Center Of Excellence - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Oct 2016
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Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

Global Leadership Network, and a member of the faculty at the Center for Bioentrepreneurship at UC San Francisco, Blum has achieved significant recognition for his leadership in biotech and business. When... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

my goals. The financial services industry was just opening up to women, and I was on a mission to be one of the first to participate. I loved being a pioneer. I had my goals and was determined to achieve them. They were, and still are, to... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

and we made believe that the sponsors, the biggest money center banks, had zero risk of loss. They did not fully disclose what was happening, and they did not put up enough capital to cover potential risks.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices

and when character, sound values, restraint, and long-term thinking fail to gain the upper hand. To move society forward, complex and challenging issues must be addressed. This new convening center can and must be part View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

16 Jul 2020
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Accounting for Real Change

writes. The global pandemic has created an opportunity to “bring impact to the center of our economic system, to overthrow the tyranny of profit and to shift the basis for our... View Details

01 Jun 2020
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Keeping the Beat

privilege of her education to elevate feminine voices in the music industry. Gandhi has released two albums of her own since graduating from HBS and is working on her third. She is also a public speaker and... View Details

Keywords: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Jun 2018
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Case Study: Tip the Scale

as it passes. It’s probably obvious, but you could just replicate the old model and stamp it out. There are lots of regional micro-fulfillment centers that are closer to customers, all with seven employees... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

Recent studies have found that gender diversity in the corporate boardroom can enhance dialogue, curb excessive risk-taking, and boost both performance and share price. And yet, women still hold only about 19 percent of S&P 500 company... View Details

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

On a chilly November afternoon in Harlan County, a struggling former mining hub on the edge of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield, Geoff Marietta (MBA 2007) surveys the bustling village he has helped build. Marietta is executive director... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

expert in the field brings you the latest research and real-world stories on how to develop your own personal networking strategy to help you achieve the future you want. What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

the mafia. Every criminal trope imaginable is trying to get a piece of this. All told, online crime inflicted $445 billion in damage to the global economy in 2014, according to a study by the Center for... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

01 Dec 1999
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New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information

entitled to free library cards and access to Baker's many collections. Information is available by calling 617-495-6040. Services of special interest to alumni: Reference Assistance Baker's Business Information Services View Details

01 Jan 2007
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A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968

Chairman & CEO, Invacare Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Harvard College, 1962 A.B., Physical Sciences LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "At HBS I learned about all the functional parts of a business... View Details

10 Mar 2021
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Sister Soldier

Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) has been here before—speaking with palpable enthusiasm and urgency about women who have defied cultural norms and changed the world around them through acts of bravery and heroism. In her first book,... View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

Chairman, Synthes, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1959 M.S., Civil & Structural Engineering LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "I learned so much in C. Roland... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

sponsors, including Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. A traditional highlight of the conference is the presentation of awards... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

16 May 2018
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ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

Clubs News Clubs News With more than $300,000 in cash and prizes on the line, 12 finalist teams pitched their hearts out at the 21st Annual New Venture Competition on April 18. Before a crowd of 500 HBS alumni, students, staff and guests,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2016
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Air Time

Input (photo courtesy of Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo) The feature on work/life integration was the September issue’s most popular article online The feature on work/life integration was the September issue’s most popular article online I was... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

putting users at the center of strategy leads to an almost unfair competitive advantage; ways to build an organizational system that delivers a superior user experience that is replicable, consistent, and... View Details

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

nonprofit network of public charter schools in New York City, recently shared his thoughts on the importance of ensuring Black kids develop a sense of agency by focusing on... View Details

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