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- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
they keep a larger fraction of the gains that they produce by keeping watch over management. "Shareholder activism" refers to the practice of holding managers accountable for the performance of their firms. Shareholder activists... View Details
- 20 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology
The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 20 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
who became part of my network. At the behest of my professor and mentor, Euvin Naidoo, I dedicated effort into getting to know HBS professors outside the classroom, which has been one of the best decisions I’ve made at HBS. One of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Ways to Stay Connected
the life trajectories of virtually everyone in that room. It was so special to be back in a classroom with other alums. It was like an instantaneous transport back in time to some of the best years of our lives (for many).” Anissa... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
campus to be a model of best practice for them. On the academic front, in addition to a burgeoning number of technology-related courses in the curriculum, students use technological tools - interactive... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
groups make it clear that there are always approaches and angles to a problem that you can't think of by yourself. They make you appreciate other people's points of view. That carries over into business, where it's advantageous to surround yourself with the View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
patient's range of motion. "One-third of every board meeting is devoted to new products," he states. "It continues to fascinate me, because it represents the future." Wyss's passion for improving medical practice can also be seen in the... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
strategic priorities. This article explains core links between selling initiatives and basic drivers of enterprise value, and it provides suggestions about how best to communicate strategy to busy people in the field. May 2015 Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
misconduct disclosures may be higher. Near the top for best ethical practices was USAA Financial Advisors, which serves military families and had only a 3 percent rate of misconduct. More distressing than... View Details
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
representatives from 12 European-based alumni clubs, provides club leaders the opportunity to share experiences, gain new perspectives, and learn about successful club activities and programs. This year’s conference focused on best View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater
being able to make decisions that are in the best long-term interest of the institution. We don’t have a quarterly earnings report that we need to be attuned to. And I still reflect on cases that we studied featuring companies that didn’t... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Disney Company expects to lose up to $190 million on its summer fiasco The Lone Ranger, another star vehicle featuring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. Welcome to the risky strategy of "blockbusters," practiced increasingly by... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
practice, and consulting. Flora Taylor is a Lecturer in the University of Pennsylvania's Non-Profit Leadership Program. Zachary Green is an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of San Diego. Diane Forbes Berthoud is the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
30, 1975). “In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer — the best attributes and the best price sells the product. From that day... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
destructive to all parties.” With the students’ assistance, Sucher wrote two background notes on best practices for layoffs. They also produced a series of video interviews with laid-off employees to capture... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
for throughout the applicant's portfolio. However, one of our long-term goals in working with the GMAC is to determine what the predictors of leadership potential might be and to explore how traits closely tied to leadership - such as View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
Photos by Chris Taggart “Some of the students I mentor, when they see a young guy in a leadership position who went to Harvard and worked on Wall Street, they assume I come from privilege,” says Kwame Owusu-Kesse (AB 2006, MBA/MPP 2012). “One of the View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
and develop leadership and ambition for a career by practicing real science in an inspiring natural environment. Evaluations to date show that students who complete Connections modules have a better grasp of academic principles; and... View Details
- 04 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
What Should German Applicants Know about HBS?
turned out to be one of the biggest positive surprises – I have never learnt so much about finance, leadership, ethics and entrepreneurship. By learning I mean actual theory, like how to calculate a WACC in finance or how to set up a cap table for a start-up, but also... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
5 Lessons from Business School
will be forced out of your comfort zone daily Each day in class, you will take a position on a variety of choices presented in case studies. HBS requires you to defend that position while being open to critically listening to opposing views. This is the View Details