Professor Bill George - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2003
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An Authentic Leader

When Bill George (MBA ’66) talks about leadership, people listen. And well they should. For a decade, he quietly grew a midsized Minnesota medical-device maker into a world-class medical technology company.... View Details

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

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The Roundtables - Entrepreneurship

NeueHouse in Madison Square Park for customized discussions, a reception and dinner featuring a fireside chat between Professor Bill Sahlman and Brian Bedol founder of Bedrocket Media Ventures, Bluefin Labs,... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Making It Count

create more damage in a year environmentally, in monetary terms, than profit.” “The fact of the matter is that 450 of the 3,000 companies in our environmental data set create more damage in a year environmentally, in monetary terms, than profit.” In short, we can’t,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2016
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Passion Projects

the career of O’Donnell’s alter ego, “John Charles,” who has now photographed teddy bears on all seven continents. His latest work is collected in TA and Wally Wander About. Rediscovering the rural churches of Georgia George S. Hart (MBA... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2013
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Field Days

Keywords: FIELD 2; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2016
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Inside Modern HR

job search? MB: There are amazing professors at HBS doing cutting-edge research in this space, so you don’t want to miss the opportunity to learn from people like Nitin Nohria, Bill George, Linda Hill, Boris... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

survey notes, more than half of HBS alumni launch a business. In this conversation, professors Tom Eisenmann and Bill Kerr discuss HBS’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, which empowers students to create an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

24 Feb 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach

Datar." Alumni were energized to be back together in person again at the event, which was cohosted by the School, the HBS Club of South Florida. The gathering took place at the Four Seasons Palm Beach Resort and featured a breakfast reception and speaking program. The... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Corey, Lombard Remembered

42 years, passed away in May in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He was 84. In June, George F.F. Lombard (MBA ’35), who served HBS for 41 years as a professor of organizational behavior and senior associate dean,... View Details

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Policy - Business & Environment

2019 survey by Yale and George Mason University: 87 % of people surveyed supported investments in renewable energy (infrastructure and research) 82 % supported regulating GHG emissions (requiring companies to limit their pollution) 72 %... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Alumni Team Up to Fight Cancer

her work that last spring he presented the MMRF with a $4.8 million gift to further its pathbreaking cancer research. Commented HBS professor Bill Sahlman, who introduced Bowes and Giusti, “Their... View Details

Keywords: biomedicine; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2012
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Path Forward

Mills (MBA 1977), right, administrator of the US Small Business Administration. Professors Bill George, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Jan Rivkin also participated. View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

April 2011
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Daniel Kim's Dilemma (B)

By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred

Daniel Kim was considering "blowing the whistle" on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing startup where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Venture Capital; Revenue; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Style; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Behavior

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21 Dec 2009
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Creativity, Meet Destruction

April 2011
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Daniel Kim's Dilemma (A)

By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred

Daniel Kim was considering "blowing the whistle" on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing startup where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Fairness; Corporate Accountability; Emotions; Behavior; Leadership Style; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Disclosure

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02 Jan 2008
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Most Popular Stories 2007

tells readers how to analyze the development of these areas in the future. Read our Q&A and book excerpt. Podcast: The Authentic Leader The best leaders are not the "follow me over the hill" type, says Professor View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2011
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Faculty Research Online

thinking too much or thinking too little. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6630.html. From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher During a panel discussion on entrepreneurship, Professor View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

this “poisonous chicken soup,” as Chinese officials call it? The number of college graduates in China has increased immensely over the past three decades, from 2 million in 1990 to some 40 million today, says Bill Kirby, the T.M. Chang... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

March 2013 (Revised May 2013)
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Omar Ishrak: Building Medtronic Globally

By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred

Omar Ishrak, Medtronic's first non-American CEO, aims to reinvigorate the medical device maker's growth by focusing on emerging markets, therapy innovation, and creative business models. In 2012, budget constraints in mature economies, the lack of new medical therapies... View Details