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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

, Deloitte Joanna Barsh , McKinsey & Company Roby Ely (moderator) , Harvard Business School Panel: Organizational Change Lesley Perlow , Harvard Business School Helping Women by Helping Men, Improving Lives View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

Responsibility of Power by Edward B. Atkeson (AMP 64, 1972) (Rowman & Littlefield) Beyond Justice (a novel) by Allen Dark (MBA 1972) (CreateSpace) Gaia's Limits Kindle Edition View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

17 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

Autor, William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler Periodical:Economic Journal 117 (2007): F189-F217 Abstract Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2007
News

Letters to the Editor

givers was “generational, not ideological.” Reason and civility to the rescue! I was embarrassed for HBS, as I felt we had been badly trumped by KSG. But then I arrived at the article on social entrepreneurs and HBS’s Social Enterprise... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

Student-Profile

Celia Stafford

Celia Stafford (she/her) has always been intrigued by author William Gibson’s assertion that the future has already arrived—it’s just not evenly distributed. “There is so much knowledge and expertise in the... View Details

20 May 2008
News

Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot

it also aims at Amherst College, Boston College, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smith College, Tufts University, Wellesley College, and Williams College. Across the country, 67 other colleges and universities... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2021
News

Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges

traditional balance sheet does not account for a company’s cost to society. For instance, airlines don’t figure in the environmental costs of travel, which can amount to billions annually. HBS’s Impact-Weighted Accounts Project, led by... View Details

28 Apr 2016
News

New Venture Competition Winners Announced

Video Embed At the 2016 New Venture Competition finale 12 teams competed from 3 tracks for more $225,000 in cash prizes. The opening video portrays inspiring companies founded by HBS graduates and students to show that one simple idea can... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Entertainment Moguls Ponder the Future at HBS Conference

implications of the VCR - one of the "most powerful" innovations in the industry. Biondi was joined by a panel that included Richard J. Bressler, CFO, Time Warner Inc.; Bruce Paisner, president, Hearst Entertainment; Arnold Rifkin,... View Details

Keywords: Paula Maute

01 Jun 2006
News

Surviving Success

surrounding the key moment at which a founder hands off his or her “baby” to a new CEO. “In my initial research on founders, I focused on the question of compensation and issues around building a board,” says Wasserman. “After interviewing seven or eight founders, I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

25 Jul 2018
News

HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86

Meredith Riggs Spangler, and two daughters, Anna Spangler Nelson (MBA 1988) and Abigail Riggs Spangler, he gave a major gift to the School that made the Spangler Center, a focal point of campus life for the entire HBS community, possible. An HBS professorship (held... View Details

20 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Alumni and Students in Climate Networking Series: Boston

networking series featured a panel of leaders in climate tech, including Mitchell Goldstein (CFO at Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Pasi Miettinen (CEO at Sagewell Inc.), and Emily Stoler (Principal Scientist, Sustainable Materials at the Wyss Institute at Harvard... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Capitalism’s False Mantra

Related Links Martin discussing his book One of the most influential papers defining the role of business, “Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure,” was coauthored in 1976 by Michael Jensen, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’

book excerpt The Importance Of Being Innovative From Chapter 4, Can China Lead: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan One can surely doubt that... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby & F. Warren McFarlan; Education; Technology

21 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

who are examining a wide range of climate- and sustainability-related topics. Contributing to this body of knowledge will be the work generated by the BiGS Climate Fellows, who will collaborate with the BEI next year. Additionally, BiGS... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2016
News

Passion Projects

Georgia. In their travels, they discovered numerous abandoned churches—and many small but thriving congregations. The duo photographed and documented their histories, first on a popular website and now in a coffee-table book, Historic Rural Churches of Georgia, with a... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2003
News

Greylock

on people. After all, according to Bill Elfers, one of the firm's founding partners, "The principal reason for accomplishment is dedicated and competent management." Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Howard E. Cox, Jr., MBA 1969, General Partner View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)

In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of an Alumni Achievement Award honoree. "Differentiate View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Management

01 Oct 1999
News

Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

exemplifies this ideal. Obviously moved by the tribute from Clark and further words of praise from HBS professor William A. Sahlman, Inc. magazine editor George Gendron, Lotus Development Corporation founder... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

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