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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Brand New
Rob Sundy (MBA 2004) has an unabashed fondness for Americana. It’s an interest he traces back to an unexpected source: his time as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne. “It’s a historic unit,” says the West Point graduate, noting that many of the military’s heroes... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Spray Canon
prominence began as a social process of “cultural consecration” within the artist’s own community and on the city’s streets, then progressed to high-profile shows and museum exhibits. “That part is certainly about social legitimacy and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
housing is a problem that increasingly affects companies and employers, as well as the overall economy," says F. Barton Harvey (MBA '74), (see related story) chairman and CEO of the Enterprise Foundation, a nationwide housing and View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
Veterans Affairs benefits, Hall and fellow Army Ranger Matthew Thompson (MBA 2010) sought to create a business that would help veterans receive the benefits they deserve. The result was TroopSwap, an online source for discounts and other goodies that companies extend... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
initiatives in Europe and Japan, the Latin America center is part of the School's continuing strategy to deepen the international content of our curriculum and research while opening new opportunities for cooperation with business and academic View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
related real estate from Anheuser-Busch for $150 million, they didn’t only buy a baseball team. Just as the Boston Red Sox enjoy (or endure) the attentions of fans across a wide swath of New England, the Cardinals are a focal point for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Yurt Man
ZWERN, WITH “GLIMMER”: At Burning Man, a cool yurt has potential for disaster relief and housing for much of the world. Arthur Zwern (MBA ’85) and his solar-powered Hexayurt generated buzz at this year’s Burning Man festival, the annual bohemian happening of free... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
the attendees usable knowledge and actionable insights, now and in the future. “The networking aspect is also important. These are unique communities of proven leaders, and the service academies want their graduates to make a difference... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
there in sufficient numbers that they’re not all alone and cringing in the face of a dominant figure who can control their fate,” says Kanter, author of Men and Women of the Corporation, a book about corporate power, particularly as it View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
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
- 21 Jun 2022
- News
Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
moderator for the conversation with Elorza. “We chose him to speak because has had a very inspiring life and career, and because of his Latino heritage many of our members can relate to his experiences. On top of that, he’s a Harvard Law... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
“It is not at all clear that when firms expand abroad they contract at home. If anything, you see the opposite.” — HBS professor MIHIR DESAI noting that foreign profits made by American firms put them in a better position to grow at home. (Washington Post, September... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Giving back to the city that he calls home
One of the proudest moments for Howard R. Leibowitz (AMP 106, 1990) when he served as director of intergovernmental relations for the City of Boston was to create a computer access center for residents of public housing in Brighton.... View Details
- Profile
Revital Gabay
organizing activities ranging from informal hikes and dinners to more structured professional events in which colleagues discussed their projects. "We changed the way we related to each other," Revital says with pride. At HBS,... View Details
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Thin Political Markets: The Soft Underbelly of Capitalism
By: Karthik Ramanna
"Thin political markets" are the processes through which some of the most complex and critical institutions of our capitalist system are determined—e.g., our accounting-standards infrastructure. In thin political markets, corporate managers are largely... View Details
Keywords: Business And Society; Lobbying; Sustainability; Leadership; Economic Systems; Accounting; Business and Community Relations; Financial Institutions; Business and Government Relations
Ramanna, Karthik. "Thin Political Markets: The Soft Underbelly of Capitalism." California Management Review 57, no. 2 (Winter 2015): 5–19.
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
grassroots community organizations; the increasing tendency of businesses, large and small, to identify the inner city as an untapped market; a drop in urban crime rates; and the "unshackling" of inner cities from the entrenched and... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
Inc., likes to tell that story, not only for the humor inherent in Wanamaker's statement, but also because it relates directly to his business. "That's a data problem," Howe says. "Business, like life, is full of decisions. Almost every... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Evergreen Business
Above: photo by John Loomis About 80 percent of Frans Kok’s (MBA 1972) cut-your-own customers make the trek to the Middleburg Christmas Tree Farm in Philomont, Virginia, during the two weeks after Thanksgiving. After bumping down the mile-long driveway, visitors... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- February 2016
- Teaching Note
Akın Öngör's Journey
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
The case of Akın Öngör's Journey describes a highly successful former CEO with stellar leadership skills, who transformed a bank in Turkey into one of the world's best, steered it to contribute to his country's social agenda, influenced business practices of other... View Details