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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
If Enron had been owned and controlled by a small group of private-equity investors, could the monitoring and control practices of a professionally run buyout shop have protected Enron’s shareholders and employees from the problems that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
chairman of both the MBA and doctoral programs. Much of Christenson's research has focused on organizations as learning systems, examining the processes by which they adapt to their environments. He has also considered how... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: Brand New
by Nancy F. Koehn (Harvard Business School Press) The creation of a powerful, widely recognized brand is the ultimate goal that every entrepreneur dreams of but few achieve. In her new book, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers’... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
these relationships began to cross the line from traditional philanthropy to more strategic and mutually beneficial alliances, HBS professor James E. Austin, head of the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), took note. "Here was... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 02 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business
in a thriving business when a job offer comes from a company you’ve always admired that’s on the brink of bankruptcy. The risks are tremendous but so are the potential rewards – to you and society. This situation brings to mind the experience of View Details
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Burden Park | About
Business School campus, proudly serving as the School’s large-scale gathering space for thousands of classes and lectures, visiting luminaries, alumni reunions, and student events including the HBS Show. Designed by Lincoln Center... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
James A. Henderson (MBA '63) is chairman and CEO of Indiana-based Cummins Engine Company, one of America's most respected industrial corporations. Prior to joining Cummins, where he has worked for more than thirty years, Henderson, who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
conference theme. On Saturday morning, Lloyd Trotter, president and CEO of GE Industrial Systems, gave an insider's view of GE's legendary operating principles and culture. "The adage by which we do business is, If it's not broken, break... View Details
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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) . 1994 New MBA Elective Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector is introduced. 1993 HBS pioneers the concept of social enterprise with the founding of its Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), led View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
whether, when, and for which type of customer the introduction of a new channel helps and hurts sales in existing channels. Our framework separates short- and long-run effects by analyzing underlying channel capabilities. It suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
behind one of pop culture's most successful icons. Over the past decade, Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, has frequented star-studded galas thrown by LeBron James and Jay-Z,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
Edited by Julia Hanna; illustrations by Eduardo Recife Professor Nancy Koehn uses the perspective of time to tell the stories of ordinary people who, despite the odds, achieved extraordinary things. As these... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
participants attended a variety of talks, panel discussions, and seminars, including sessions led by Professor James L. Heskett and Associate Professor Kathleen L. Valley. A highlight of the conference was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
Alumni Books Surviving the College Application Process: Case Studies to Help You Find Your Unique Angle for Success by Lisa Bleich (MBA 1992) (Morgan James Publishing) This book follows the college... View Details
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
events at Klarman, the first organized by Harvard’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, and the second by HBS’s Business and Environment Initiative. The urgency and magnitude of the topic made... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
are. They appear to systematically earn low returns on their investments in American corporate assets. The returns on American inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) are highly distinctive for two reasons. First, they are systematically lower than the returns of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
over the mountain and a white dove flying in a circle. That was the day I turned the corner.” Jefferson would ultimately move forward with his vision and get his life back on track. First, however, he needed an inspiring combination of purpose and direction. “I took a... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
the kitchen but the job also was a chance to escape a brutish stepfather at home. Alas, not long after he started, he was abruptly fired by a volatile cook. Despondent to the point of desperation, Puck says, “a light went on in my brain:... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
Angela Serino, manager of corporate responsibility for Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics company, and Maria de Graça Fernandes Branco, principal of Matilde Elementary and High School. The pair are subjects of a case produced by the SEKN that... View Details