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- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
to the Depression-era law that separated commercial and investment banking. Banks with FDIC-insured deposits could still perform investment banking and brokerage activities on behalf of clients — operations that commercial banks were... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Bloomberg’s Gift to Boost Cities
preparing for and responding to crises, and investing in the future. Citizens expect mayors to perform at the highest level, but being a public executive—like any other job—is a learning experience. Yet once mayors are sworn into office,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
Hundreds of first-year students played a key role in this year’s Alumni Achievement Award ceremonies as they, along with this year’s five award winners, took part in a case discussion in Burden Hall in September. The case, “Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley,” dealt with a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation
Summary Action: Major David Gurfein, while serving as Officer-in-Charge, Task Force “Bold Eagle Bravo”, I Marine Expeditionary Force, 20 March 2003, performed his duties in a professional and heroic manner. Task Force “Bold Eagle Bravo”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
executives as they navigate the board selection process and provides resources to effectively govern as a corporate director. Making Corporate Boards More Effective. The newly expanded program gives senior executives the latest thinking... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
transition. “I was there and eager and ready to go.” As the national governing body for Alpine, cross-country, Nordic combined, freestyle, snowboarding, and freeski, US Ski & Snowboard supports grassroots development of those sports as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Books
Jane Wei-Skillern, James E. Austin, Herman Leonard, and Howard Stevenson (Sage Publications) This book presents HBS research and cases about international and U.S. organizations in the nonprofit, for-profit, and government sectors. It... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
company; evaluate the performance of senior managers; set executive compensation; approve key strategic and financial decisions; nominate candidates for shareholders to elect as directors; and ensure the company’s integrity,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
the most experienced voices at HBS—Bill George, Krishna Palepu, Rakesh Khurana, and Lorsch himself—to address the challenges of governance and the role of corporate boards in wrestling with critical issues like CEO View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
optimize performance and overall health. The device has become a fixture on the PGA Tour, and golfer Nick Watney credits his strap with first alerting him that he might have coronavirus by detecting an increase in his respiratory rate—and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
systemic risk regulator, there’s no guarantee of satisfactory performance based on recent history. Indeed, a litany of government regulatory failures fills the minority response to the Congressional... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
of Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company. That practical experience informed her work on the board of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, of which she became chair in 2009. “Measuring performance in charity... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
Pill, and Ingrid Vogel (World Scientific Publishing Co.) Understanding the genesis of financial and currency crises, stock-market booms and busts, and social and labor unrest is crucial in making informed managerial decisions. These phenomena can have a catastrophic... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
received a boost from Russia’s launching of a space satellite, Sputnik, in 1957. This was a shock because Russia’s scientific prowess was not taken seriously at the time. The United States committed to putting a man on the moon in the next decade. View Details
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
phase along with Stanford Business School professor Charles O'Reilly. The case method is the primary learning tool; overall, cases used in EDP range from an examination of General Electric CEO Jack Welch's management style, to agricultural development in Zambia, to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
Jay Lorsch and the Boston Consulting Group’s Colin Carter (MBA ’71) argue that corporate boards have made progress in the last decade, but are being pressed to perform unrealistic duties, given their structure, processes, and membership.... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
passing over it of the loyalty to country and alma mater and a lasting suggestion that they should devote their manhood developed by study and play on the banks of this river to the nation and its needs. In that spirit, Fieldhouse, the director for Emerging Businesses... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
have confidence. If you perform the appropriate due diligence up front, then you can be confident that you’ll make the right decisions, no matter where you are. What are some of the business issues you’ve dealt with? Cost issues, an... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the Justice Department, Treasury Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He frequently comments in the news media on... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What HBS Learned from West Point
how-to skills and the self-knowledge needed to be an effective leader. In short, business schools have excelled at teaching about leadership from a fundamentally analytical perspective. But there are things that every leader should be able to do: for example, lead a... View Details