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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
taxes. This strategy was implemented by a handful of men over those fifty years, most important among them John Cowperthwaite, who ran the trade and industry department after the war and then spent twenty years as deputy and then actual financial secretary before his... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
aware of it, the more likely it is they can talk about it openly and can make efforts to overcome it,” she says. In 1999, The Diana Project, cofounded by retired MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice Myra Hart to study women... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
believed a fiber-optics revolution was coming. His hunch proved right, the company flourished, and Houghton retired after a successful 13-year tenure. But then came perhaps an even greater challenge. With the telecom meltdown and the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
http://amr.aom.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/early/2015/02/10/amr.2015.0042.abstract February 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison By: Beshears,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
divest a recent acquisition or buy other assets to build this business area would check the same column. The law partner who is thinking about retirement from a lucrative law practice and who really wants to go into teaching and shape... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
a coxswain, a sculler, and a high school coach. The truth is that almost everyone who has rowed has their own boys-in-the-boat story. That’s part of the beauty of the sport. —Bill Becklean (MBA 1968) has coached the boys’ crew team at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin... View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
feature keynote speaker Simon Mainwaring, as well as the opportunity to participate in highly interactive workshops and spend some time networking. For details, visit the HBSAB website here. CEO Series to Feature Fireside Chat with Pixar’s Ed Catmull Ed... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street executive, she navigated the investment management world to generate attractive investment results for clients. And as the Chief Investment Officer of New York State’s Employees’ Common View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
crazy at school, there was a studio in Somerville [Massachusetts] I would go to and spend two or three hours throwing pottery. It’s been a form of relaxation for me for 50 years. I’m retired now, so I have a lot more time to devote to it.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
he was simply “a student of teaching,” adding, “We really know so very little about the teaching-learning process.” Although Christensen retired in 1990, as an emeritus professor he continued to write, teach, and serve as case-method... 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
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
organizational boundaries. Innovations cannot reach a sufficient level of scale and impact unless they are integrated into the larger operations of the corporation. And yet, say recently retired Harvard Business School dean Cash, Oxford... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
financial advisors to make saving and investment decisions. Low literacy and lack of information affect the ability to save and to secure a comfortable retirement; ignorance about basic financial concepts can be linked to lack of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
long before she had exhausted her retirement savings. “I never thought I’d be on the needing end,” says Rhenisch. “I was living a good, solid, confident middle-class life until I got sick. Then the foundation of everything I had built... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
company, confirmed that it had begun selling A2 infant formula in China, and people speculated that it would start selling A2 products in Australia and New Zealand later in the year. a2MC's retiring CEO Geoffrey Babidge and newly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
Journal Why A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations Remains a Triumph at Fifty but the Labels 'Distributive' and 'Integrative' Should Be Retired By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—Richard Walton and Robert McKersie's closeness to practice,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
half that of other small jets. Air-taxi proponents believe those economies will open up private-jet travel to a broader base of business and pleasure fliers. Photos Courtesy Linear Air Blink was committed to delivering the finest operation team in business aviation,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
linebacker and serving for three consecutive years as special-teams captain, including at Super Bowl XL in 2006 (a 21-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers), Kacyvenski retired from the league in 2008 following brief stints with the Rams and... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
out of HBS, after graduating as one of a handful of women, Cohen managed the United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds. In 1989, she was selected as senior financial officer for the National Trust for Historic... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
administration system so that pension funds could both accept significant amounts of retirement funds from workers and manage and invest those funds in a transparent and safe structure. One of the asset classes in addition to government... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman