Point Four Program - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Nov 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS MyTake?

of seeing the world, and people they otherwise never would have had the opportunity to meet. Understanding that community is formed when we become aware of each other’s stories, the Joint Committee on Diversity (JCD) launched the “MyTake” View Details

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

school, and averaged 28 points per game playing basketball. A teacher said, ‘Why don’t you test yourself against the big boys and girls back East?’ So at 16, by myself, I flew to Bradley Field, took a Greyhound bus around New England to... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

24 May 2017
News

John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

from which his and Cathy’s three children graduated. There is, however, a second religion in the family: sports. Brennan, a marathon runner, coached his kids’ teams to the point that some neighborhood parents thought he worked for the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

members of the investment team are at par and make investment decisions together, instead of having someone who ultimately makes the investing calls. This is possible when teams are designed to avoid the trap of group thinking,” Viceira says. Brown’s funds concentrate... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging - Recruiting

people are demanding a higher degree of specificity, and provide clear metrics by race and gender,” said Eliason. Avoid reporting numbers in aggregate though; “women and people of color” is too broad of a data point whereas "number of... View Details

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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

income is: Applicant may be: $130,000 Expected to contribute $2,000 plus a minimum of 35% of income above $130,000 The annual award percentage calculation is based on overall program demand and fund availability. As a View Details

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Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society

community of scholars studying business’ role in society and supports the development of new research initiatives at BiGS. Sarah Gazzaniga Programming Manager Sarah Gazzaniga serves as Programming Manager.... View Details

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Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555). Application Submission: We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

expanded into other parts of the country, added four production facilities, and saw sales top $7 million. In 1960, Barford sold his share of the business to his partners and returned home with his family to Toronto. The following year, he... View Details

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Leadership (CSML), an online, multi-course certificate program for PreK-12 school leaders, is an innovative collaboration between the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School. Bridging the fields of business and... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

performance indicators that shifts strategic decision making to customer-facing edges of the organization. Others advocate less sweeping but still significant changes: Housing the budgeting and strategic planning functions in one office, establishing top-down goals... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

01 Sep 2021
What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

concluded that “trust in leadership positively affects employees’ job performance, overall job satisfaction, and commitment to their organizations.” One study of 6,500 Holiday Inn employees concluded that when they rated their trust in their manager on a five-point... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Sep 2022
Blog Post

6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS

Environment Initiative to highlight six things prospective and current students should know about sustainability on campus. Interested students can become Sustainability Associates The Student Sustainability Associate (SSA) program... View Details

06 Dec 2017
What Do You Think?

Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?

our country as ‘zombie’ towns, each state may have a larger part in how Amazon operates.” Guy Higgins pointed out distinctions between practices used to gain market power in the past and present. “Standard Oil was an abusive monopoly,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology; Web Services

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

and petrochemical. From the acquiring company's point of view, the rationale for acquisition is the old law of the jungle: eat or be eaten. This kind of deal makes strategic sense, when it can be pulled off. The acquirer closes the less... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

positivity rates that could inform safe operations. As the testing program wound down in late 2022, McKnight was focused on a bigger project: leveraging Ginkgo’s biotech knowledge to create a pandemic-free world. “Our alerting mechanism... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

feel an Orwellian disease. Self-regulation within the industry seems to be the answer to the privacy question at this juncture, but Al Silk points out that given that "a series of people have fallen off the wagon," more formal... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

12 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

about the decline of American competitiveness, business schools are responding by changing their curriculums. But are the topics and approaches taught in today's business schools part of the solution or part of the problem? In this paper, I explore the possibility that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Corps Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Millennium Challenge Corporation New Profit New Sector Alliance NewSchools Venture Fund New York City Public Schools New York Public Radio Nonprofit Finance Fund OneTen Coalition, Inc. Oxfam America Partners In... View Details

30 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The Life and Role of a CEO

recommendations on the company’s most crucial issues. After every such meeting, I always wondered “what is it like to be a CEO, having multiple rounds of these meetings every single day?” “The Life and Role of the CEO”, one of the Short Intensive View Details

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