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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
expect we haven’t seen the last of it. When it comes to corruption here, the bad guys don’t even have to be clever. But, to her credit, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is Africa’s first elected female head of state and a graduate of Harvard’s... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
few pennies to that dollar. Lack of social supports, such as child care and paid sick leave, is another ever-present issue the pandemic laid bare. It could explain why some women have elected to leave the workforce altogether: “Women have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
good at it. Fit for the Presidency? Winners, Losers, What-Ifs, and Also-Rans by Seymour Morris Jr. (MBA 1972) (Potomac Books) Every four years Americans embark on the Super Bowl of democracy: a presidential election campaign filled with... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
time when Professor Malcolm McNair invited him to do so, despite Walter not having yet been appointed assistant professor at least that is the way I remember my attendance that day in the second-year elective course, Retailing. I was... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
nation’s high school dropout rate. City Year also worked with partners to help schools transform themselves to better meet the needs of low-income students as well as with policy makers and elected officials to promote the value of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
unusual corporate culture “started with extreme cynicism,” recalls CEO Dr. Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005), who recently joined Garvin as he taught the case in the elective General Management: Processes and Action. “But by the end of the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
well-being of society. But those people are not corporate executives. They are elected leaders who are competent and trustworthy.” Is Milton Friedman’s philosophy an invitation, ironicaslly, to more active public governance? Is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
2004, Facebook has built a phenomenally successful business at global scale to become the fifth most valuable public company in the world. The revelation of Cambridge Analytica events in March 2018, where 78 million users' information was leaked in a 2016 U.S. View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
Association of Financial Engineers. Merton is a fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society, and is a senior fellow of the International Association of Financial Engineers. He was elected a member... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
do you see happening in Washington? Broad political opposition to the new rules has gotten Congress’s attention and, with an election year coming up, probably the President’s, too. That increases the chances for a return to something... View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond
From the RC’s Finance I discussion on international carbon finance and EcoSecurities, to electives such as Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure, to cases such as “Climate change: Paris, and the road ahead,” Harvard Business... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
Press, proposes that entrepreneurial thinking will be the key to government’s ability to solve big problems (written by Professor of Management Practice and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow Mitchell B. Weiss). Scaling Minority Businesses, a new MBA View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
had died while she was interned. And as it happens I can see the masts of Hanslope Park from where I sit here in calm rural Buckinghamshire on our election day. It's great that Ms. Elkins is teaching at HBS, to be reminded that the School... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5
Break, Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative addressed the Class of 2021 in Klarman Hall and spoke, in vivid language, about the importance of proximity. For those of you who elected not to attend the talk, who sat on your... View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
Victorian architecture, a grand marble staircase, and glittering chandeliers. “It was the evening of our country’s General Election so we were very lucky to have full attendance,” says the club’s VP or Programming & Events, Julie Mulcahy... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
elected Wilmington mayor and a $16 million gift from a Salesianum alumnus (the third-largest gift to a U.S. Catholic high school) put construction of a new, city-owned sports facility on track for completion in 2020. Kennealey calls the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
staggered boards at all companies (boards traditionally elect one-third of their members each year); requires that all directors receive a majority of votes cast to be elected; mandates the creation of a board risk committee; and forces... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
much. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/611012-PDF-ENG Children's Hospital Boston (A) Scott A. Snook and Jeffrey C. ConnorHarvard Business School Case 411-041 Five year old Matty died at Children's Hospital Boston as a result of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
1.5 Attendance | MBA
and inform the Registrar’s Office ( registrar@hbs.edu ) before the scheduled exam, or paper or project deadline. Other Requests Requests for alternate arrangements for any reason other than those listed above must be approved in advance by the Chair, MBA View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
states, and countries—entities that aspire to go on forever—must nonetheless run for reelection every few years. In some cases, they no sooner win one election than they are forced to run for reelection. Fearing loss of their seats, they... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)