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1992
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Organization: Text, Cases, and Readings on the Management of Organizational Design and Change

By: P. F. Schlesinger, V. Sathe, L. A. Schlesinger and J. P. Kotter

Keywords: Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Cases

01 Mar 2023
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Making Dreams Attainable

Illustration by David Vogin HBS believes that leadership talent is more evenly distributed than opportunity across society and the world, and takes the approach that preparing future leaders for today’s challenges depends on having a broad range of perspectives shared... View Details

09 Mar 2021
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Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

Sara Enright (MBA 2004) speaks with students at the Community College of Rhode Island. Courtesy Sara Enright When former Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo came into office in 2015, she included in her plans to make the state more economically competitive an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

13 Nov 2020
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Realizing a Dream

Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990) “I give back to express my gratitude,” says Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990). “The School is in the business of changing lives and it certainly changed mine.” Before coming to HBS, Ferrara had never lived outside of Minneapolis. He went to trade school... View Details

01 Jun 2020
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Lesson Plans

Patrick Mullane (MBA 1999) Patrick Mullane (MBA 1999) The COVID-19 pandemic has necessarily thrust online learning to the forefront. As executive director of HBS Online—which has reached more than 70,000 learners in 170 countries since 2015—Patrick Mullane (MBA 1999)... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

01 Jun 2004
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Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy

Many HBS faculty members make it look easy. But anyone who has ever tried to lead a discussion among eighty students will quickly realize that case-method teaching is an art. It is an art that requires a tremendous amount of training, practice, mentoring, and continual... View Details

Keywords: C. Roland Christensen; Chris Christensen; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2010
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The Father of Modern Advertising

Don Draper and the rest of the Mad Men crew can thank Albert D. Lasker for their fame. A new biography convincingly nominates Lasker as the “father of modern advertising,” noted for creating brilliant ad campaigns selling everything from Kotex — an unknown product... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Lab to Open in ’11

Related Links Dean Nohria on Innovation at HBS (video) - June 4, 2010 Harvard Business School is working to launch a lab for innovation and entrepreneurship in the building that housed public broadcasting’s WGBH on Western Avenue in Allston. The Harvard Innovation Lab... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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HBS Annual Report for FY ’10

HBS’s Annual Report for fiscal year 2010, which details the School’s budget and finances, will be available in January. The report also includes highlights from a wide range of accomplishments in various HBS programs and initiatives. View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Peak Earth?

Grantham: For this investor and environmental advocate, “the rather burdensome thought is that people won’t listen to environmentalists, but they will sometimes listen to people like me.” Jeremy Grantham (MBA ’66), founder and chief strategist of the Boston-based... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Dec 2009
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Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

1985) in getting the bank online. With a deep interest in information technologies and how organizations differ in management practices and structure, Assistant Professor Raffaella Sadun joins the Strategy unit. She earned a Ph.D. in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Dec 2015
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Addressing Gender Equity In Business And Society

With the launch of the Gender Initiative in spring 2015, HBS is poised to become an important resource for research on gender. “So much of what people think they know about gender is simply not substantiated by empirical evidence, but instead is based on stereotypes,”... View Details

April 1997 (Revised May 1997)
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Mercer Management Consulting's "Grow to Be Great" (A): The Growth Initiative

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In late 1994, James Down, member of Mercer's Executive Committee, has to decide whether or not he should push ahead with the writing and publication of a book on growth--at a time when the more successful business publications focus on reengineering and cost cutting.... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Organizational Culture; Business Growth and Maturation; Knowledge Management; Product Development; Information Publishing; Books; Consulting Industry; Publishing Industry

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Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy

By: Avi Goldfarb, Shane Greenstein and Catherine Tucker

As the cost of storing, sharing, and analyzing data has decreased, economic activity has become increasingly digital. But while the effects of digital technology and improved digital communication have been explored in a variety of contexts, the impact on economic... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Economics

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