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01 Jun 2007
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Mission Possible

Illustration by Dave Cutler At the peak of his career as CEO of Bain & Company, Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) quit his job to form a nonprofit professional services organization. Frustrated by the plodding pace of Alzheimer’s research,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2004
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The Future of Stem Cells

River.) In August 2001, President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) announced a ban on federal funding for research on any human embryonic stem-cell lines created after that date. The decision reflected opposition to the use and destruction of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

provider—a comparatively costless and therefore puzzlingly rare decision that could supply redundancy and resilience in the event of an attack or service outage affecting one provider. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day

women, are free to make decisions about our bodies and lives, we will be on the path to a more equal and free society. Until then, you can find us at a conference room, classroom, or boardroom near you... shoulders back and chin up. In... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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Who Are We?

the international division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a job that took her everywhere from Dublin and Bangkok to Shanghai. When a position opened at UP in early 2011, she welcomed the opportunity to work closer to home. "This is a pretty traditional View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

autumn 2005, the company had to weight its decisions in a controversy surrounding a nearly 6 billion euro profit. How did the company explain the profit to investors, customers, the public, and government? How much was the reaction... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

July 2024
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Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

the candidate who probably feels like getting board/investor visibility is a strong positive in their career development." —Rob Go, partner, NextView Ventures Marketing, sales & partnerships Table stakes: Introductions to potential... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Jun 2022
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Blissful Thinking

bring along more successful people, and you’ll have more career endurance. Thirty-three million Americans have quit their jobs since the spring of 2021. What can good leaders do to make sure that workers are engaged and happy? The Great... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

24 May 2021
Blog Post

Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast

whole career has been no matter what type of institution I’ve been inside: Whether it's public sector, private sector, or social sector, it’s critical to make sure that the goal and the revenue model are aligned. That is the key,... View Details

09 Jan 2020
News

Your Whole Self

people have burnout and struggle, insomnia, headaches, back pain, some form of leader B might be at play. Secondly, I've seen folks really stall out in their careers where—whether the organization has grown or your role has grown—I've... View Details

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

dilemma" in which a startup's resource dependence drives a wedge between the startup's value and the founder's ability to retain control of decision making. I develop hypotheses about this tradeoff and test the hypotheses on a unique... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2007
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How Business Schools Lost Their Way

or place. Although the choice for business schools that Biddle presented nearly a century ago has yet to be decisively made, a number of factors suggest that all is not well within the institution of the university-based business school:... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2007
News

Lighten Up

create given their love of the outdoor life. Still, it was a strange alliance between a scruffy, eccentric outdoorsman and two clean-cut East Coast, Ivy League Republicans on the fast-track for careers in finance or politics. After... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

of organizational life (e.g., ethical decision making, race relations, and worker well-being). In addition to having published more than a hundred journal articles, Art is author or editor of several books including Attitudes In and... View Details

24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24

could expect to receive and, if the startup did fail, what impact would that have on her career and reputation? Lopez was also starting to worry about the ethical implications of Plámo's style of entrepreneurship. She worried that by... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

to know how to get those discoveries into the economy." To achieve that goal, Bowen and others believe that science-based companies require a different kind of leadership. "Since the investment and R&D decisions you make... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

household decision making and the development of the financial system more broadly. What interests me in the topic is the extent to which the issues involved link developments in households, the economy, and public policy in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

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Past Issues - Alumni

what’s next for global business from former GE CEO Jeff Immelt Complete Table of Contents June 2021 Alumni Achievement Awards 2021 Recipients of the School’s highest honor talk about the challenges, decision points, and takeaways that... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

The Spangler Effect

interested in supporting the project.” Spangler — whose multifaceted career spans banking, construction, real estate, and higher education — chose Class Day 1998 to announce that he and his wife, Meredith, had pledged their support for a... View Details

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

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