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01 May 2013
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Thomas S. Volpe, MBA 1976

fund at HBS “to add fuel to the fire that kindles the entrepreneurial spirit.” In a career that has included leadership roles at firms such as Blyth Eastman Paine Webber, Hambrecht & Quist, and Volpe Brown Whelan & Company—as well as his... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

on August 20, 2019 outside Boston, Massachusetts. His energy and leadership kept HBS at the forefront of business education and laid a foundation of intellectual growth and development on which the School continues to build today. His... View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

Transaction processing applications Technology Infrastructure Strategic HR Service Portfolio Strategic competency development Organization and leadership development Performance management process Strategic Finance Service Portfolio... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

his team were bringing business rigor to the institution.” The inspiration arrived at the most opportune time. “NPR was a formative experience in which I learned two things,” says Mizuho. “First, I discovered that I enjoyed working for a... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

key role business leaders have to play in confronting climate change—and the power of HBS alumni to make a positive difference. Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) President, J Adams Strategic Communications; co-author of A Blessing: Women of Color View Details

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

October 2010 (Revised May 2017)
Case

Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University

By: Boris Groysberg, Maureen Gibbons and Joshua Bronstein

It is October 2009 and Barry Salzberg, CEO of Deloitte LLP, has just returned from the groundbreaking of Deloitte University. When completed, Deloitte University would be a world class learning and development center owned by, and for the exclusive use by the employees... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Teams; Competency and Skills; Training; Employees; Values and Beliefs; Education Industry; Consulting Industry; United States

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03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

Janelle Teng is from the Harvard Business School Class of 2020 and a proud member of Section C. While at HBS, Janelle was on the leadership team for the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club and the Women... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

off to meet with older client executives, Marvin insisted that we all wear hats during our travels to and from the firm. The only non-American among us was a Brit." Daniel made his mark as part of the team that advised Mobil Oil. That... View Details

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Working Groups Update | About

broadening learning, and leadership and policies. The team will host focus groups and one-on-one conversations to hear observations, concerns, and recommendations with the goal of creating and implementing... View Details

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

by companies themselves, Campbell says. If executives or board members are concerned about company culture, external or internal employee communications may expose potential issues. “There could be all kinds of internal platforms where... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

Finally, new actors had entered the region such as governments, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and NGO's to take a supporting role. In response, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) had created the ORP as a dedicated View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2023
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Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

2025 and carbon net zero by 2050. These goals have been set and communicated by Arla’s central corporate sustainability team in collaboration with sustainability experts embedded throughout other corporate functions. At every step of goal... View Details

March 2000 (Revised November 2000)
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IBM Corporation Turnaround

By: Robert D. Austin and Richard L. Nolan

Describes the details of IBM's dramatic corporate turnaround in the early 1990s led by CEO Louis V. Gerstner. Accounts of events are from interviews with IBM executives. Covers the factors that led to the company's decline and actions taken to recover. View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Restructuring; Management Teams; Management Practices and Processes; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Love to Profits The Current Energy System Transatomic: Bringing Nuclear Power to the Forefront Show Hide Details Concepts Lipton Tea Business Models Jumping the S Curve and Dealing with Uncertainty Featured Exercises Business model and stages of disruption... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

take root? It starts with the leader and senior team taking a hard look at management or organizational barriers, including the senior leadership team itself. To do this, they... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

leadership, it had transformed itself into the country’s most popular online platform, dominating the e-commerce , payments, and fintech sectors at the same time that Kazakhstan’s economy was seeing rapid growth. How would Lomtadze and his View Details

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

Technology and Operations Management Unit. He discussed with students how German soccer team TSG Hoffenheim deploys analytics in scouting and player development. He also noted how New Zealand’s yacht designers and crew prepared for the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Nov 2017
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5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS

scholarships and about half of the students here get tens of thousands of dollars in aid each year. Worry more about getting in. HBS, through fellowships and other aid sources, will help you figure out how to make the numbers work. There are also View Details

20 Apr 2023
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On the Move: Anand Kini (MBA 1997)

NBCUniversal, where he has been since 2011. How did you prepare for day one? I believe that a priority when taking on any new role is learning how your team best works together and can add the most value. This is especially true for... View Details

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