Developing Effective Managers - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2001
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Nancy F. Koehn, a member of the Entrepreneurial and Service Management unit and an authority on business history, has been named a full professor. Honored in 1998 by the HBS Student Association for her classroom excellence, Koehn... View Details

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

01 Jun 2006
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Profiles from the Class of 2006

2003. The experience of starting two inner-city schools fueled Kennealey’s interest in applying to HBS, where he has focused on developing skills in finance, strategy, and operations. “I realized that the fastest, most View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

June 2013 (Revised June 2015)
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Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait

By: Linda A. Hill and Dana M. Teppert

Ibrahim Dabdoub, the Group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reflects on his past 30 years at the helm of the Bank. Under his leadership, NBK grew from a small local bank to one of the preeminent financial institutions in the region. However,... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Middle East; Team Leadership; Leadership Style; Leadership; Leadership Development; Groups and Teams; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Banking Industry; Kuwait; Middle East

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

and corporate communications, including managing outreach for Angelo State University and INDEVCO North America. Known for her detail-oriented approach and exceptional time management, Kelsey integrates creativity and strategy to View Details

19 Jun 2013
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Your Guide to Social Enterprise

Georgia Levenson Keohane Photo courtesy of Georgia Levenson Keohane What is social entrepreneurship? Is it simply an approach to business in which profit comes hand in hand with some positive social change? Or is it the application of business methods to a nonprofit so... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 2000
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HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues

articles, and books; and MBA courses and seminars such as Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector, Business Leadership in the Social Sector, and Effective Leadership of Social Enterprise. Two Executive Education programs have also been... View Details

Mar 2012
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Choosing the United States

A location decision is, in many respects, a referendum on a nation's competitiveness. When a company decides, say, to build a new plant in China rather than in the United States, it is effectively voting on the question of which country... View Details

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact - Course Catalog

enable you to understand power across contexts and levels of analysis, the course will help you develop your own sources of power and your repertoire of influence styles before focusing on what it takes to become more View Details

23 Aug 2010
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The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

reward their own drives." Inspired by the writings and insights of Charles Darwin, specifically his 1871 masterwork The Descent of Man, Lawrence's new book, Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership, offers managers an... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

09 Jun 2015
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to present a 3-principle framework we call REVISE. This framework classifies forces that affect dishonesty into three main categories and then redirects those forces to encourage moral behavior. The first principle, Reminding, emphasizes the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2013
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Searching for a Better Society

evidence-based, data-driven, iterative product-development process.” Dumon wasn't disappointed. "The whole experience was life-changing," he says. "It was the passion, the drive, the business cases themselves." He cites former finance professor Donald Collat, now View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Pre-Start Analysis: A Framework for Thinking About Business Ventures

By: Howard H. Stevenson and John R. Van Slyke

Describes the thought process an entrepreneur should undergo before committing to a course of action. Covers understanding the opportunity--assessing the critical skills, resources, relationships, and approvals--developing an action plan; forming a business entity;... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Framework; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Resource Allocation

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21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

options. Brand manager Margaret Foley is facing an increasingly complex media environment in which her traditional media plan, focused on television, print, and radio advertising, has become less effective... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

involved in establishing the modern mutual fund industry and continue in prominent leadership positions today. Much like management consulting and venture capital, it's an industry that really owes its View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

Kenneth Salas

Harvard Business School and a BA in Political Economy from UC Berkeley. As an Entrepreneur in Residence, Kenny is passionate about empowering fellow entrepreneurs. He offers valuable guidance on building early teams, achieving product-market fit and View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Dec 2008
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NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

accountability and governance, and development and marketing. Professor Kash Rangan, who cochairs the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative, reviewed his research on nonprofit trends. Professor John Quelch, a marketing expert, focused on... View Details

30 Jan 2012
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Shopping Around

‘contemplating’ a problem and confronting and resolving it.” As the driving force in McArthurGlen’s transformation from an entrepreneurial enterprise to a multinational real-estate development and management... View Details

Keywords: real estate; shopping; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2002
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Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

enterprise,” Austin notes. “NGOs are critical actors in the global arena that play an increasingly important role in shaping the business environment and in enabling companies to more effectively address social issues through... View Details

27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

jointly develops an offshore tract-performs relative to a solo firm. I employ a regression discontinuity strategy based on bids in first-price sealed-bid auctions for the rights to develop leases. By... View Details