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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
happen and that people like us must help lead such change. What does your company do regarding social enterprise, philanthropy, public service, and community involvement? Davey Scoon: At Colonial, we have an Outstanding Volunteer Program,... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
environmentalist. He and I spent a lot of time together discussing the larger environmental challenges of our time. He was a big thinker. He was very encouraging and supportive of my desire to shift my career more in the direction of View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
The commercial real estate business was in a shambles fifteen years ago, but just look at it now. After a complete rehab, the industry has become the darling of investors eager for alternatives to lackluster stocks and bonds. But will the View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
The Europe Research Center (ERC) is the newest of Harvard Business School's Global Initiative research centers, having opened its doors in July 2002. With the political and economic currents now affecting relations between the United States and many European nations,... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing
Dynamic Advertising Effect of Collegiate Athletics, shows how on-field heroics can benefit schools by increasing both the quantity and the quality of students they can expect to attract. The paper has been accepted for publication by the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
Careers in writing and business were foreshadowed early for T. A. (Tom) Barron (MBA '80). When he was nine years old, growing up in Harvard, Massachusetts, he produced a humor magazine, The Idiot's Odyssey, which he peddled to the public... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer
have spurred Crozier's involvement with the Harvard Divinity School's Center for the Study of Values in Public Life. "The Center is a good forum for executives to share what's on their minds as they make... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
I admire other female colleagues like Sandy Moose of BCG and June Rokoff of Lotus. Best business advice My good friend and sectionmate Brigid Sullivan told me I should be involved with something that taps into my passion. Where the new... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Fellowship Campaign Approaching Goal
raised $95 million for fellowships, helped by the work of an alumni and friends Fellowship Advisory Board, formed in 2003. “When I was a student, it was assumed you would earn a good living when you graduated and quickly repay your... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
internal sources of revenue that can then finance their public goods and services – which means a strong local private sector that creates jobs and generates tax revenue. This interest in private sector... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
need to live in a huge house and have two of everything,” he states with a poignant smile. “I turned back to Christianity and started to look for ways to put my energy back into society.” Following an interest in public policy, Watson... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
commons”: issues where stakeholders with different agendas and clashing cultures each own part of the problem and must each play a role in the solution. That makes collaboration essential, no matter how unlikely the partnerships might seem. A View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
him fly at all. That discussion is a rare surfacing of an issue too often ignored—the problem of mental health in the workplace. “A very interesting question to ask is whether the tragedy will be good or bad for treatment and management... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
in decades. “If you and I wanted to start a weather company today, within two or three days we’d probably be just as good as anyone else. And why is that? Because we’d be using the same public sources... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
As a boy growing up in Milwaukee, Herbert H. Kohl (MBA '58) spent afternoons and weekends restocking shelves in his immigrant parents' grocery store. It was good training for Kohl, who joined the family business after graduating from HBS... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 12 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?
headquarters produce superior financial performance. We had expected that smaller, "lean and mean" headquarters would lead to better performance. In fact, the opposite is true—larger headquarters are associated with higher profitability. This does not mean... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
According to Herzlinger, although public and nonprofit institutions are entrusted with taxpayer and donor dollars to provide social goods such as education, health, and art, they have few systems and tools... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 11 Jun 2019
- Book
These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
A Good Place to Start Driving Digital StrategySunil Gupta explores how traditional businesses can make the leap into the digital age. American Capitalism: New HistoriesHistorians are taking a new look at capitalism in light of its... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne