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Scrapbooks & Collectibles- The Art of American Advertising

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

22 Jul 2015
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Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs

we’re getting a significant amount of interest.” Recently, Women Returners placed seven women, each of whom had taken an extended career break, with an organization conducting a major engineering and construction project in London. “It’s... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Goldman Sachs; Reuters; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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The Moral Leader - Course Catalog

develop the skills, courage, and perseverance to use power, money, and influence in constructive ways." The course readings for this course come from many countries, they include novels, short stories, plays, and excerpts from classic... View Details

06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

most recently reported. Using the complete history of regular quarterly and annual filings by U.S. corporations from 1995 to 2014, we show that when firms make an active change in their reporting practices, this conveys an important signal about the firm. Changes to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Harbour Group invested in Babcock & Wilcox, an energy and construction company. Blue Harbour developed an investment thesis around Babcock & Wilcox spinning off its non-nuclear, coal-based energy segments and focused on being a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Orkun Kilic

I want better people skills: how to negotiate; how to listen; how to build constructive relationships." A education in intensity "The case method is really intense," says Orkun. "Every eighty minutes is like a small... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Ted Anthony

for it was apparent that a substantial portion of the Business School population was present." The students' May 12 program included constructive discussions on topics ranging from riot control techniques to the social and political... View Details

Keywords: Ted Anthony

02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

prices associated (or contemporaneous) with JGTRRA. Consistent Constructs in Individuals' Risk Taking in Decisions from Experience Authors:Eyal Ert and Eldad Yechiam Publication:Acta Psychologica (forthcoming) Abstract The current... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2006
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Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns

Through its use of Harvard’s innovative Green Campus Loan Fund, HBS has cut energy expenditures and provided a model for conservation-minded schools around the University to follow. The loan fund provides capital for projects that reduce the University’s environmental... View Details

Keywords: Paul Massari; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

03 Jan 2014
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Jim Coutts Was Trudeau’s Right Hand

Keywords: Trudeau; Canada; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

12 Nov 2001
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Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

in a negotiation for a large contract. If you get the contract, the company's going to grow quite a bit. But you've had to put a lot of resources into the construction of this deal. And it's risky, very risky. The terms of that deal begin... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2008
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Faculty Books

their experience that they tell their stories to others, persuade them to try a product, and provide constructive criticism and new product ideas. Employee-owners are so enthusiastic about their organization that they infect customers... View Details

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

07 Mar 2017
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From Harvard to INSEAD: Change Management in a Disruptive World

Chamber of Commerce of the value and the opportunity of such a project. Quickly, the question of the leadership emerged: who to coordinate the construction work and eventually lead this new institution? It was clear from the beginning... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Oct 2002
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Pearson Hunt Remembered

teaching and learning processes in business schools worldwide, Hunt was 93. Hunt was one of the first to bring to the attention of the academic community the problems related to the management of working capital and to make constructive... View Details

04 Aug 2023
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Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change

and architecture. Still, he wasn’t fully aware of the impact that construction had on climate change before becoming a real estate developer. “Cities are responsible for three fourths of material consumption, of energy use, of greenhouse... View Details

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Site Credits - A Chronicle of the China Trade

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About Baker Library | Baker Library

father of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966). A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School, 1908-1927 In this exhibit, a wide array of architectural guidelines, correspondence, early plans, detailed blueprints, elevation drawings, and... View Details

10 Sep 2021
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Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum

Brewton-Johnson (a Black woman from Atlanta, Georgia) and Austin Boral (a white man from Jericho, New York) share their thoughts on the course. Why was the course so important? Morgan: The course was essential because racism and structural inequality have been... View Details

03 Oct 2024
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Van den Ende Rozen

consumer choices. In discussions with the Van den Ende brothers, the timeline for integrating geothermal energy emerged. The goal is to commission the plant in 2024, but the facility's construction is controlled by the local government.... View Details

12 Sep 2024
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Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!

year-round ski slope. Image source: https://www.babcock.com/home/about/resources/success-stories/amager-bakke-copenhill\ About Amager Bakke Initially built to replace a 45-year-old waste incineration plant, construction of Amager Bakke... View Details

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