Knowledge Use and Leverage - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

Alumni Books Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace By Carice Anderson (MBA 2006) Jonathan Ball Publishers Professional development manager, coach, and consultant Carice Anderson shares her... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

institutions, the authors note how business needs to use data and analytics to their advantage, to deal with such issues as reconciling different data sets and how to View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Short Takes

authors. "They use motivation [merely] as the rhetoric to justify their actions." Moreover, the authors found that only two variables in their survey were associated with corporate financial performance: the presence of a strong... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey

01 Jun 2024
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Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

venture capital, leveraged buyouts, mezzanine investments, buildups, and distressed debt. VCPE is designed to be useful not only to individuals whose eventual careers will... View Details

03 Dec 2019
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Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring

open to only 5 or 6 alumni and hosted and prepared by an alum in his or her home. “I had been hosting dinner events in my apartment over the years to get to know other alumni,” says Gupta. “There was no... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 1998
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Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

its pragmatic use of the profit motive and market mechanisms to make a sustainable, self-perpetuating, and effective impact on the lives of poor people. When the ACCION... View Details

19 Aug 2021
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A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

mortgage, there were only five-year mortgages. Therefore mortgages were only for the wealthy. And so the federal government said we want to create a middle class so they went to the banks and they said if... View Details

01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

titled "Foundations of a Theory of Organizations," students gain insights into human behavior through reading Daniel Goleman's popular work Emotional Intelligence. They expand their perspective on the use of View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 Mar 2021
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Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

looks at how the company built a digital organization that leverages AI and other technologies to speed its operations, manage its processes, and ensure quality across... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life

in your business career that you have the courage to build a bridge between knowledge and action. Tire industry executives knew at least in 1972, probably before, that they had to change their business... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)

“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals

systems and nonfunctional governance systems." "In the 1980s," says Jensen, "there were many more takeovers, mergers, leveraged buyouts, and restructurings intended to create... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. Christine Keung: "The trek exposed us to the challenges of rural Appalachia: declining life expectancy, a shrinking population, an economy that has... View Details

23 Oct 2019
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Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society

both sides of the political spectrum worldwide. “Pragmatic policy making has become regarded as status quo,” Abdelal said. He urged students to help save globalization from itself. Students then chose from 16 concurrent sessions designed to broaden their View Details

Keywords: Educational Innovation

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

insists, “it's theirs.” One opinion that was heard loud and clear during Schock's SA service was a call for a new prescription drug plan for HBS students. Schock was among student leaders who met with University health officials View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

01 Oct 2002
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Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

great success. I've met and talked with thousands of alumni over the past seven years, and I know they share our commitment to the future of HBS. Through their generosity, our alumni allow View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

declared, American policy needs to become more multilateral, and globalization must be shaped by the international community “to resist the negative aspects and leverage the... View Details

26 Jul 2010
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Industries Find Surging Profits in Deeper Cuts

21 Dec 2021
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