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- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
established a reputation as a pioneering workbook company specializing in helping teachers deliver targeted intervention for students in the classroom. As Waldron stepped into his role as CEO in 2008, he set... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
and consumer lending. The researchers chose to study risk-management experts because their role has risen in importance with demands for improved corporate governance and the need for better forecasting and modeling. After the financial... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details
- Blog
What's the Right Fit for You–An In-Person or Virtual Program?
took place on campus, AMP was presented virtually due to the pandemic. Below, he shares his perspective on each type of program. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND ROLE AT MITSUBISHI? I have 30 years of business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
Revival of the Fittest by Donald N. Sull (Harvard Business School Press) Your company has been outperforming competitors for years, your charismatic CEO was just featured on the cover of a national business magazine, and your city boasts... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Convening Power
gift from Seth (MBA 1982) and Beth Klarman, will combine the elements of a large-scale conference center, a performance space, and an intimate community forum. Seth Klarman is president and CEO of the Baupost Group, a Boston-based... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
gender pay gap for 25 years,” notes Wooldridge. “We need to speed things up.” Likewise, the proportion of women in CEO roles has increased steadily; but, at the current pace, it will take 80 years to achieve... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
outrageously successful CEO while still in your twenties.” In his current role as CEO of the Los Angeles–based consulting firm Big Answers, Diamond helps clients in business... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Speaking for the Airlines
When the airlines sought government financial help in the wake of September's terrorist attacks, Delta Airlines chairman and CEO Leo Mullin (MBA '67) emerged as a powerful advocate for the industry, the Los Angeles Times (September 21,... View Details
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories
Harvard Business School. People are more likely to recall information over a longer period when it’s wrapped in an anecdote as opposed to statistics, according to the study, "Stories, Statistics and Memory.” Graeber’s research validates what View Details
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
of the 30 most respected CEOs in the world by Barron’s magazine in 2007, the same year the Tata family was awarded the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. In 2008 he was among 100 individuals named by Time magazine as “the world’s most... View Details
- Profile
Anddria Clack
interest and practice in a way that I had not experienced before. Through the case study method and experiential activities, I knew that I would be challenged to make important decisions in a managerial context, very similar to the CEOs... View Details
- Web
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog
of success? To what extent do commonly used performance metrics kill innovation, and how can we develop metrics that encourage new growth? Can acquisitions become a pathway to new capabilities? Should we integrate acquired companies or keep them separate? What is the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
HBS Association of Ireland: Connecting at Home and Abroad
London after leaving Soldiers Field. Then, in the late '90s, Barry came home — for good, he says — as a manager for National Toll Roads in Dublin. The company, which focuses on road infrastructure, waste management, and renewable energy solutions, appointed him View Details
- 26 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program
he became the CEO of Second Harvest Heartland. Zeaske’s experience mirrors those of alumni fellows who have benefited over the years from access to meaningful roles and close collaboration with senior... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
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Elsa Sze
Chicago, Elsa spent a brief time in investment banking. “I was impressionable,” Elsa says. “As an undergraduate, investment banking meant prestige.” But her work in investment banking, and a subsequent role as a consultant, failed to... View Details
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The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society
narrative guides investor-company alignment for social value video Play Video duration: 5:07 Beyond profit: How narrative guides investor-company alignment for social value Play Powering progress: CEOs highlight the View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
important? Christine: "We believe business plays a fundamentally noble role in society. From rural to left-behind urban communities, business leaders play a vital role in creating an economy that works for... View Details
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Laura Sandoval
In the late ‘80s, Laura Sandoval’s mother emigrated from Peru to the United States to find a better a future. “We faced some tough immigration challenges,” Laura says. When her father later joined her mother in the US, she said, “My father went from being the View Details
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
Boris Groysberg addresses attendees of the HBS Executive Education program Women on Boards. (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Last year, Paula Davila Martinez (GMP 18, 2015) decided she wanted to have an impact beyond her corporate role as a... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley