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01 Feb 1999
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Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office

IV (MBA '66), who has led this august institution for the last twenty years, is neither. In fact, Lazarus claims no formal artistic training beyond auditing a single art history class in college. "When they... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

15 Mar 2021
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Commencement 2021 Update Webinar, 3/15/21

01 Aug 2008
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Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

stretch goal would be a turnover of 10 in five years, with improvements toward that goal recognized and rewarded on a year-to-year basis. One goal of this philosophy was to eliminate the time-wasting annual budgeting game in which View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog

equity firm, search fund model or a public company that through dual class stock is still family controlled. It is also useful for everyone going into general management and / or want to be responsible owner investors. 90% of View Details

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

grenade, which is a very unsophisticated weapon, in the middle of the Hindu Kush mountains, where you can't get around easily. And so to be in View Details

12 Jul 2019
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The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

collar and a sketch on a Palo Alto bar napkin helped launch a tech giant. READ MORE Jen Flint: I wondered if the two of you could go back and tell us the story of how you wound up writing this business plan... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector

Jersey, where the school system was on the verge of collapse. In 1993, the company put PCs, complete with e-mail and Internet access, on the... View Details

03 Oct 2016
Blog Post

What I Learned in the Peek Weekend STEM Cohort

Peek has changed a lot since its founding in 2015! Please visit the Peek website for the most up to date information on dates, registration, and program events. My name is Colby DeWeese and I graduated in... View Details

24 May 2018
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Harvard Business School Honors Five Graduates with Alumni Achievement Award

23 Oct 2018
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Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

audience for your HBS Class Day speech, you have an extremely popular TED Talk, you're an in-demand speaker generally. In the book, you recount your first speech, though, as a fifth grader in Miss Davis's... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage

listed volleyball as an interest on their class cards!” “Everyone here has a powerful story to tell.” “Everyone here has a powerful story to tell.” Elated, from the start, at View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; courage; sports; illness; cancer; international students; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog

animosity toward others, so is there anything to be done without rejecting spirituality and faith altogether?” Requirements Attend one 2-hour class each week, for 12 weeks across term Attend six 90-minute Journey Group sessions across... View Details

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

or a framework for detailed bargaining, a negotiator can make reversal more costly. Principle 7: Breakthrough Negotiators Lead From The Middle Great leaders are often great negotiators, but View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

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Closing The Middle-Skills Gap: How Business Leaders Can Help

In this session, Professor Fuller will discuss research on the role of businesses in closing middle-skills gaps. He will explain why the traditional definition of middle skills is inadequate and present a unique view of jobs data. He will argue that by adopting a... View Details

March 2012
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Fighting Corruption at Siemens

By: Paul Healy and Djordjija Petkoski

On November 15, 2006, German prosecutors raided offices and homes of Siemens AG staff as part of an ongoing investigation into bribery. The subsequent investigations covered business representing 60% of Siemens' revenues and spanned operations in Asia, Africa, Europe,... View Details

Keywords: White-collar Crime; Crime and Corruption; Organizational Culture; Ethics

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Phillip Andrews

Phillip (MPA, New Hampshire ’06; JD, Suffolk Law ’09) is formerly a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development responsible for employer relations in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Government; Social Enterprise; Clean Technology; Energy; Telecommunications; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing; Auto/Transportation/Logistics

01 Apr 2000
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Sign of the Times: General Management Course Evolves

Cases will be drawn from existing entrepreneurship courses and from the GM course, and new cases will be developed as needed. Faculty from the Entrepreneurial and Service Management unit will oversee View Details

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Finding My North Star at the Crossroads of Profit and Purpose

factory in the middle of the city, and it is probably the only city in India where you can drink clean water straight out of View Details

February 2008 (Revised January 2009)
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Offshoring Day in BGIE and Strategy

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Troy Smith

Describes a set of activities in which students will participate before and during a day of classes on offshoring. The day's classes will examine the implications of offshoring for policy makers, business leaders, and workers. View Details

Keywords: Policy; Employees; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Labor; Management; Strategy