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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Welcome to the USA! You’re Hired! By Betsy Cohen (MBA 1978) Constead Press In this book author and economic development innovator Betsy Cohen presents wisdom from a dozen experts in career development and job searching. Foreign-born job... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction
time tweaking corporate America with this campaign, the scenario they describe is, in reality, impossible. First, let's understand why the plurality standard dominates director voting. Corporations' internal affairs, including the... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
on shifting the balance of power in the boardroom away from management. Senator Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) Shareholder Bill of Rights Act, introduced May 19, casts shareholders as the antidote to runaway executive compensation and excessive... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
There’s no problem the business world can’t solve. That’s the thinking of Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2008), who believes companies—and the great minds who run them—can find sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises. “For whatever reason,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
INK: Big News for Small Business
the US Small Business Administration says we are on the brink of a radical transformation. Fintech players like Amazon and Square, powered by big data and AI, have the potential to bring about a golden age for small business, she says,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
costs for resolving the dispute. We also find that the effect of contract structure on dispute resolution approach is moderated by the degree of coordination required in the relationship, and that the effect of dispute approach on resolution costs is moderated by the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) (photo via LinkedIn) Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) (photo via LinkedIn) It was building spreadsheets as an HBS intern at a private equity firm that convinced Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) that his future was in... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
As the pace of globalization speeded up from the 1960s, the term "multinational enterprise" (hereafter MNE) was coined, and there was an outpouring of discussion, much of it critical, about the political, social, and economic role of large global firms. MNEs... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
billions who are in poverty; solutions must be enduring and last over generations; solutions must be truly effective and make a difference; and all this must happen efficiently. Only through a commercial... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
international regions, presented business plans for their start-ups to judges on Monday, April 25, during the final round of competition. On Tuesday, Rakhi Mehra (MBA '09), founder of micro Home Solutions, a social housing initiative for... View Details
- Profile
Adil Seetal
the one-dimensional idea of leadership as, "Jack Welch rallying his troops. There's no one solution or leadership style that fits everything. The intriguing thing about our cases is that each one brings different qualities to the... View Details
- 22 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: 3M
Energy) by improving lives all over the world. How long has your organization been recruiting at Harvard Business School and what roles do you hire for?3M has been recruiting at HBS since 2010. We hire full-time Supervisors and Summer View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 04 Apr 2019
- News
Promoting Diversity at Sundance and Beyond
add to the texture of a village of creators who have the power to influence a huge global audience,” says Diamond, who is never one, as he puts it, “to just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” Diamond’s career-long engagement in... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
participants to understand how their role encompasses all organizational disciplines; to learn to manage up, down, across, and outside the organization; to perform a working assessment of their organizations; and to formulate solutions to... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- Web
IT Strategy: The Future of the Web at HBS | Information Technology
using an outdated, highly customized platform. Web publishing often requires coding skills, and as a result, many web content update requests go through IT Web Services for execution, creating a bottleneck. There can be gaps between strategy and execution when it comes... View Details
- Web
Charmian Love Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 16 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future
What were you doing prior to HBS? What made you decide to go to HBS? Before HBS, I worked at Tesla as a design engineer and project manager. I had the opportunity to work on groundbreaking products alongside some of the smartest and most resilient people in the world.... View Details
- 29 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Bloom Energy
Helen Textor, Director of Talent Acquisition, Bloom Energy Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Founded in 2001, Bloom Energy is a provider of breakthrough fuel cell technology generating clean, highly efficient onsite View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
under intense operational pressure is nearly impossible. In addition, the heavy burden of compliance with government regulations and internal corporate requirements is taking a toll on people, limiting their creativity, and causing them... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
The problems facing business and society are increasingly complex. Developing solutions to global challenges requires a faculty adept at field work, cross-sector collaboration, complex data analysis, and intensive laboratory work, as well... View Details