by Matthew Lee - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2008
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Business Plan Contest Winners

and technology taught by HBS professors Vicki Sato and Lee Fleming. DFA also won MIT’s $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, the first nonprofit to do so; it is also the first team to win both the Harvard and... View Details

Keywords: awards; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

02 Jun 2019
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A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy

Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration (photo by Stu Rosner) MIKE LUCA, Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration (photo by... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Dec 2020
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The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads

ago. There were multiple species of humans (nine in total), now only sapiens is left, and most humans have some Neanderthal DNA. Runners-up: Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Baker Library Gets New Executive Director

Mary Lee Kennedy, the new executive director of Baker Library, can hardly wait for the renovated and expanded facility to reopen next summer. “It is going to be a hub of campus intellectual activity,” says Kennedy, whose appointment was... View Details

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

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

end of the day, we're all going to go home to our families. And there is going to be another day tomorrow. And so I think it's given me a sort of patience that I bring to our decision making. And it just allows me to see things in a much different light. Skydeck is... View Details

03 Apr 2014
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Cross-Class Connection

When Alexander C. Crisses stepped up to cochair his 5th Reunion, he decided to couple his own ideas about what would appeal to his classmates with the tried-and-true strategies used by HBS alumni with experience leading their successful... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Of Dugouts and Sweatshops

another of Reich's interventions. He recounted the controversy surrounding accusations that clothing promoted by Kathie Lee Gifford had been manufactured in a sweatshop environment. Even though Gifford had... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

14 Jun 2024
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Highlights from the Spring 2024 Alumni Board Meeting

other. The HBS Alumni Board, whose members are selected from a pool of active and committed volunteer leaders, represents the global HBS alumni community. Members serve as a resources for the Dean, faculty, staff and students by providing... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End

businesses to restructure, and ultimately restore the companies to financial health. That leaves everybody better off.” “Cashing Out: The Rise of M&A in Bankruptcy,” by Stuart Gilson, Edith Hotchkiss, and View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Sep 2020
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We Rise

Above: Illustration by Hannah Barczyk When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

01 Dec 2012
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An Advocate for Women's Equality

detailed in the recent book A Matter of Simple Justice: The Untold Story of Barbara Hackman Franklin and a Few Good Women (Penn State University Libraries), written by Lee Stout. Nixon's advocacy of women's... View Details

Keywords: Richard Nixon; Chuck Colson; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2016
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New Conventions

Illustration by Dongik Lee HBS hosts some 700 events a year, ranging from research conferences to symposia to student shows. In April, the School broke ground on Klarman Hall. At the heart of this new... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Faculty Research Online

Why Do We Tax? With the next President set to take office, it's time to ask how the income tax system could be improved. Assistant Professor Matthew Weinzierl suggests how. US Competitiveness at Risk America's declining global... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Mar 2023
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Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

student body. “Affordability is of paramount importance because it enables people from all backgrounds, experiences, and interests to enroll at HBS,” says Matthew Weinzierl, the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2002
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Two Presidents, One Goal: Building on the Club of Chicago

club has a membership of nearly 530 alumni, and its calendar boasts nearly seventy events a year. While the backbone of its activities has long been breakfast meetings featuring top executives — a recent guest was C. Steve McMillan (MBA '73), chairman, president, and... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton

01 Mar 2011
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Alumni Books

You're Better Than Your Job Search by Marc Cenedella (MBA '98) and Matthew Rothenberg (Downtown Bookworks) This guidebook provides easy-to-understand best practices and tools to help keep a job search on... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Bright Future for Green Business

“There’s no better horse in the world you could possibly hitch your cart to.” That’s how Matthew Nordan summed up the state of clean, green energy at the School’s Building Green Businesses conference in early March. During the session... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Utilities

01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Drives Biology by W. David Lee (AMP 108, 1991), with Jeffrey Drazen, Phillip A. Sharp, and Robert S. Langer (MIT Press) Investigating a series of major biological discoveries that range from pasteurization... View Details

13 Dec 2011
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Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project

role will be. There is no more appropriate time than now for us to explore this question deeply and develop answers that will allow America to remain a competitive place to conduct business in the international economy." The Project is led View Details