Provider Organizations - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2004
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Exotic Travel

their travels, providing “how-to” tips for families with similar interests. After Jennifer succumbed to ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in February 2003, completing the book became a labor of love for Nichols. Exotic Travel Destinations for... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Hospitality; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal

Edited by Julia Hanna; illustrations by Fabio Consoli One year after the pandemic mandated an abrupt shift to working from home for millions of people, organizations are taking a long, hard look at how and where employees work—and why. In... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

(MBA 1965) (Springer) This book focuses on how to lead transformative and strategic change in the healthcare industry in times of great uncertainty. It provides new tools, processes, examples, and case studies offering an effective... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

compromising their way of life? The author provides surprising answers and helps readers develop a new understanding of the full ramifications of climate change, including the discovery that they have far more control over the impacts of... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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Navigating Success in Volatile Times

The theme of this year's annual HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) conference, "Navigating Success in Volatile Times," seemed particularly apropos after the incidents of September 11. "Like many organizations with events... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Finance

01 Dec 2009
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When More Is Better

example, a Financial Times article last April about Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), the CEO of a new nonprofit organization that links experienced businesspeople with humanitarian projects in developing countries, led to this issue’s... View Details

Keywords: meta

01 Mar 2003
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A Casual Approach to Success

Francisco Free Clinic, an organization that provides free health care to the needy and is run by one of their children. The proud grandparents of twelve, Warren and Chris Hellman have a seemingly endless... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 1998
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Africa's Way

contribution to this emerging tapestry. Globalization is increasingly tying the fortunes of national economies to one another,"observes South African manufacturing executive Ewald J.H. Wessels (MBA '71), one of the key organizers of the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2011
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Water for Life

sustainability. Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chairman and CEO of the Ayala Corporation and vice chairman of Manila Water, is an architect of the water company’s successful triple-bottom-line approach to providing millions with a basic... View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

are wreaking havoc on the workplace. Reengineering, for example, destabilizes and changes the rules by which organizations operate, he says. "Many of these programs are actually designed to make life easier for top management without... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector

emphasized the need to enlist broad community involvement, a process, he noted, that "has taught me more about the strength of diversity than anything else." United Airlines' Gerald Greenwald is chairman of the Welfare to Work Partnership, a national View Details

01 Jun 2007
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New HBS, KSG Joint Degree

HBS and the Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of an integrated joint-degree program, the first of its kind. Its mission is to develop outstanding leaders who are skilled in both managing complex organizations and... View Details

Keywords: Administrative and Support Services; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government; Management

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

HBS, in which two-thirds of the student body are members. Their activities, which are open to the entire HBS community, range from running conferences to leading study trips abroad and from organizing major social events to sponsoring... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

provide employees with a sense of challenge and identity." By framing such a strategy, he says, the CEO can change the organization from one in which employees see themselves as working for an efficient... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Mar 2009
News

Your Taxi Is Waiting

organizations tighten their belts by simply cutting travel across the board? “I think the core issue for everyone is the same, which is how do you buy time?” remarks HBS professor Bill Sahlman, coauthor with Jackie Donnelly Russell (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Air Transportation; Transportation

15 Jan 2019
News

Working to Improve the End of Life

educate the public and medical professionals about end-of-life issues, like advance directives, palliative care, and hospice. We provide individual counseling to patients who are dying and their families, and advocate to get the laws... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 2000
News

Laura Scher of Working Assets

Most of the money is taken from revenues generated by the Working Assets credit card, long-distance telephone, and Internet businesses, whose customers sign on for these services because they support the company's progressive stance and the View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jun 1999
News

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

consultant for the design of the Spangler Center, which will provide new space for student services on campus. Not the least of Lirio Marcelo's accomplishments were in the professional arena: while maintaining solid grades as a full-time... View Details