted. He added that,... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Student turns family health crisis into online solution

When Shana Hoffman (MBA 2014) and her family tried to navigate the world of health care in the US to help Hoffman’s father with his medical issues, the electrical systems engineer looked at the problem from a distinct perspective. “No... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Building Community in the Bay Area

occasion to honor Claudia Stern (MBA '85) with the Jim Stocker Volunteer Award for Excellence. Each year this distinction is presented to an HBS graduate who has made significant contributions to Community Partners and its clients. Stern... View Details

Keywords: Reynold Levy; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Apr 2014
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Educating children through inquiry-based learning

game-changer as well as an Intel School of Distinction finalist in 2007—recognition that can be attributed to the student and faculty talent as well as the administrative business acumen. “It’s a management task that involves... View Details

01 Dec 1996
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New Releases

firms has intensified more recently. Tech-nology Fountainheads sheds light on the differences among the two groups - especially in terms of early development, missions, structures, and the distinct ways in which they operate - and... View Details

27 Jul 2022
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Alumna-Led Reproductive Health Startup Raises $4.7 Million

for each distinct stage of a woman’s reproductive life cycle,” the article notes, which was developed in partnership with Thain Gioia’s OBGYN. Thain Gioia also notes that the company is dedicated to ensuring the products can have a wide... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Myra Hart Named to Professorship

Company. At HBS, she holds the title "Professor of Management Practice," a designation that enables nontenured appointees with extensive backgrounds in the practice of management to contribute their distinctive talents to the School's... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan

country's political and social environment, there are ongoing discussions as to whether Japan will adopt U.S. business practices or maintain its own distinctive outlook. "This debate is relevant to key management issues, including... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2018
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Remembering Dick Spangler

Achievement Award, the highest distinction at HBS. In 2005, the University honored him with the Harvard Medal, in appreciation for his many contributions to Harvard; in 2013 Harvard awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree. The... View Details

23 May 2018
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Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Corporate Associates Program 2003 Earns MBA with Distinction 2003 Inducted into the Verizon Academic All-American Hall of Fame 2003 Serves as Chief of Human Intelligence Operations Cell, Afghanistan; receives Bronze... View Details