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- 01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
accomplishment from both sides of the Charles. "Robert Merton has been an innovative leader in the field of economic valuations and in improving the capacity to manage financial risk," said Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine. "This is a... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
companies that would eventually become big successes in the 1960s, including ACNielsen, Dun & Bradstreet, and Xerox. During those years, as DLJ began to diversify by managing corporate pension funds in its Alliance View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
most in need of improvement. Given the fallibility of human beings, creating a work environment in which it is possible to learn from one another's mistakes should be a key priority for managers in any... View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
who is founder and managing partner at Aragon Global Management (AGM), a Chicago-based hedge fund that focuses on global equities. “There is a much higher return on investment in early childhood. It’s more... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
the bearing and the surrounding components. “Our bearings are known for superior performance in harsh applications. This new line of wind energy bearings positions us to capitalize on a growing market,” says Timken. “We invest $78 million... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
But there were those within the US government who knew they needed more than fighters on the front lines. Green had the necessary skills to manage the business of the war, and the connections to get himself hired for the job. Green came... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
venture capital and adapts them for established organizations, leveraging these two distinct skills as a form of management for building in a future that is uncertain. Faculty Books Disciples of the State?:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
siblings, get to work every day on time, work toward a degree at night (paying their own tuition), and manage to save enough to slowly build a house. While generally excited by democracy, Liberians are understandably impatient for roads... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
not reach its full potential unless it had all the financial and human capital our company could muster. I suggested to our board that we sell all our other businesses and “double down” on Panera Bread. It... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
with HBS professor William Kirby and Regina Abrami (PMD 76, 2001) of the Wharton School. In addition to teaching in several HBS Executive Education programs, McFarlan has been a guest professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
the heritage my father left us," says Bertarelli, who has led the Ares-Serono Group, already strong, to even greater heights. During the last five years he has formed a management executive committee and reorganized the firm "to prepare... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
going to be taught this year, and we’re asking students to focus on how Apple and Google managed a public health crisis, where literally millions of people were dying from COVID-19 around the globe. Was it okay for Apple to say to... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
operate livestock breeding centers, improve soil systems, and create opportunities for a younger generation to take on farming. In Armenia, Heifer has been teaching farmers about pasture management as well as helping to develop an... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
and expertise as a former marketing executive for Ann Taylor and Nickelodeon, Cycle for Survival to date has directly funded over a dozen clinical trials and studies at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. "Jen was a leader extraordinaire, a socially responsible View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
the key to a high-performing organization, and it’s at the core of the Lincoln Electric case,” agrees Professor Tom DeLong. In his course Managing Human Capital, DeLong challenges his students’ assumptions... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
International in the early 70s, is that right? FL: Yes. We decided to use our precious capital to make a toe hole position in a troubled airline. And the most trouble at that time was Texas International, the smallest of the 18 airlines.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
including the information age in Asia, venture capital in India, and joint ventures in China. Other conference highlights included the participation of Vietnam's Finance Minister Nguyen Sing Hung, Taiwan's Minister of State Ma Ying-jeou,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
things to different people," says HBS assistant professor Forest L. Reinhardt, who teaches the MBA elective Business Management and the Natural Environment. "For example, many economists, in particular, take the view that harvesters of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
project’s research focuses on key dimensions of US competitiveness, including innovation, manufacturing, entrepreneurship, company location choices, firm governance, local business ecosystems, human capital, K–12 education, fiscal policy,... View Details