Systems Of Management Controls - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2008
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James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

decisions managers must make.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Spend at least as much time focusing on people as you do on numbers.” ON LEADERSHIP “Too many of our leaders fail to translate macroeconomic trends into... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

HBS professor André F. Perold, for instance, led a discussion on investing in South Africa, with panelists John S. Chalsty (MBA '57), chairman of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; C. Bruce Johnstone (MBA '66), View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Jan 2021
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Stress Test

you can learn a lot from those examples. What lessons can we take from the myriad supply-chain challenges of 2020? The resilience-versus-cost trade-off is going to be heavily scrutinized. A resilient supply chain has redundant View Details

25 Jun 2019
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After the Storm

management experience and lay the financial groundwork for his family to transition into the world of nonprofits. He wound up staying twice as long. “Every year it would get to bonus time, and I’d say, ‘All... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery

01 Sep 2020
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Road Work

Camino business is underbanked and informally run, lacking the data footprint that regular cash deposits and a digital bookkeeping system provide. Finally, some of Camino’s borrowers are undocumented... View Details

Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance

26 Sep 2018
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Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure

called the Katy Prairie Conservancy, in collaboration with the Houston Flood Control District, local governments, and area developers on what he calls a sponge credit. The credit would allow, for instance, a town to mitigate the... View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Oct 2022
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Righting the Ship

When Ross Stuckey (PLDA 21, 2016) joined the NAVSEA Warfare Centers—a part of the naval research labs responsible for developing science and tech for national defense—as their capital improvement program (CIP) View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

06 Dec 2021
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Monaco's Digital Transformation

Genta manages 5 percent of the state budget and a staff of 270. His ministry oversees the telecom industry and digital improvements in smart city initiatives, education, and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

competent team of practitioners, analysts, and managers from around the world. And she fostered the development of an organization that engaged the talents and commitment View Details

28 Oct 2021
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Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

access capital. “We wrote this case because it not only tells a particular story of two student leaders effecting change,” says Bussgang, a Senior Lecturer at HBS and managing partner at the VC firm,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 1999
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New Releases

1996 faculty symposium titled "Breaking New Ground: Initiatives in Management Education, 1980-1995." Organized by Clark, the three-day event gave faculty an opportunity to take a step back from their ongoing research and talk about the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1998
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A Message from Dean Clark

requires continuing innovation in all of our educational programs. What we see ahead is a need for leaders with strong general management skills - people who know how to get things done and are able to... View Details

13 Feb 2019
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We’re All Going to Get Hacked

point-of-sale systems at the retail stores. They had some policies that were interesting. One of the policies is, they cleared the POS systems every night. They’d wipe the hard... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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KPMG for Mayor!

Corporations could do a good job of running corrupt Third World governments. Corruption rules in too many of the world’s democratically elected governments. From Achocalla, Bolivia, to Mayuge, Uganda, voters... View Details

Keywords: Eric Werker; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Mar 2014
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My HBS Eureka Moment

that needed professional management assistance. Five years later, I was promoted to company president and became a member of the Young Presidents' Organization. My lifelong friends in YPO helped me to buy... View Details

Keywords: Walter Frese; Martin V. Marshall; C. Roland Christensen; Lawrence Fouraker; Educational Services

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

remained optimistic about the future, carving a path for himself and others despite the obstacles and racism all around him. He was the leader of leaders. His legacy fuels my work. —Deborah Blagg Back to top Mezuo Nwuneli (MBA 2003) View Details

05 Jan 2022
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Untapped Potential

and wastewater systems of varying size, the majority of which are extremely small. Those systems—some investor owned, others government operated—have a variety View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

business and operating models could be used to do this in low-resource settings?” “Through these fellowships, we can make all opportunities open to all students, regardless of financial need. That’s an important part View Details