Business Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2009
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Damon Silvers

atmosphere of fear and tension in the workplace. And that’s inappropriate. It shouldn’t be like that. Business groups are already raising a war chest to campaign against the union-backed Employee Free Choice Act, which would bypass secret... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

19 Jan 2016
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Electric Avenues

more quickly,” says Fitzgerald. Bringing Cities to Their Senses When Barcelona officials came to Cisco four years ago looking for ways to trim the city’s budget, one of the first questions from Arvind Satyam (PLDA 9, 2011), managing director for Cisco’s global View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2003
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These Are the Good Old Days

the Bulletin about her experiences as an executive, a woman, a mother, and a New Yorker. In doing so, she shed light on some major social and business developments that have shaped — and been enriched by — the lives and careers of her... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2013
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Making Change

finding allies in several HBS professors bolstered my confidence to take the leap. When I graduated, I had nothing but a business plan and the $3,000 pitch prize. Then came the $25,000 HBS fellowship in 2009. Today, we are a $3 million... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

cofounded by Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, and her husband, Dr. George Herzlinger, recently announced that it has donated 100 portable blood and fluid warmers and 20 rapid infusers to... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Shareholders' Value?

today's shareholders aren't quite up to making shareholder capitalism work. —Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS. Justin Fox is editorial director of the HBR Group. The preceding is adapted from a longer article that appeared in... View Details

19 Aug 2010
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Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers

directions and lose its focus. Of course, throughout my entire three years in OPM, I was always referred to as the guy in heat. Arch was right on: it wasn’t long before my lack of focus caused my business to stutter, but I was able to... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Aug 2017
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Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation

that our finance professor in first year was Andre Perald, who had been teaching at the school since the 1970s, so I'm sure many of you had him. And he was like a real figurehead and a really wise, profound professor. He was able to teach... View Details

15 Sep 2016
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The Burning Man Project

Burning Man for the year, and also to remind ourselves that there's a place for honoring our past and honoring the things we've lost as well. Hanna: Now, Burning Man is a nonprofit. But can you talk a little bit about the finances... View Details

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