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02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

your agent may not be enough. For example, top executive pay attorney Joe Bachelder once took his client aside after the first negotiating session. The board had selected his client to be its next CEO and was working out his compensation... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1997
News

Donald J. Chiofaro

he says. What would be right for him, Chiofaro reasoned, would be to work outside a corporate culture (in a milieu, some observers note, where he could indulge his fondness for bruising collisions) and in a... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

Hanna is an associate editor of the HBS Alumni Bulletin. [Image: Zzvet] Related Reading Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

14 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

Working PapersHedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers Authors:Robin Greenwood and Michael Schor Abstract We examine long-horizon stock returns around hedge fund activism in a comprehensive sample of 13D filings by portfolio investors... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2022
What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

“many are upset that we didn’t speak out against the bill.” He stated that leaders in the company were opposed to the bill, but chose not to speak out, instead working behind the scenes to stop it, “engaging directly with lawmakers on... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

50 Years of Women in MBA

2012-2013 as a time to celebrate this milestone. Throughout the year, and as part of the School's Culture and Community Initiative, we will delve deeply and broadly into the issues women face in business, leveraging all of the School's... View Details

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Kristin W. Mugford | About

Kristin W. Mugford Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community Unit Finance Contact Phone Bio Kristin Mugford is the Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Unit at the Harvard Business School and the... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

cowboy culture to a work environment in which men unabashedly eschew displays of machismo; where they admit when they make a mistake and explore how relational concerns may have been the cause; where men... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

Profile

Prineeta Kulkarni

an Indian pharma, Cipla, that was specifically "focused on access and affordability," says Prineeta. Through her work on the acquisitions team, Prineeta helped Cipla expand access to inexpensive HIV medicine to more countries in... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

that were clear to us,” he said. “We had this charismatic appeal, this raw authenticity, but we didn’t have the cultural or social capital to access those worlds and people weren’t exactly excited about opening the doors for us, for fear... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

Profile

Peter Gumulia

What do I value? What kind of culture do I want to build? Why?” HBS impressed Peter with its richness of classroom discussion. “Often times in business, there is no right or wrong answer – only trade-offs. As a leader, your role is to... View Details

26 Sep 2023
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Francesco Rossi (MBA 2024)

The Latino Student Organization (LASO) proudly promotes and supports Harvard Business School’s Latino students and works alongside the Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA). Representing a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, interests,... View Details

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

they're clearly oriented toward maintaining the status quo. They're suspicious of new ideas. Sometimes the organization has a culture where new ideas are evaluated harshly, and people see that. It speaks much louder than any corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

associate Arthur McCaffrey. It's also one they are passionate about and determined to solve. As they write in a new working paper that they're preparing for an academic journal, there are more than three billion people in the world who... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

it wouldn’t be able to individually. The problem with synergies is that people tend to overestimate how quickly those synergies will work and overestimate the magnitude of their effects. They ignore the fact that mergers are complicated,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Teaching Interest

General Management: Processes and Action

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Auto Industry; Computer Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry; Information Industry; Legal Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; Video Game Industry; China; India; United States

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

I led on family business management in Santiago in 1999. I've worked with their family business system ever since. Nelson, then CEO of RBS and also leader of his family branch, attended the seminar to develop plans for his family business... View Details

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

culture. We also find wide variation across variables for ratings consistency among analysts covering the same firm. On average, consistency is higher for sell-side than buy-side analysts, consistent with sell-side analysts facing greater incentives to herd. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2001
News

Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

Stanley as a powerful presence in the world of global finance. After graduating from Princeton in 1957 at the age of 20, Fisher worked for a time in the university's admissions office and as a trainee at the Insurance Company of North... View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Finance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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