Corporate Nationality - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1999
News

South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency

personal support, public liaison and registry, protocol and ceremonial, communications, and corporate services. Her team is responsible for all aspects of assisting the president, whether it be keeping his calendar, providing legal... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

01 Jan 2003
News

James E. Burke, MBA 1949

Greatest CEOs of All Time." "I was glad to see that the article focused on Johnson & Johnson's values," he observes. Fortune praised Burke for reaffirming the corporate principles and values that later led to his decision in 1982 to pull... View Details

19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53199 forthcoming Industrial and Corporate Change Toward a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract—The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

confirmed that becoming a lawyer was not an ideal match, and so, to identify paths forward with economics, she connected with another nonprofit organization, INROADS. Like Boston Lawyers Group, INROADS advances diverse youth in corporate... View Details

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

corporate executives, government officials, and journalists, for allegedly spreading false rumors online about the market’s stability. And in a turnabout, authorities also announced they will not institute more interventions to rescue the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

these periods of uncertainty as motivation to innovate, taking digital technology into new territory. Pixar Studios, MSNBC, the Xbox, and the phenomena of "infotainment" all arose from the ashes of the corporate controversies.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics

Wall Street, this time working in corporate advisory and M&A where she rose into executive level positions and managed massive strategic clients across West Africa. With a hugely successful career and a growing family at home, it... View Details

13 Jul 2016
News

From Money to Ministry

Harvard Business School with the hope of returning to his banking career. “Harvard showed me a whole different aspect to banking,” he says. “Professor Charlie Williams, who taught Commercial Banking, was my mentor. He made banking exciting. He was interested in View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2006
News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

government; higher esteem for business leaders than government officials; growing respect for entrepreneurship and for people who get things done; and pressure from the corporate responsibility movement for business to get more involved.... View Details

19 Jun 2023
Blog Post

The Road to Impact

organizations, including the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. So in 2003, when he knew it was time to finally pursue his long-held dream, he was familiar with the landscape. “My observation... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

Turkey. Second, it focuses on the corporate actors, entrepreneurs and business enterprises that have led the national economic growth. Third, it explores the ethical foundations and social responsibility of... View Details

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

Becker, Zoran Ivkovic, and Scott Weisbenner Publication:Journal of Finance 66, no. 2 (April 2011) Abstract : We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on corporate payout policy. Retail investors tend to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Policy - Business & Environment

HBS MBA 1966 (R) “The most effective way to address the climate crisis is with national legislation that would impose a significant fee on carbon where it enters the market. Only by pricing in external costs can we eliminate existing... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Lasting Impressions

those in the Class of '71 were destined to earn their MBAs during one of the most turbulent social and political eras of our times. Turbulence within the class, in the form of widely divergent views on the day's events, was also in evidence. A petition urging View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Aubry, MBA 2001 Kimberly Lei, MBA 2001 Bluesolid (now Appear Networks) has created a software company focusing on WLAN and Bluetooth networks (the so-called WLAN hotspots). The company has gained 15 large corporate customers during its... View Details

13 Feb 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Students Reflect on COP28

sector involvement. While some viewed the private sector’s presence with skepticism, I saw it as a crucial moment of convergence between policy and practice. The green zone was a showcase of corporate innovation, where companies... View Details

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

Children learning remotely often have to rely on parents or a sibling for help. The pandemic has caused the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting more than one billion learners in more than 190 countries, according to a 2020 United View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

19 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

customers that you don’t burn out. At least I haven’t yet! Sharing the Passion Skullcandy sponsors leading surf and skate teams and partners with prominent athletes, such as NBA stars James Harden and Kevin Durant, and nationally known... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

have those high days rather than a lot of middle days—that's why I didn't go back to corporate America." . . . One of the most ambitious current experiments in "knowing" and "being known" has taken shape recently... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

this group as they grapple with some of the complex questions associated with launching a national clearinghouse for kidney exchange. It raised critical questions about why and how value is created in markets and how important moral... View Details