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- 01 Feb 2001
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The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
Further, the voting cycle truncates long-term progress. "Government is an interest-group groupie," she said. "Who speaks for the less fortunate? The homeless, for example, are not a powerful interest group." Businesses, she added, "will sponsor social issues only if it... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Star in LA
SOHN: playing it safe in 2005. His star power is such that he’s been called “the Korean version of Alan Greenspan,” and indeed, when Sung Won Sohn (PMD 35, 1978) was named president and CEO of Hanmi Financial Corporation in Los Angeles,... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
Social and Environmental Stewardship, the report praised HBS as a leader in fostering social awareness, incorporating social concerns into coursework and projects, and supporting student activities and faculty research that influence both... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Charles J. Christenson Chuck Christenson, the Royal Little Professor of Business Administration and a specialist in management control, has been a member of the HBS faculty for 39 years. Throughout his career, he has been an innovative teacher who View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Eight Join HBS Faculty
Art by Brian Taylor As an HBS doctoral student and recipient of the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research, George Serafeim (DBA ’10) coauthored the paper “The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
within the confines society imposed. Integral Advantage: Revisiting Emerging Markets and Societies by Ronnie Lessem (MBA 1968) (Routledge) The BRIC countries are heralded for their double-digit economic growth rates, and yet, significant... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Snappy Salute
Pinchuk: CEO of a precision-tool company doesn’t exactly fit the mold. As CEO of Snap-on, Nicholas Pinchuk (MBA ’76) heads a company that’s all about precise fits for its tools. But he himself is no standard-issue corporate chieftain. A... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
category first. —J. W. Penland (MBA 1996) Hardware obsolesces quickly; it is costly to build, upgrade, retool, and distribute. Data and software are fungible across devices. Data can be cross-utilized with fitness and lifestyle partners that already have large customer... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The American Dream
part of a field study, she worked out an idea for a digital library for users of computer-aided design (CAD). That became InPart Design, a company she sold to Parametric Technology for a reported $60 million two years after founding it.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Back from the Brink
Enterprise (June 2007) reported in its survey of the “BE Industrial/Service 100.” So ZeroChaos redirected its focus (selling its services to major corporations rather than small businesses), introduced... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
through feedback from the judges. The judges included alumni and seasoned professionals from foundations, impact investing, capacity-building organizations, and social enterprise startups. “We received valuable feedback from the judges around our View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
New Idea: State of the Art
interviewer in 2013. It was a quantifiable argument: A major National Endowment for the Arts survey released that year reported that only about 20 percent of Americans visit museums annually, but 71 percent engaged with the arts through... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
competitive edge. As one example of a winning strategy, Nolan cites Cisco Systems, a twelve-year-old company that makes routers for networks. In 1998, Cisco reached a market value exceeding $100 billion in record-breaking time. It did so, in part, writes Nolan, by... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Benefits from Bonuses? Over the past decade, senior corporate executives have been earning record-high bonuses in record-high numbers. What accounts for this striking increase? Do bonuses motivate executives and enhance organizational... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
for HBS: curriculum innovation, internationalization, intellectual ambition, inclusion (diversity), and integration with Harvard. “The capacity to innovate was vital to the success of American universities in the 20th century,” Nohria... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
fifth box? 3) Consider partnering with local humane societies. For example, offer a reduced-cost first package after an adoption—the goal being to associate the joy of bringing a pet home with your product. — Laura Viaches (MBA 2008) Vertically View Details
- 30 Jun 2010
- News
Congressional Pork Is Bad for Business
Professors Lauren Cohen, Joshua Coval, and Christopher Malloy discovered to their surprise that increased federal spending causes local companies to lose sales and cut back on research, payroll, and other expenses. Indeed, reports HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Ambidextrous Organization
In the April 2004 issue of Harvard Business Review, HBS professor Michael L. Tushman and coauthor Charles A. O’Reilly III discuss what they coin the “ambidextrous organization.” A synopsis of their article follows. Corporate executives... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
The Differentiated Network by Nitin Nohria and Sumantra Ghoshal (Jossey-Bass Publishers) The key to building an effective multinational corporation (MNC) is organizing its various parts as a differentiated network, according to a new book... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross