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- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
civil engineering, their role in creating Harvard's Environmental Studies program, and their efforts to conserve natural spaces around New York. HBS professor and former Dean Nitin Nohria presented the Business Statesman Award to John B.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Sharing a Strategic Perspective | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Sharing a Strategic Perspective Stepping back from the day-to-day demands of leading Save the Children is an opportunity Carolyn Miles doesn’t get very often. “We are all incredibly immersed in our work here,” says Miles, who serves as president and View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
the CEO of its U.S. subsidiary and his challenge to sustain the company's exceptional growth in the face of an unprecedented slowdown in the U.S. construction industry. The case also offers a window into the processes and related issues... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
PublicationsThe World Bank and Democratic Accountability: The Role of Civil Society Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz Publication:Chap. 3 in Building Global Democracy? Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance, edited by Jan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Convening Power
gift from Seth (MBA 1982) and Beth Klarman, will combine the elements of a large-scale conference center, a performance space, and an intimate community forum. Seth Klarman is president and CEO of the Baupost Group, a Boston-based... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability
rolling," said workshop co-organizer Beiting Cheng, an HBS doctoral student. Short of government mandates, how can corporations be motivated to adopt integrated reporting? Will shareholders be a driving force? What about outside agencies such as NGOs? Can View Details
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
also hold the position of chief executive officer. Where the CEO and the chairman are the same person, a lead director should be chosen from the non-executive directors. The chairman of the audit committee must also be an effective... View Details
- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Working at the Intersection of Business and Environment
partnerships. During Harvard’s Climate Week in April 2018, we organized guest speakers and activities including a candid conversation with David Crane, former CEO of NRG Energy, about his failed attempt to turn the company into a major... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
company that actually built things, so upon graduation, he signed on at Ford. Then it was off for some serious globe-trotting, first to South America as managing director of Ford Argentina, next to Japan as president and CEO (at age 38)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
When Kwame Owusu-Kesse (MBA/MPP 2012) was in his last year of graduate school, he got a call from Geoffrey Canada, founder and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a nonprofit that takes a comprehensive, cradle-to-career approach to... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
Kevin McCall (HBS MBA '81), president and CEO of Paradigm Holdings, LLC, a Massachusetts-based owner and operator of multi-tenanted office buildings. McCall described the process of locating and developing a property as completely... View Details
- 24 Oct 2018
- News
Exploring the Future of Work for Women
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of India recently hosted its first conference devoted to exploring gender issues in the workplace of the future. The Future of Work: Accelerating Gender Parity Conference, held on September 21 in Mumbai, was an invitation-only... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Investment Strategies - Course Catalog
bonds outstanding. Every day, public markets set prices for CEOs and CFOs, financial institutions, and investors, all seeking to raise and invest money in a way that drives the economy forward. A public exit - whether through an initial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
When You Speak, This Group Listens
cross-section of MBA, Executive Education, and Doctoral alumni. Before joining the board for three-year terms, each of us had volunteered in a variety of capacities, including serving in key roles in HBS clubs and associations, mentoring... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
per consumer visit and 2) influencing stores' choices of strategic variables (e.g., pricing). We characterize the conditions under which there would be no role for search diversion as a strategic instrument for the intermediary, thereby... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
digital tools to help you in ways we cannot imagine today. But as much as the world is now focused on generative AI as a technology that holds promise to revolutionize the way we work, let’s never forget the role that leaders will... View Details
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
legal and grey) to 102 countries. CEO Ming-Kai Tsai is faced with the question of the best growth path. While multiple tier one handset makers are dismissive of MediaTek, perhaps because of its role in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
performance, in whatever way one chooses to define performance (for example, quality of life, or value creation for all entities), and provides access to that causal link. Integrity is thus a factor of production as important as knowledge and technology. Yet the major... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Maria (Brewer) Palma...
During my time at the company, we grew from 23 to over 100 people and I worked both in Business Development and then as the Chief of Staff for the CEO while we scaled. It was an incredible experience and I was able to see firsthand some... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
Stewart (MBA 1983) address Black female leadership. Noting that a group of unicorns is called “a blessing,” the authors present “an unapologetic look at our often-overlooked role in America’s social, political, psychological, and economic... View Details