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24 May 2017
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David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

Bradley built and led the enormously successful firms that emerged: the Advisory Board Company (ABC) and the Corporate Executive Board (CEB). In 1999, having sold CEB, Bradley purchased the Atlantic, the monthly magazine that has explored American ideas since it was... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

1 (March 2002): 115. 59. Edwin H. Land, "One-Step Photography," The Photographic Journal (January 1950): 7. Contact Baker Library Special Collections Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Harvard Business School Soldiers Field Boston , MA... View Details

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

Publications: GM and the World We Have Lost June 3, 2009 - Boston Globe Richard Tedlow and David Ruben comment on the profound American loss that is the collapse of General Motors. How GM Wasted 'a Good Crisis' June 2, 2009 - Wall Street... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

Addiction: A Field Experiment in Handwashing, authored by Hussam; Atonu Rabbani, an associate professor at the University of Dhaka; Giovanni Reggiani, then a doctoral student at MIT and now a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group; and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

writer based in the Boston area. [Image: Pexels/Engin Akyurt] Do you think the the bankruptcy system needs reform? Share your thoughts in the comments below. View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring meeting // Credit: Panfoto Hard work, with humility for humanity, is the spirit that animates Harvard Business School's MBA program today, Matt Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, told... View Details

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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

more beautiful and artistic a card or plaque is . . . the longer it will be kept in sight and talked about.” 12 Trade Catalogs National Markets 5 “In Printer’s Ink the Secret,” New York Times , 14 October 1894, p. 21. 6 Sally Pierce and Catharina Slautterback, View Details

24 May 2017
News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

joining Catalyst, Lang was dating Neil Berkson, a high school boyfriend who contacted her after seeing her on the cover of the Boston Globe Magazine. Working for Catalyst would mean moving from Boston to New... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

the conversation so we might be able to talk slightly more thoughtfully about things that we have so much trouble talking about today.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: Unsplash/Clay Banks]... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Harvard Square's Hidden History

environs. I played impromptu tour guide and pointed out four of my favorite historic sites around the Square – many of which HBS students pass by each day: Anderson Memorial Bridge Hundreds of HBS students cross daily over the Anderson Memorial Bridge that spans the... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

business. An eight-year veteran with the prominent New York venture capital firm of J.H. Whitney & Company, he launched his own shop backed by $8 million from the Bass brothers. Seven Honeywell engineers in Boston had come up with a... View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

trust the organization and the leadership, you want to give them the flexibility to put donor dollars where they are most urgently needed,” says Victoria, who joined the Boston Consulting Group after graduating from Yale. In 2002, she... View Details

28 Mar 2016
Blog Post

Why I Chose to Pursue an MD/MBA at Harvard

Children’s Hospital Boston on two research studies. I loved the fast-paced environment of the ED and interacting with patients. Then I went to Wesleyan University and studied history, literature, and philosophy in a program called the... View Details

27 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

decisions about which colleagues to “friend.” And they suggest that workers should carefully consider what they share with all work colleagues online, advising: “[People] may want to customize the information they share with different audiences.” About the Author... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

02 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize

done in the genuine interest of the greater good.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: iStockphoto/domin_domin] What should governments do to prepare for the next pandemic? Share your thoughts... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Recent Alumni - Alumni

and participate in CPD activities and exercises. This could include serving as a Career Team Leader where you would guide a group of four RCs through Career Teams exercises. To be a Career Team Leader, an alumna/us must have participated in or led Career Teams as a... View Details

23 May 2018
News

Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987

Garantia S.A. is sold to Credit Suisse First Boston 1999 Acquires Ibmec with other investors 2004 Through a donation, Ibmec São Paulo becomes a nonprofit institution 2009 Ibmec renamed Insper 2010 Insper accredited by AACSB 2015 Steps... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

January 16, 1855. HC: HP-1, p. 31. Digital Accessibility Contact Baker Library Historical Collections Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Harvard Business School Soldiers Field Boston , MA 02163 Phone: 617.495.6411 Email: histcollref@hbs.edu... View Details

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

Bojinov says. “That’s not something managers had to think about [before the pandemic]. Now, they do.” About the Author Lane Lambert is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: iStockphoto/SDI Productions] Related reading from the... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

July–August 2021
Article

Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with Government

By: Ryan W. Buell, Ethan Porter and Michael I. Norton

Problem definition: As trust in government reaches historic lows, frustration with government performance approaches record highs. Academic/practical relevance: We propose that in co-productive settings like government services, peoples’ trust and... View Details