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- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
How can nonprofit leaders address such conflicting demands? Harvard Business School Working Knowledge recently spoke with two leaders in the field of nonprofit performance management. Mario Morino is cofounder and chairman of Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
and lox plates are thriving. As the former chair of TPL’s Georgia Advisory Council, Ralph Edwards (MBA 1967) worked alongside Langford during the organization’s intense fundraising and acquisition drive. “At the time, nobody thought [the BeltLine] made sense,” recalls... View Details
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
food security (a key national security priority) by extending its control of the global food system through overseas acquisitions. At the same time, COFCO sought to grow its market share in China's fiercely competitive branded-foods market. To help achieve these goals,... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
raises topics of fund selection and investing in country-specific funds such as Mexico. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208097 Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (A) Harvard Business School Case 808-142 Alok... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
global organization to working within the Indian bureaucracy. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/712412-PDF-ENG Chairman Zhang and Broad Group: Growth Dilemmas Christopher Marquis, Nancy Hua Dai, and Lynn YinHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
opened my eyes to what one could do.” Straight shooter: “My first assignment at Xerox was to help take the company into China. When the chairman announced in the press what we were doing, I chastised him and said that was not something he... View Details
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
my interviews, among the most frequently mentioned diversity-related HR practice was the five-minute drill, which began with Gerstner's top team and has cascaded down from the chairman to two levels down from CEO. The five-minute drill... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
years later, he’s still at Accel and can lay claim to one of the most storied careers in the venture industry: 25 companies that have completed IPOs or successful mergers; directorships with Wal-Mart Stores, Marvel Entertainment, and Facebook, among others; and past... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
when they are freed from restraining pre–conceptions and inhibiting circumstances. In the book’s foreword, Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google, notes that in high tech and many other industries today, “the environment is changing so... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
quickly bring new ideas to market," Kanter says. Steven C. Wheelwright, MBA Class of 1949 Professor of Business Administration and chairman of the MBA Program, who works with a variety of firms in areas such as innovation, renewal,... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
uncovered blatant sexism directed toward Carroll during her tenure as chief executive. (Take for example the 2012 article Against the Current on the Boat of an Old Mining Boss, in which Business Day's Michael Bleby profiles Graham Boustred, a former deputy View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
single person who was hired during my time at Kohl's. How did you first get involved in politics? In the mid-1970s then Governor Pat Lucey asked me to be state chairman of the Democratic Party. When the Senate seat opened up in 1988, many... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
Shipbroker's Association, introduced a proposal to value ships using discounted cash flow analysis (to determine a long-term asset value, LTAV) rather than market prices from comparable transactions. Thomas Rehder, the chairman of VHSS,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
Chuck Knight [former chairman and CEO of Emerson Electric Co.] made conflict a fundamental element of his firm's strategic planning process, and while he has now retired, the process retains the same atmosphere of vigorous debate that it... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
it to market is so low that it remains a risky proposition." Profitable firms such as Genentech, Genzyme, and Biogen already have products on the market, as does Amgen, where Gordon M. Binder (MBA '62) served as CEO until his retirement last month (he will continue to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
paging capability," predicts the genial Hostetter, who will remain Continental's chairman and CEO. "I look forward to the challenge." « Back Healthy Returns In 1957, when Lloyd E. Cotsen (MBA '57) joined Los Angelesbased Natone, his... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
billion in sales, many believed that a more disciplined approach to operations would be important for future growth. As a result, the company hired Bob Nardelli, a former GE executive, to lead the change. When Bob Nardelli became the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
1980 to found Delta Consulting, a firm that merged with Mercer Consulting in 2000. Now vice chairman of Marsh & McLennan, Mercer’s parent company, Nadler continues his engagement with academia through his financial support of the HBS... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14
Business School Case 712-029 The state-run Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Banco Ciudad) was losing money in 2007. Early in 2008, Federico Sturzenegger, a renowned academic in Argentina, was appointed executive chairman by the city... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel