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01 Oct 1998
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Merton Named University Professor

he consistently gives of himself to his colleagues and his students. His appointment will do honor to the University." Merton said he is honored by his selection as the first McArthur University Professor. "That the professorship bears John McArthur's name has special... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

Long defined almost exclusively in terms of print and broadcast outlets, mass media as an industry has been undergoing a major transformation - and that means big changes for the advertising industry, too. The Internet, for example, which... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

08 Oct 2013
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The Green Giant

international conservation organizations in 2004. "It goes way beyond the stock price of the companies they lead. It means solving the biggest problems that the world faces. And the new generation is impatient; they don't want to wait to... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; World Wildlife Fund

01 Oct 2002
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John R. Davis

and accounting for all 800 “cow units” (a standard measurement that in this case means about 1,175 actual cattle). Calving season calls for constant monitoring of the pregnant cows and helping them give birth — including stitching them up... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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@Soldiers Field

the piece, they are encouraged to contemplate what it means to inhabit their own speech and beliefs.” The installations will be on view until April 2017. Nearly 500 students from more than 20 countries gathered in May for HBX ConneXt,... View Details

13 Apr 2022
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New School

have,” Waldron says. “You need to have an outstanding team; you have to have the right product; you have to have the business systems; you have to be the right kind of organization.” For Waldron, that means being a company with purpose.... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Ask the Expert: Star Search

excited about a job is their team, feeling they have impact on the broader company goals, and being intellectually engaged by the work. For us, that means allowing our employees to follow their passion and change roles. We call it the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Oct 1997
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Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development

productivity but also by offering a sustainable means for families to improve the quality of their lives through their own hard work and initiative. The goal is to empower individuals so they can mobilize their talents, break the cycle of... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Gazprom Goes Global

company and biggest taxpayer,” Abdelal explains. Russia, he adds, also views Gazprom revenues as a means to make its economy less dependent on the energy sector in the long term. Abdelal notes that because natural gas is much cleaner than... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

01 Feb 2001
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The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure

The first in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their careers to explore personally enriching projects off the beaten track. For some busy executives, spending quality time with the family means... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 2001
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New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated

professorship is both a tribute to Fitzhugh's career and a means for HBS to build upon his efforts by attracting and retaining faculty whose research focuses on issues of diversity. "Naylor Fitzhugh was a pioneer in his professional... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

Anomalie, a custom wedding dress company, Leslie Voorhees and Calley Means (both MBA 2015) have connections to manufacturers in China as well as to people on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. They decided to use their network to... View Details

21 Jan 2022
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Real Talk

founders have seen the model work again and again. Henderson recalls working with the management team at the largest bank in South Africa, post-apartheid, after he asked them to share their personal experiences. “I saw these guys—I mean... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?

funding levels but that they’ll cut benefits,” Allen says. And that makes both politicians and union bosses unpopular. It’s understandable that state governments, like corporations, lobby for their own interests—which may mean supporting... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Dec 2014
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Living Social

supporting the HBS students, faculty, and alumni who are taking on the complex challenges facing society, like education and inequality. Learn more Read about HBS's 20 years of social enterprise The Social Enterprise Initiative was founded more than 20 years ago. What... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Jun 2003
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Male Consumers as Man-of-Action Heroes

of the authors’ research, marketers may need to re-examine the idea that they should imbue their brands with either respectability or rebellion. Instead, as Holt and Thompson’s study suggests, it is in the tensions between the two where the most valued View Details

Keywords: Douglas; Holt; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

26 Feb 2008
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The Right Stuff

a memorable column about Brighton’s 16-8 championship victory over West Bridgewater, told the gathering that in the playoff round, Brighton topped suburban schools that had “a lot more stuff than you: booster clubs, facilities, all that jazz it just View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

24 Oct 2018
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Exploring the Future of Work for Women

artificial intelligence, the growth of the gig economy, increasing global mobility, longer career spans, and changing work-life demands are all factors that are reshaping work. What those changes mean for women in the workplace, and how... View Details