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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
prosperity and bring it closer to parity with its European neighbors. The nonprofit identifies challenges and opportunities, then brings together experts to draft actionable policy proposals to pitch to the government. The hope, Xydi... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
begin with, some CEOs find the prospect of succession downright depressing. For them it means failure or organizational death. They love the job; it is their identity. They think of building a cohort of potential leaders, not as the path to growth and View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Impact: Toward the Greater Good
Recognizing that business is an important driver in creating prosperity both for individuals and for communities around the world, Harvard Business School educates leaders who have the capacity to address complex challenges and help... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
difference to the entire region. You can see the prosperity returning to the villages.” The impacts of this prosperity have been significant. A local credit union has replaced an abusive loan-shark system;... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
strengthened his belief that those who prosper in business are obligated to serve the greater good. His decadelong presidency of the World Bank provided the ultimate opportunity to pursue that mission on a global scale. Wolfensohn’s... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
diverse professions in which they operate. Whether you examine law firms, advertising agencies, investment banks, or management consulting firms, the business model and the challenges they must successfully meet to prosper over the long... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
flexible, fragmented, and intensely competitive environment. To me, belief in a new frontier of digital prosperity is an act of faith that underscores how much denial exists in America today. You seem to see competitiveness as a threat to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Releases
of both. In their new book, HBS associate professor Adam Brandenburger and Professor Barry Nalebuff of the Yale School of Management develop a five-part business strategy based on this concept. Drawing from the science of game theory, the authors show managers how they... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project
University Professor at Harvard and head of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at HBS. "But business leaders can and should play a central role in boosting competitiveness. Our Project will look especially at what business leaders can do to promote View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
strength to walk away from $3 billion to maintain a company’s culture,” he remarks. “When I was a student in the 1980s, I’m sure the whole class would have said to absolutely take the $4 billion.” Yet in a visit to the classroom, Yudkoff emphasized his opposing belief... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
roaring into the modern world. World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It by Pankaj Ghemawat (PhDBE '82) (Harvard Business Review Press) Reacting to the global financial crisis, governments are pushing for increased protectionism.... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
principally in investment banking, but today notes that fundamental inequities in the world of finance—which the prosperous can navigate with ease are nearly impossible for those who are not wealthy—always nagged at her. Disillusioned,... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
interests, above our partisan interests—political conflict has often proved highly productive, and a great deal has been achieved. Today, we need to look hard at ourselves and our own political parties and make sure a strong and resilient democracy remains our first... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
visitors. “We are focusing on initiatives targeted to improve the economic prosperity of the people.” The message resonated with the HBS group, who visited 20 companies in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya; and Lagos, Nigeria, ranging from a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
challenge ahead is to create a system that maintains and shares stable prosperity and economic growth equitably and globally. “Today,” he said, “we are being reminded of Keynes’s famous insight, that the market system is not always... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
(ranked choice voting, open primaries, legislative process reform). Very relevant this season. —Nathan Nemon (MBA 2020) The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies, by Erik Brynjolfsson and... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
done right, can lead to prosperity for everyone, for a greater society. Good leaders want a society where everyone prospers.” Over her career, Nick had realized the value of strong leaders and the destructive nature of poor leadership and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
twitch in a series of transactions by corporations and the public that can be qualified only as speculation. Men talk of squeezing the water out of securities but seem never to conceive of getting rid of the wind in their own prosperity... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Capitalism.” Not a word was mentioned about the credit disaster facing our nation today. The article stresses the remarkable recent prosperity of capitalism, and points out some concerns. It does not speak to the abuses of the mortgage... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
says Shenkar. Her awareness of how precious and limited water can be began while growing up in Israel. The Middle East has prospered for millennia by making the most out of what relatively little water there is in the region. Since the... View Details