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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
are trying to do the right thing. How do we make boards even stronger? Some good ideas I've heard recently call for getting the independent directors to meet alone without management and having somebody other than the CEO lead the board,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
special pleas, too. Ehsan-ul Haque of Pakistan's Lahore University of Management Sciences cited an overemphasis on policy-driven studies at Asian institutions. "The immediacy and urgency of decisions [on policy] are so great that we... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
reside, the only sign that something interesting is happening below the surface is a thick black cable that snakes onshore just yards from where Smith stands on Roosevelt Island. “A larger system will likely look like what you can’t see View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
jointly develops an offshore tract-performs relative to a solo firm. I employ a regression discontinuity strategy based on bids in first-price sealed-bid auctions for the rights to develop leases. By focusing on leases where one... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
competition law and, where appropriate, suggest remedies to right the violations we uncover. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51875 2016 Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
stock, GE CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) made the decision to cut the company's annual dividend for the first time since 1938. It was gutting for Immelt. He knew the financial impact such a move would have not just on the company, but also on... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
to minimize the conflicts associated with frequent turnover of military personnel and widespread military retirements to industry, while preserving the rights of individuals to careers in acquisition management. The basic goal of any... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
approaches to decision making and management. Finally, we argue that the rise of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago from the 1960s onwards (and its closely related cousin at the University of Rochester) marks the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
levels of interest—founders in the early stages, joiners seeking practice in the field, or those debating if the entrepreneurial path is right for them. Teams of three to four students are matched after acceptance into the program, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
not what Starbucks' brand is all about. It had to be the right fit. He helped us figure that out." Over their four-plus years of working together, Beeninga kept a notebook of Lopez's more memorable comments. For a Christmas gift one year,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
the rights to the project, or to make a deal with an actor, or the distributor, or a producing partner — you’re negotiating at every step of the process.” Eric d’Arbeloff admits that he struggled in first-year TOM and that he’s been... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
You Soar, Adams recounts her humble childhood and the challenges she faced as a young girl, and how she overcame them and went on to live the life of her dreams. After experiencing adversity, poverty, and personal tragedy, Jennifer made a View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
disillusioned because while the names and faces changed, the partisan-driven gridlock in Washington and politicians’ focus on primary voters, special interests, and donors did not. “I was always looking for ‘who’s the right candidate?’”... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
as a prospective student in 2002, it was her first trip to the United States. “I love the freedom of expression in America, that you can be who you are without hesitation,” says Mlotok. “It isn’t an easy decision for me to return to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Boeing, one of your first decisions was to pay a $615 million penalty to the Justice Department for illegal actions Boeing took to win contract work from the government. How would you distill your philosophy on the subject of leadership?... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
check, testing every system on the Limiting Factor before the retractable hangar is opened and the submersible is lowered alongside the ship. Vescovo dons his flight suit. Along the right sleeve of the blue coveralls are the flags of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
exchange of letters in which the publisher defended Carson’s source material and its decision to issue the book, Velsicol backed away from its warnings. No lawsuits against Silent Spring were filed before or after its publication. Upon... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
realization at the time that they shouldn't pass the idea along to a new team of executives. It wasn't an easy decision to make, given the financial implications, but as Fenton recalls, "It still felt like the View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
wasn’t an easy decision to make, given the financial implications, but as Fenton recalls, “It still felt like the right timing. It was the height of the dot-com boom, so lots of people in my class were... View Details