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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
learn how to support these sorts of shared business models? If you were the CEO of an insurance company, how would you address the conflicts between this model (splitting ownership and usage) and the traditional, well understood, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Notes from W50
away with the guilty feelings that arise from the conflicting demands of career and motherhood. But we can ban the words 'having it all' from the English dictionary." —Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995), COO, Facebook "Measuring progress will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
employing an engineering team to create a web application that applies natural language processing, machine learning, big data, and data visualization algorithms to make conflicts with trademarked names immediately visual, accessible, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
it, a country can use it. Every organization has two conflicting tasks: One is to optimize what you have today; another is to create what will give you leadership 10 years from now. That’s not a job you can wait 10 years to do. The future... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Bruce Levy (MBA 1977)
education. the average annual salary for a wnba player is $60,000 to $70,000. I signed a contract recently for a player who will make more in a month overseas than she gets in the WNBA for an entire season. Now how do you explain that? View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Chris Sorensen
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Carry It On
inner-city high school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Glassman graduated from Rutgers University in 1964 and enlisted in the US Army. After serving as a platoon leader in Vietnam, he returned home to a society increasingly preoccupied with the Southeast Asia View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
finance, it seems, are never far from the minds of anyone in health care these days, even at fiscally sound MGH, the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital that is recognized as an industry model. Indeed, with its conflicting mix of human... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Turning Point: Addiction’s Impact
articulate and eloquent writing by an addict about the conflict they go through in treatment.” I kept finding more notebooks. They were hard to read, but helped me better understand the six tumultuous years she was sick and her underlying... View Details
Keywords: Melissa Weiksnar (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
that would lead to better results. You may think you're sticking your neck out, but if the conflict is there and neither of you addresses it, you are probably not long for that job anyway. You take exception in the book to the practice,... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
Offspring Beth, MBA '97 John, HBS '03 Hobbies Sailing, skiing Recommended Reading A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell "Sowell provides important insights into public policy and how it is driven by certain assumptions about human... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
1990, Zaleznik has consulted to numerous companies on matters of succession and conflict resolution. He has also served on the boards of several major corporations, including The TJX Companies, American Greetings, King Ranch, Inc., and... View Details
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
conflicts of interest in key sectors of corporate America. Sure, the vast majority of companies and their people are upstanding folk who want to play by the rules. But after a string of disasters from Enron to Wall Street, one must ask at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
reasons. First, data that I analyzed with Dr. Tim Butler of HBS and that I detail in the book show that Rich and King dominate the top motivations of entrepreneurs. Second, at key forks in the road, Rich options directly conflict with... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
morning paper, a history lesson, or a conflict in the classroom," recalls Slifka. At HBS, he notes, General Georges F. Doriot's manufacturing course also had a powerful impact. "He taught us to be innovative, to be courageous, and to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
managing inventory levels and sales and ultimately save customers money while improving their own margins. “Two sides in this sort of negotiation will always differ on price,” Sebenius observes. “However, if that conflict is the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
provide research results about publicly traded companies to help investors make more profitable decisions. But during the past decade, the integrity of this research has been questioned due to concerns over conflicts of interest. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
experienced. Why did the SEC override strong industry opposition and require mutual-fund boards to appoint independent chairmen? The commission felt, and I strongly agree, that there’s an unacceptable conflict of interest when the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
$45 billion. Says a former senior investment banker who now serves as a director for several S&P 500 companies: “The Lehman board was a joke and a disgrace. Asleep at the switch doesn’t begin to describe it.” Inherent Conflicts of... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
irrigation systems and techniques still used today. Unfortunately, water has also been the cause of many bloody wars in the region. In the US, conflict over water hasn't reached that intensity, but bitter legal and political disputes are... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
much more violent. I refused — the plot involved children — and a messy lawsuit ensued. It was horrible. Even after all this time, it really pains me. But everything happens for a reason. Around the time of the conflict with my publisher,... View Details