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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
in nearly 300 color photographs of the churches and their surrounding grounds and cemeteries. Many of the structures are now in states of neglect and require restoration to ensure that they will continue to stand. The book is a project of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
the unique juncture at which the United States now finds itself, with many speakers urging their audience to get involved in the issues of the day. The event also featured some twenty sessions led by HBS faculty on a variety of subjects... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
Cong. Don Beyer, Anne Kelly (HKS 1996), Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006), Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), Prof. Michael Toffel, and Matt Sonnesyn (HKS 2002). Fifty years ago, the Clean Air Act passed the United States Congress with overwhelming... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 15 Aug 2017
- News
The Category Kingmaker
digital transaction management. Each was a category disruptor in its industry, became the market leader, generated significant shareholder value, and provided a series of stepping stones for this energetic entrepreneur. “The principles,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A lifetime investment in the entrepreneurial spirit
to entrepreneurs ‘We've been where you're going,’ and really mean it.” Bowes was also the founding shareholder of Amgen and its first chairman and treasurer. Prior to founding USVP, he had success as a venture capitalist with companies... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
shareholder value. While it may be argued that in the past, cities and business have contributed to today’s environmental predicaments, it can also be said that, going forward, environmental remediation is not possible without them.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
translator simply puts his head in his hands and swears as he struggles to keep up with the convoluted account. Throughout the day we visit other Oaxacans in their homes and listen to their stories. Each demonstrates the sharp contrast between housing markets in the... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of survival, and the rapid response of... View Details
- 16 Feb 2011
- News
Healthy Growth
Ayers described himself as a “principles-based leader”. “Our purpose is to create exceptional long-term value for customers, employees, and shareholders by enhancing the health and well-being of pets, livestock, and people,” he... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
United States but have nonetheless benefited greatly from an education at this eminent worldwide business school." Initiated last year to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan (announced at Harvard in 1947), the Andreas... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
in shareholder value in the last few years. This value creation is simply a by-product of figuring out what consumers really want and delivering it. Tell us about Panera. It’s real food, served by real people in an engaging environment.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
flourished as did the nation’s social enterprise organizations. Today, the United States has more than 1.4 million non-profit organizations, and they account for 5 percent of GDP. Annual contributions have grown faster than the economy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
buzz. Of course, high positions still provide opportunities; a President of the United States has a bully pulpit and can use it to command attention. But attention will be ephemeral if his actions don’t earn respect. Hierarchy’s last... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
degree’s relevance, asserting that programs have drifted too far into theory that has relatively little use in practice. And they fault business schools for turning out graduates fixated on shareholder value at the expense of all else.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
created so much financial devastation. The Curse of the Mogul: What’s Wrong with the World’s Leading Media Companies by Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald, and Ava Seave (MBA ’82) (Portfolio) In an industry built on celebrity, media mogul megalomania has run rampant... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
they took. “Nobody had anything more sophisticated, and it seemed so primitive,” Bushkin says. “It’s the biggest opportunity I’ve ever seen to do enormous good and simultaneously create enormous shareholder value. There are damn few... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
included fax numbers. Cell phones did exist, but they were rare, heavy as a brick, and available only to a privileged few. States — and in some cases entire U.S. regions — had just one area code. Numbers-crunching was done by hand with an... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
detergent part of Benckiser public. Subsequently, in 1999, this company merged with Reckitt & Colman, forming Reckitt Benckiser. The new firm thrived, reaching a total shareholder return of 16.5 percent per year over a period of 10 years.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
more than 15,000 children in ten states and the District of Columbia. When they came to Bridgespan, HCZ and Youth Villages both ran successful programs that faced difficult organizational and strategy challenges impeding their growth.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
come to us through our Web site,” he says. “In the way that paperbacks turned out to be an extension of the market for hardcover books, I think the Internet is an extension of the print audience rather than a replacement.” As for his own future, Navasky remains a major... View Details