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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
second election or, in rare cases, require the company to negotiate with the union as sole bargaining agent for the employees. Most companies will deny a union’s request to represent its employees on the basis of signed authorization... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
opportunities to become change agents for society by creating pattern-breaking approaches and sustainable solutions, explains HBS lecturer Stacey Childress. Unlike business entrepreneurs who are motivated by profits, social entrepreneurs... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
pleasure and purpose aspects of the organization are reconciled in a thoughtful way. If we’re having amazing events to showcase the best of American food, in the same breath we should be talking about what we mean by an equitable food system. The penny has really... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Sparking Internet Commerce
college and HBS, Grouf held jobs at McKinsey and at Goldman Sachs, where he worked on M&As for clients in communications and technology. During his second semester at HBS, after hooking up with some software visionaries at MIT, Grouf wrote the business plan for View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
the Health Connector, which acts not as an insurance company but as a purchasing agent for small employers or individuals.” A final piece of the puzzle, Pozen says, was redirecting the funds in an existing “free-care pool” to subsidize... View Details
- 19 Feb 2008
- News
The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen
estimated in advance by companies who specialize in this sort of analysis. Bonds can be purchased to cover cost overrun risks, too. And it doesn’t hurt to have the reality check of a bonding agent looking over the movie’s projected... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
as they struggled to understand why the protagonists acted as they did, they might soon be getting the answer firsthand. Consistently, Sahlman tried to focus on what he calls the “fomenting attack”—that is, the agent of change that was... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Ink
driver; he carefully scrutinizes both the documents and the driver before requiring a thorough search of a vehicle that he knows is perfectly harmless; he chuckles to himself as the lines of trucks waiting to pass grows longer and longer. He is the very picture of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
cattle ranching. To learn the value of his crop, a farmer could turn on the radio for regular market updates from commodity exchanges. But prices of the seeds and chemical fertilizer used to grow those crops were not listed anywhere; a farmer had to ask the View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
prevented with some forethought. It includes interviews with high-profile entrepreneurs about their own mistakes. It also covers gender biases, cultural challenges, and when to employ agents to negotiate on your behalf. There Will Be No... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
ensuring], for example, fewer days in the hospital.” Triola echoes this argument. “Without any economic data to justify the use of premium-priced treatments over cheaper generics, how are you going to make the case that a hospital system should spend dollars on a... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
players. Significantly for the sports industry's economics, TV revenues helped fuel the explosion in player salaries. Like everyone else, athletes gaped at the size of TV contracts and - assisted by an emerging group of player agents -... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
Klein. At each stop, she gained new knowledge and experience while advancing her own reputation as a change agent capable of leading a company to growth through new product design. Ross’ entrepreneurial skills at a small fashion-eyewear... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
graze. “I immediately told the real estate agent that this was my dream house,” she says shaking her head, still surprised by how she let emotion cloud her usually savvy negotiation skills. Reade didn’t plan to be a farmer, but for tax... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
rights? When will the division of policy authority across different government agents (e.g., federal and subnational governments, or politicians and bureaucrats) enable better policy decisions? And what are the consequences of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
qualities that define a leader? Where does one find a mentor? What are the ingredients in the recipe for success? Getting beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works by Roger L. Martin (MBA 1981) and Sally R. Osberg (Harvard Business Review Press) The authors... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
supporting the things that you believe in? If you're in an organization, whether you're a leader of that organization or aspire to be in a leadership position, be that value change agent in your business. You know what's coming—help your... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
she wasn't taking a bus—few come to the airport to do so. Sender tracked down her flight, which had already finished boarding, accompanied her to the gate where agents were screaming the woman's name, and got her on the flight. "I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
preserved, Bailey believes, because it is the right thing to do. And done right, it will be transformational. “Ultimately the tourist is the agent of change,” says Bailey. “When a tourist decides that a sustainability-enhanced experience... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
Care Act move us any closer to that approach? I agree that the individual mandate is essential. But with Obamacare, agents who don't know our individual needs are selecting plans on our behalf, and that's not consumer-driven health care.... View Details