CEO Role - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006

Glass has just taken over as CEO from the legendary Sam Walton at Wal-Mart. Meanwhile, Joe Antonini has just taken the CEO position at Wal-Mart's arch rival, Kmart. Although Wal-Mart is still well behind... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Aug 2014
News

With No Time to Lose

recent viral #icebucketchallenge campaign. But in this case, everyone who did the challenge also made a donation. “I can easily count more than 20 HBS people who have been actively building and serving on various roles as volunteers,”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Feb 2022
Blog Post

The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

investments, and environment of the global food supply chain, with an immersive look at the role of plant-based foods. Professor Max Bazerman, accompanied by Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, entrepreneur and director of the venture firm... View Details

02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

paper we draw on the recent literature to highlight areas in which history has played a particularly prominent role in improving our understanding of growth dynamics. Research at the intersection of historical data, theory, and empirics... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

PublicationsThe Rise of the Modern Firm Authors:Geoffrey Jones and Walter A. Friedman, eds. Publication:Northampton, Mass: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012 This authoritative volume focuses on the rise of modern firms, from their early history to the present day.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2000
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Q & A: Gustavo Herrero

teaching methods that have proven to be very effective in graduate business education in the United States; they will also learn how to conduct field-based research that best supports the case-method approach to teaching. Tell us about the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms - Course Catalog

differ in industry, size, and complexity, there are many common themes that entrepreneurs focus on to drive value creation. Class sessions include a combination of vignette (mini-case) discussions, class exercises, role playing, and heavy... View Details

02 Dec 2015
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Laura Mackay...

you could say. As VP of Strategy & Operations, I was responsible for defining our strategic roadmap and designing and implementing our business operations. While I learned a great deal in my role and was fortunate to have a great team... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Health Care; Entrepreneurship

24 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud

sponsors of the music app she used every day. Subsequent research in the HBS alumni database gave her two possible contacts, the CEO and Lisa Elis, a graduate of the HBS Executive Education program. Via LinkedIn, Noa wrote Elis a “long... View Details

06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

abrupt shift. In the studies, participants served in the role of watchdogs charged with catching cheating in a series of trials. The cheating they observed increased either gradually or abruptly; people were more likely to overlook... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

Working PapersInitiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors' Social Position Author:Julie Battilana Abstract This study addresses the paradox of embedded human agency, or the contradiction between actors'... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Deborah A. Farrington

from a former HBS section mate who was the CEO of a small California startup named NetLedger. “He said to me `Debby, I know a lot of smart venture capitalists and quite frankly, you’re the only one I like,’” Farrington said.... View Details

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

entrepreneurs precisely because I know the risks. I think you should not do it precipitously. There's an aphorism in our industry that CEO is the new analyst, because a lot of young people want to be startup View Details

23 May 2019
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Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

Gentera into the largest microfinance firm in the Americas. Rodríguez’s interest in using microloans to invest in developing economies was first sparked at HBS in 1994 when he helped organize the Latin American Conference. Through a friend, he met Michael Chu (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Jan 2021
News

A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

leadership of Professor Jim Cash in whose honor we named Cash House on the campus. And Jim has helped us assemble a phenomenal advisory board. And the board consists of individuals like Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck, Ken Chenault, the... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High

Way, also seeks that coveted CEO position in order to mix things up in another way: by giving young black men a role model for success in business. "We need more balance in how people look at, admire, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2004
News

A Case of Achievement

Hundreds of first-year students played a key role in this year’s Alumni Achievement Award ceremonies as they, along with this year’s five award winners, took part in a case discussion in Burden Hall in September. The case, “Rob Parson at... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog

governance of companies you invest in. Over the longer term, many of you will serve as a CEO or other senior executive working with your company’s board. And, of course, many of you will serve on one or more boards during your careers,... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Faculty Research Online

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors Your company’s scientists and investors can be antennas that bring great ideas into your company. The key, says Associate Professor Lee Fleming, is understanding small-world networks. The New CEO’s... View Details