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Harvard Business School

served on the boards of numerous philanthropic and arts organizations, including the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Howard Theatre Restoration Corporation, and the Achievement First Apollo School Board. Pamela 'Pam' Joyner MBA 1984 Pam Joyner... View Details

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

senior advisor at Steuben Glass in New York who operates her own consultancy. "It's a great art to define what relevancy means for your brand while keeping its heritage alive. It's a matter of catering to existing clients while... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

of business education. Washington served as principal of Tuskegee University, which provided vocational training in agriculture and industry, from its founding in 1881. 2 Du Bois believed a liberal arts education played a critical role in... View Details

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

compiled by Harris Wittels, author of Humblebrag, The Art of False Modesty, and found more than 1 in 10 were about being too busy or “not having a life.” (A typical example: “Hi, I’m 16 and I’m publishing 3 books and an album this year.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
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The Metropolitan Opera (B)

By: Anita Elberse and Crissy Perez

In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances live in high-definition to movie theaters across North America. While the "Live in HD" program has received... View Details

Keywords: Technology Adoption; Arts; Fine Arts Industry

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18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

splashed with evocative pictures of the after-effects of too much sugar, like a man’s bulging belly, an insulin needle inserted into a stomach, and a mouthful of decaying teeth. “We were working with a graphics team and they had these stock photos and clip View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

crises. Participants will leave this session understanding the state of the art in identifying financial market bubbles, and how predictable crises are. Women Protagonists: On and Off the Page Carin Knoop (MBA 1994), Executive Director,... View Details

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation with Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback (Harvard Business School Press, 2014). Linda A. Hill : Winner of the 2015 Thinkers50 Innovation Award which “recognizes... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Humanity in the World of Risk and Return (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017). Scott Duke Kominers : Winner of a 2018 Webby Award for Best Use of Machine Learning from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for Streetchange... View Details

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

youth. Q: Grove was also a prolific writer on the art and science of business management, including the books Only the Paranoid Survive and High Output Management. How does he stack up as a thinker in this area? Why do you think someone... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

May 1993
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Museum Accounting Methods Controversy TN, The

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Accounting; Problems and Challenges; Arts; Fine Arts Industry

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04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

information on where each person went to school from LinkedIn. Birds of a feather invest together The information showed that the venture capital world is incredibly homogenous, consisting mostly of white men from liberal arts colleges... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next

from a half-orb chair strung from the ceiling. Shahani runs the Godrej India Culture Lab, a three-year-old arts center. Its website states that the lab is "hard to categorize." Its events, free and open to the public, mix the academic and... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

outlet by which creativity can currently find its fullest expression and support at a time when journalism and the arts are given more scrutiny. Before the revolution, you might aspire to a government post or a job with a multinational,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

29 Apr 2019
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A Global Mission

For more than 50 years, Art DeFehr (MBA 1967) has been a fixture at Palliser, the Canadian furniture company founded by his family. He served as CEO of the 2,000-employee firm from 1984 to 2015 and continues to sit on its board. For the... View Details

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

imposed by social distancing by facilitating community, offering empathy, and providing social support. AB InBev joined thousands of museums and performing arts organizations in offering virtual performances, sponsoring the Bud Light Dive... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

business administration (DBA) in accounting and control, marketing, policy and management, or technology and operations management. Another option is a joint program with Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

Home Preservation launched a new, $9 million redevelopment project in West Baltimore, transforming a neglected factory into a live-work arts center for emerging artists. Her company has also received additional funding from the Growing... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate