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- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959) Two institutions completely changed the life of Charles P. Waite, says Patti Waite Bishop about her late father, a venture capital pioneer and founding partner at Greylock Management: the US Army and Harvard... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
ambitious efforts to institute new wood sustainability initiatives, and strategize about how Nike could use the World Cup to showcase its commitment to corporate responsibility. Toffel knows that today’s students can make a difference,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
which all technological shifts are.” During the winter term, Henderson will coteach the first-year course Leadership and Corporate Account-ability, which she says has broad relevance to her work. “LCA really looks at the responsibilities of managers — the legal,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Merton Named University Professor
mathematics from Columbia University in 1966, Merton studied applied mathematics at the California Institute of Technology and earned an MS in 1967. In 1970 he completed a Ph.D. in economics at MIT and joined the faculty of the Sloan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
contrast, "upstream" social capital -- team members' ties to important research institutions -- had no impact at all on the new organization's success. "In this industry," Higgins theorizes, "upstream connections may indicate that the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
never completely eliminate fires, but you can put policies and training in place so that things run more smoothly.” Thomas has also made a point of creating an environment that runs counter to the typical flat-out, overworked restaurant culture by View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
wellness and medical technology—always seeking to maximize financial returns while delivering social and environmental impact." During her time at Funk, she connected with the Calvert Foundation, a non-profit investing institution... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- News
Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
through academies like West Point, while there are no parallel institutions to nurture outstanding teachers? Klemmer founded the Center for Better Schools to seek the answer. "Having had the Harvard Business School experience and knowing... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
Leadership in Melbourne last fall. Over two hundred leaders of nonprofit institutions attended the event. Professor Greyser, slated as a speaker but unable to fly in the wake of September 11, led his sessions via videoconference. Although... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
political system in America is broken, right? Wrong. The truth is, the American political system is working exactly how it is designed to work; it just isn’t designed or optimized to work for ordinary citizens. Most people believe that our political system is a public... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
From that vantage point, he observed social media's key role in the Arab Spring and was so impressed that he joined Twitter as an adviser. When the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, Kondo saw how Twitter enabled the country's View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
Today, The Kraft Group is a global company that employs over 5,000 people worldwide. Many of Boston’s medical, educational, and cultural institutions have benefitted from the Krafts’ philanthropy, a tribute to Kraft and his late wife... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
surveys used by Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News are subject to bias by relying so heavily on judgments from recent graduates, deans, and administrators. Students understand the value of graduating from a top-ranked institution and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
hardest assignments. He drafted plans to institute new military regulations, to reform the inspector general's office, and—most remarkably—to reorganize the entire army . Despite his emotional insecurities, he had total confidence in his... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
master’s in management through a dual-degree program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute before applying to HBS’s 2+2 Program, which admits college students to the MBA Program on a deferred basis, giving them time to gain professional... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
written numerous cases on other companies that have forged a new path for workforce management, such as Honeywell, which chose to institute furloughs during the 2008 recession instead of layoffs, and Nokia, which built its Bridge program... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
technology management, and robotics to simplify and automate support activities. He also addressed dilemmas about whether to allow each division to adopt innovation at its own pace or institute it simultaneously company-wide, and the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
day, where it is the focus of Feng Zhang of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. “The world is now very excited about the possibility of curative medicines originating from CRISPR-Cas9 technologies invented at the Broad Institute,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Allston
of Science (MS) in Engineering Sciences from SEAS, is designed to fuse the strengths from both management and technology programs and create the next generation of inspirational leaders. “There are moments in the lives of institutions... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
rise of political risk and the decline in institutional trust—Harari’s masterful treatise on the history of Homo sapiens outlines intrinsic drivers for the complex world we live in and the future we may yet inherit. Harari’s work comes... View Details
Keywords: April White