Foundations - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors

and the title of a second-year course he teaches at HBS. "At the foundation of finance is the idea that investors and managers act rationally, so that capital market prices reflect fundamentals and managers respond to incentives in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

September 2021
Case

Posse Foundation: Developing Strong Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds

By: John J-H Kim, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

Founded in 1989, Posse Foundation was a nonprofit organization with a mission of developing future leaders who reflected the U.S.’s rich diversity. The organization ran a selective, localized admissions process in 10 U.S. cities to identify outstanding students with... View Details

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21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

depth, and accessibility—it has become clear it is key to helping companies develop sustainable competitive advantage. “The new attention being given to data today is because suddenly, everywhere, it’s become much cheaper to measure,” says John A. Deighton, the Baker... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

31 Jul 2017
HBS Case

It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family

Foundation Professor Leonard A. Schlesinger, who coauthored the case, Pho Hoa Dorchester, with 2017 MBA students Michael Raiche and Roger Zhu. Pho Hoa and Pho Linh, a smaller restaurant located in Quincy, Massachusetts, are owned as... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

01 Sep 2023
News

End Game

thing could become bad,” says Conn. Gradually, Project Chacabuco concluded that they needed to give the company to a foundation that would give the company’s cash flow away in perpetuity. “You’re not allowed to do that in the United... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

14 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022

(MBA 2023) Becky and Adriann's Love Story: The First Time We Met Adriann’s story: I was a stressed consultant, constantly traveling with a rocky foundation and never-ending work schedule. I used the weekends to try for some semblance of a... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

L.E. Simmons

distinction; to help stabilize it against Houston's tempestuous weather, excavation for the tower's foundation was completed to a depth of 63 feet, twice that of the Empire State Building's underpinnings. It is a fitting headquarters for... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

26 May 2016
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets 2013-15 Named Most Powerful Woman in Finance by American Banker 2016 Joins Board of Directors, Robin Hood Foundation Chief Executive Officer, J.P. Morgan Asset Management It’s hard to talk... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

04 Jun 2018
News

Should Directors Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

considered martial arts as the foundation for a legitimate, even upstanding, business success story. It’s time for the main event, a middle-weight championship bout between Brazilian Leandro Ataides (a member of the Evolve Fight Team) and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

of Keynesian theory in the post-war years gave the subject greater prestige, and the 1958 reports on the state of business education in America by the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation led to a greater emphasis on the social... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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Outdoor Spaces | About

with the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center. Sebastian Kresge and the Kresge Foundation are now honored in the naming of Kresge Way. Peterson Park Peterson Park, located between Morgan Hall and Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, is named to... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

1976, his partners elected him to the first of four three-year terms as their managing partner. Global expansion became a cornerstone of Daniel's leadership in the seventies and eighties, as he laid the foundation for the firm's... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)

health foundation in Uganda where I was making less but saving more, given my lower expenses. Throughout those years, I was conservative in my spending. I had managed to save about $20,000 and had no student debt. Still, when I started... View Details

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

Much of the substance of 20th century management was worked out at GM. Let's hope that crisis will summon the will to make the changes that are needed. If not, the next Detroit may be in China, and sooner than we think. Joseph L. Bower, Baker View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

technology.” We will examine 5 recently developed “godlike technologies” that have passed commercial viability and are on track to change the foundations of business and society by 2032—AI, blockchain, ubiquitous networks, synthetic... View Details

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Ahmed Alimi

Nigeria. His business will also serve as the foundation for an independent project in his coming EC year. "Every second at HBS has been truly rewarding," Ahmed says. "You transform from a function-oriented person to a... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Award for Innovation in Teaching. 2018 Robin J. Ely : Winner of the 2018 Janet Chusmir Distinguished Service Award from the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy of Management. Alexandra C. Feldberg : Recipient of a 2018 Eric M. Mindich Research... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

the humanities,” he says, “the better foundation they will have to think critically in complicated situations and act in ways that will have a positive impact on the world. I believe that’s what the One Harvard theme is all about.” View Details

28 Oct 2022
Blog Post

Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

where I was able to gain foundational business experience which ultimately led me to HBS. What is your favorite memory from HBS? The Latino Student Organization (LASO) was my home away from home. The annual LASO retreats stand out as some... View Details

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