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- 01 Dec 1998
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Africa's Way
leaders have worked to create a democratic society and revamp the economy, improve education, and create jobs. As the country's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela has inspired the nation...
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Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 25 Apr 2014
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Investing in Innovation
and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the public that business is a force for good and is fundamental View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
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The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
to code help make a difference—in education and also more broadly on a society level? “We often think about technology in the context of the ‘tech’ industry. The reality, though, is that software has...
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- 12 Aug 2010
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You Can’t Take It with You
Last week, The Giving Pledge announced that forty of the wealthiest families and individuals in the United States have committed to give away at least half their fortunes to charitable organizations....
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
cliff. A common response is to circle the wagons; to anchor down on the core values that have defined your products; and to become very inward...
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- 01 Mar 2007
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Avon CEO Jung on Leadership
the courage to reinvent yourself, not hold on to the past, and to act swiftly.” Proudly noting that corporate responsibility has always been...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Alumni Board Wraps Up Year
year-end report. The Alumni Career Services Committee, chaired by Jim Gibbons (MBA ’94), found that alumni are changing job responsibilities and employers more frequently than in the past, and that many are interested in making the...
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- 01 Sep 2013
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A Hollywood Backstory
sidestep responsibility for their own viewing choices and actions. Recently, I met with Ellen DeGeneres's company about some possible new TV shows, one of which revolved around a scientist who, through experiments with monkeys, made some...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Cathy A. Nichols
When Air Force brat Cathy Nichols turned ten, her father left the military and moved the family to a house without electricity in rural Maine. Nichols grew up in semipoverty, working every summer to earn...
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Thomas Frick
- 01 Dec 2008
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The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
responsibility for each of these areas among managers in the organization, and in particular, what the specific role of the CEO should be in each of them. “It is beyond the scope of this paper to catalog all...
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- 10 Dec 2010
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Notes from the Trenches
Be clear with partners when it comes to delineating between areas of responsibility and ownership. And make sure that everyone has an equity stake early on. Any mistakes? “I hired people with outstanding...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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A Growing Drumbeat
professor Bill Sahlman recalls that there were only 4 faculty members devoted to entrepreneurship when he introduced the elective Entrepreneurial Finance in 1985. “Now we have 35. The Entrepreneurial Manager became part of the MBA...
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- 01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
early-stage information technology companies. "We had some good luck early on, and that made it easier to raise subsequent funds," says the humble New Jersey native, a Princeton graduate who, along with his wife, Lynn, is raising their...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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The Value of Difficult Conversations
The Tulsa Massacre, which took place from May 31 to June 1, 1921, remains one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. Ashley McCray (MBA 2022) was a little nervous as she prepared to join...
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- 01 Oct 1999
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A Constructive Summer at HBS
was completed on July 1. HBS chief of operations David Moffatt describes the site as an easy one to work with. "We are operating in a limited space, but because it's an on-campus site, we don't have the kind of constraints one would find,...
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Judith A. Ross
- 10 Mar 2021
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Sister Soldier
military. The US Special Operations folks who are part of this story had a deep and abiding respect for these women. Does it have lessons for our society is the question, I think. Women not being apologetic about saying, “We don’t have...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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New HBS, KSG Joint Degree
HBS and the Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of an integrated joint-degree program, the first of its kind. Its mission is to develop outstanding leaders who are skilled in both managing complex organizations and...
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- 25 Jun 2020
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Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
details on the unfolding of the pandemic and the policies implemented to manage the outbreak in 19 European countries and the EU. The center also co-authored a library case study, “COVID-19: Tracing the Virus in Europe and Italy”, focused...
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- 01 Jun 2010
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Rethinking the MBA
were a time for institutions to reconsider their goals and direction, it is now. There is, for example, a growing social perception that the MBA degree needs to do more around the roles and View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
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How a Passion for Travel Built a $43 Million Fashion Brand
responsibility has been in our DNA from the beginning,” Rawdon says, citing an ongoing partnership with The Global Fund for Children now in its 15th year. “Our magnitude is already large, but we want to get...
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