Majority - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)

shot our first fitness video, have been presenting at major health and fitness conferences and events nationwide, and launched an interactive, multimedia learning-management portal for our instructor community." How is your company and... View Details

Keywords: fitness; Arts, Entertainment

13 Mar 2018
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Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

bestseller, and in 2014, became a major motion picture starring Mark Wahlberg. Matt Brady (MBA 2016) lived this mission. As a pilot in an elite Army helicopter unit called the Night Stalkers, he was tasked with delivering Luttrell and... View Details

12 May 2022
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Onboarding

filing proposals for companies to add women and minorities to boards. Those proposals never got a majority vote, but they did spark the conversation. And that conversation, as you know, picked up as there was more social activism, more... View Details

08 Jun 2018
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My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses

you want to call it that. Because I, in those five years, I spent the vast majority of my time outside the UK, and so I was pretty much returning to London for the weekends. Well I learned a lot about that and about strategy and looking... View Details

31 Jul 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens

own disconnected view of reality, the more space you fill, and the less connected you are to reality, the more damaging it is. And so, you're absolutely right. That's where people go from having small sort of interruptions in their lives, to having major, View Details

01 Mar 2017
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The Middle Way

(Smith burst out laughing.) One of the most contentious issues was deciding what percentage of the lands could be logged for commercial use. The starting point had been unofficially set by the environmental groups and major forest... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

entrepreneurship is imbedded in the structure of the family." Cherie Nursalim, manager in the corporate strategy and planning division of her family's Gaja Tunggal Group, a major Indonesian conglomerate with extensive interests in... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Professor of Business Administration Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press American institutions dominate nearly every major ranking of global universities today. Yet, in historical terms, America’s preeminence is... View Details

13 Dec 2017
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Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

category of Jack Welch and Bernie Marcus, not running a major company anymore. So that's my business report now from the front lines. Morrell: Diane, thank you so much for doing this today. I really appreciated it. And thank you all for... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

is still an industry, with economic inputs, business models, competitors, value chains, and a dynamic, challenging marketplace. Gaylin examines each of the major segments (Broadway, regional theater, orchestra, opera, and dance) along... View Details

05 Apr 2018
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A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

many of the artists that Joyner and her husband, private equity investor Alfred Giuffrida, collect are enjoying increased visibility. Major museums in the United States (and beyond) are reevaluating the artists’ careers and influence... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl

you're able to work out some consensus with other people, whereas in business you don't usually need a majority in order to get things accomplished. You spend a lot of time on children's issues. Why? I really like young people. Here in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2007
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The Plight of the Global Poor

comprising the vast majority of microfinance entrepreneurs worldwide, children are a chief beneficiary of the power of microfinance. Michael Chu, a private-equity specialist at KKR before joining ACCION International, was instrumental in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2010
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Letters to the Editor

the June Bulletin the article “M.I.A. Boards” by John Gillespie and David Zweig (both MBA ’83). During the last 13 years of my 49-year business career, I served on seven major corporate boards involving a variety of industries. All the... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

advisors, educators, and others looking to increase corporate value through smart, strategic divestitures. It fills major gaps in the professional and academic markets, providing a rigorous, research-based treatment of this important... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

building the faculty through the recruitment and promotion of outstanding faculty members, strengthening research, enhancing Executive Education, and launching important initiatives in ethics and social enterprise. He also oversaw a major... View Details

Keywords: Dean

10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal

Neeley, the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, leverages years of research to help companies, and their leaders, address the challenges of virtual work. With well over half of Americans indicating a preference for continued remote work post-pandemic,... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices

human potential. It has made the US an economic powerhouse. It has played a major role in capital being allocated to the most productive uses. Free enterprise has led to the creation of a staggering number of jobs that support families... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message

without fees. Web pages are also considered a form of advertising. A company's Web site may be its principal point of contact with Internet audiences. Major e-commerce firms spend an estimated $6 million on average to create their sites,... View Details