Multinational Firms and Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
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Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

illustration by Taylor Callery illustration by Taylor Callery Artificial intelligence is not a replacement for the human brain. At least not yet. “That is decades away,” says Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005), answering one of the most common questions she hears. As cofounder... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 May 2022
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Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories

combination of technology, psychology, and human coaching, Noom is backed by more than a decade of user research and product development. Its platform includes two core programs: Noom Weight for weight View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jan 2007
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A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968

application to HBS in a tent in Chu Lai, South Vietnam," he recalls with a smile. Mixon's experiences in the military and in business have made him acutely aware of the importance of leadership in every endeavor. "Leadership is the most... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

United States, and as an alternative representative to the United Nations General Assembly. During that time, Franklin also started a management consulting firm View Details

01 Dec 2010
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The Transformers

although from the beginning it has been closely affiliated and supported by Bain & Company, where Tierney was worldwide managing director before leaving in 2000 to cofound Bridgespan. Over the years, Bain’s... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

28 May 2019
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

Philanthropies: ‘If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.’ I think you need to have a vision of how you can make a real difference, and have confidence that it’s going to work. View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down

"I tend to think that small and focused is the name of the game," agrees Matthew R. Simmons (MBA '67), president and chairman of Simmons & Company International. Established in 1974 as a specialized... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

01 Dec 2015
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Encouraging Women Leaders

Veronica Serra (MBA 1997) In describing the impact of the HBS experience on her life, Veronica Allende Serra (MBA 1997) says, “Ask me how it hasn’t had an impact.” Serra, the founder of Pacific Investments, a private equity firm based in... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Surveying Students’ Summer Plans

brands (like Tim Tams), so I was looking for an opportunity to work on strategic brand initiatives with a firm that has similarly beloved products. Also, my wife and I enjoy outdoor activities View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

29 Apr 2021
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Equal Partner

working in the fashion and retail industry—as the director of Global Strategy at Donna Karan (a division of LVMH), the general manager of Shop Your Way and the founder of... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

03 Jan 2018
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Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room

of family members, taking care of bills, managing personal relationships, balancing work-life with family. You've got a lot of players who are married, that have children. And spend a lot of time away from... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

Wolfensohn Center for Development, a new global poverty research initiative at the Brookings Institution. He is also relishing the opportunity to work with his son, Adam, and daughter Naomi at Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a privately held... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

no longer being used as just a tactical resource, it's now fundamentally influencing business strategy and competition," says Richard L. Nolan, MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, who teaches in the School's View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

01 Jun 2025
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Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward

we see a recession on the horizon. Past experience has shown that downturns generally tend to affect everything from Executive Education enrollments to Harvard Business Publishing revenues. In times of uncertainty, as we’ve seen this spring, organizations—both View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Books

the world as an economic miracle driven by better approaches to management and a seemingly superior form of capitalism. As HBS professor Michael Porter and his coauthors... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jan 2006
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Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

venture capital and private equity. Last year, he stepped down from his management responsibilities to devote all his efforts to social investing in the United Kingdom and the... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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One-on-One with Carter Roberts

44, has been charged by a bull elephant in the Congo, swum with penguins in the Galapagos, mingled with bison in the American West, and camped out among grizzly bears in Alaska. It’s all part of his job as head of a View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

and its place in the business ecosystem has changed significantly in the intervening decades. Two recent working papers explore those changes—Gompers’s survey of decision-making at hundreds of VC firms View Details