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- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
This typology is similar to work on how industry membership influences companies. For example, regarding governmental factors, the city of Detroit created an Enterprise Zone to attract local inner-city corporate spending. Cleveland firms have a well-established View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics
Sponsors Have A Lot More To Lose Than Long-term Investors. Lenovo, as a first-time global sponsor whose future depends heavily on success this year, has much more at stake than veteran Olympics sponsors such as Coca-Cola, Visa, and... View Details
- 19 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS African American Student Union Leadership
relationships across the African diaspora. Throughout the first year, members are supported with workshops, panels, and social events held weekly or biweekly. These activities focus on academic excellence, recruiting and career support,... View Details
- 09 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Addressing Inequities in Education: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Amal Tariq (MBA 2025)
evaluating ways to better support their nonprofit partners across the country, specifically by improving knowledge sharing across their nonprofit partners and identifying focus areas where City Fund can provide additional guidance. Why... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
Collegiate Research Services, designed to help all students, including disadvantaged minorities and the first-generation college bound. Over time, my initial focus on students has evolved into a larger mission: helping organizations build... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
To Educate Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World
his focus to the future as he outlined the key themes that are driving the historic, $500 million capital campaign: increasing the School's global impact and outreach, deepening the learning experience... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana
on-campus schedules often didn’t align, the virtual environment offered flexibility that ultimately benefited Humana’s leaders and future interns. “When you see members of the management team taking time to have informational calls, it’s... View Details
- 20 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
India Conference 2015
startup ecosystem in general in India, as one that is rapidly learning, adapting and surviving. He emphasized the need for a single-minded focus on execution and reacting deftly to succeed in such frontier and nascent businesses. Mr.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
aspects of each class so that professors could focus on their students and the case discussions. To help faculty with the unique challenges and opportunities of teaching online, the Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning compiled... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
its own capabilities. (photograph by Peter Simon) HBS professor and BLSS chair Rosabeth Moss Kanter: involvement with social challenges helps business build its own capabilities. (photograph by Peter Simon) The focus of the Business... View Details
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
factors associated with successful CRM implementation and advance directions for future research. Old Hand or New Blood? Author:Frank V. Cespedes Periodical:Harvard Business Review 84, nos. 7/8 (July-August 2006): 28-40 Abstract Bill... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Ownership (OWN): Define Success, Create Advantage, Build to Last, Engage Effectively - Course Catalog
be good at ownership (vs. management)? Course Content and Organization: The course is divided into four main modules: Defining success. The objectives of most companies are far more complex than a focus on maximizing shareholder value.... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
scholars, and business historians. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/gjones/papers/Jones%20%20Friedman%20Flyer.pdf The Future of Boards Author:Jay W. Lorsch ed. Publication:Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, forthcoming This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
Business schools have sometimes taught that shareholder-value maximization is the holy grail, the sole proper focus of corporate managements. So I ask, should managements be focused solely on a company’s share price, which itself is... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
crisis nor as a necessary cause of future problems. In particular, I do not share the concern that a government plan would use its scale to lower costs to a level that would drive private plans out of business. First, a large number of... View Details
- Profile
Dana Hoffmann
her future path would be an entrepreneurial one. Getting accepted to HBS was life-changing. “The second I got my acceptance letter I did two things,“ Hoffmann said. “First, I went to the wall and banged my head against... View Details
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups... View Details