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- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
due to partial family ownership and a consolidating market for industrial gases. Aiming to make Messer Griesheim a more attractive potential acquisition, Messer Griesheim management had drawn up a restructuring View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
crazy,” “the best family business has one member,” “weekends are for working, not playing golf or coaching,” “never pay your vendors on time,” “wear your control freak badge with pride,” and “quit denial: if your business is failing... View Details
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
relatively calm, he said. He was also impressed by their patience and resilience. There was no pushing and shoving, Takeuchi reported, no honking of car horns, even in long waits for a tank of gas. On the highway, anxious drivers eager to get home to see if their View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
’09), “and when I asked my host family what they were planning to do in the context of time lines and schedules, I realized that my tendency toward accomplishment and ambition didn’t seem to match with my... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
Cases are a cornerstone of Harvard Business School’s pedagogy. In developing its Racial Equity Plan (REP), the School has recognized that, historically, too few of the protagonists in HBS’s case library come from underrepresented... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
by a large extended family and fostering a deep connection to a vibrant, dynamic, and diverse community. She and her family would later move to Massachusetts, where she attended middle school, high school,... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur Harvard Business School Case 807-045 Bert Twaalfhoven (70; HBS '54) is faced with two offers to acquire the manufacturing holding company he had built up over 40 years. Despite the attractive price which would net Twaalfhoven and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Driving Change in Education-to-Employment
a federally-sponsored RCT study show that Year Up’s impact on the earnings of graduates are among the largest of any workforce organization in the country. My role as Strategic Advisor to the Office of the CEO is focused on two projects: 1) building a growth View Details
- 25 May 2015
- Blog Post
RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition
contest, which you can see here. After doing the initial legwork, teams pitch their plans on Super Saturday and each team is evaluated by 5-6 expert judges - a mix of entrepreneurs, operators, and investors. Ten semi-finalists are chosen... View Details
- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Land of the Rising Scrum
in 30 countries, including Italy, Spain, England, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal, Bahamas, New Zealand, Canada, France, Wales, Ireland, Cayman Islands, and Monaco—where they had lunch with Prince Albert. In late September, a group of 81—including 25 Old Boys ruggers and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
millions of African farmers and their families achieve food security and lift themselves out of poverty. By 2008, AGRA had assembled a strong leadership team and had funded numerous small projects ranging from seed development to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
conflicts between work and life more broadly defined. Joe Violette suggests that at least in the project-oriented environment in which he works, one should "Make your family a part of your work team and you'll create a good work-life... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
Potentia Pharmaceuticals, winner of this year's HBS Business Plan Contest (see pages 6-7). When creating a successful venture, said Hart, basics such as scalability, sustainability, adaptability, and profitability are key components of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
told me a lot in and of itself," he says. Meanwhile, Nielsen developed his own definition: "The mission of a school is to serve as the primary partner, with parents, in the total development of a child into a responsible citizen." Eager to implement his theories,... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
money wages. Although many workers were now living better than before, many were also less secure, since they could no longer rely on extended family support networks, which were a common feature of farm life. Any interruption in an... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
in background and perspective. Despite the obvious passion, everyone seemed to get along, pulling together around the common purpose of making exceptional family films. “There was this sense of community, this unbelievable sense of ‘we... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
days, Leboyer was part of a convoy driving 16 refugees (and one dog) from the Polish town of Chelm to host families who would receive them in his hometown of Munich. Read his story of the experience. APRIL 13 Joel Poznansky (MBA 1986)... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
Family Financial Planning No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/118058-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 119-004 C3: Driven to Succeed CEO Tom Siebel navigates his... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
and uniforms, he would have a better life. And for 10 years, that’s what the family did. But after all that time and thousands of rupees they didn’t have, that family got failure. Failure from teachers like... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios