Human Resources - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jul 2017
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Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics

rise. It’s one of the greatest threats that human health is facing today,” says Miriam Huntley, a DZD cofounder who focuses on computational approaches to genomic analysis. “Patients with severe infections can die within hours, but... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jan 2008
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James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

decisions managers must make.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Spend at least as much time focusing on people as you do on numbers.” ON LEADERSHIP “Too many of our leaders fail to translate macroeconomic trends into human experience. Increasing... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74

significant changes took place at HBS during Fouraker's tenure as Dean, including sizable increases in the numbers of women and minority students; new curriculum initiatives in ethics, business and government, human View Details

01 Oct 1998
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A Zest to Invest

returns. "I realized I was not in the high-performance-at-any-cost business," he reflects. "I was instead in the consistent-performance business, providing above-average returns with below-average risk. " With a fifty-person staff, Kingdon says he is now spending more... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Apr 2001
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The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less

how companies that lack resources and clout respond to a range of issues, from developing products and services, to establishing supplier relationships, to hiring and growing a staff.” In the spirit of his research, Bowen began his... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

14 Aug 2019
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Leading from Within

Leng Lim (left) and Arjan Overwater Leng Lim (MBA 2001)—a partner at Mindkind Institute, Episcopal priest, and practitioner of Vipassana meditation—considers himself an oddity among HBS alumni. So when he met Arjan Overwater (AMP 164, 2003)—a former senior VP for... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

things to different people," says HBS assistant professor Forest L. Reinhardt, who teaches the MBA elective Business Management and the Natural Environment. "For example, many economists, in particular, take the view that harvesters of natural View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

12 May 2015
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A Flash of Insight

Bank. The fund’s early performance, however, had not been impressive. It was the height of the dot-com frenzy, and Cooper was betting against the dot-coms. Although he was hedged by long positions in cheap, cash-flow-producing natural View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; 9/11; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

divides resources to a process-based perspective focused on ways to link and leverage the individual competencies and capabilities that exist within the organization. And," he concludes, "they need to shift their attention from... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2011
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The House that Howard Built

different attitude from what most people had. To boost the status of entrepreneurial study, I knew I had to get someone whose credentials, integrity, human qualities, and values were unimpeachable. Howard was known as an extremely smart... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2004
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Massport, Back on Course

Craig P. Coy, 54, spent twenty years in the U.S. Coast Guard as an officer and helicopter pilot. He served as a White House Fellow and counterterrorism adviser during the Reagan administration. Prior to Massport, Coy was president and CEO of a Massachusetts company... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Massport; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation