Board Dynamics - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

I have created opportunities for others? HBS shows me that living my values is my true north.” HOME REGION Cambridge, MA & North Carolina UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Athenahealth, The Advisory View Details

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

can give you the exposure to Board governance, interactions, and dynamics that will set up for success as a CEO. This is also an excellent opportunity to expand your professional network and deepen your... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

Spangler embarked on an ancillary career of public service in education at the local, county, and state level. He was chairman of the state's Board of Education in 1986 when the University of North Carolina named him its fourteenth... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

human-centered approach to design techniques, such as user research, user experience, prototyping, and journey mapping Assess group dynamics and improve team performance through tools and processes designed to enhance collaboration and... View Details

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft-line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its Board of Directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies. Amazon had... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

but at this stage, if you don’t have the confidence and the right people to do things without you, it will be a rough ride. In fact, when founding CEOs don’t learn to step up into their roles and empower their leaders, investors and board... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

board of the National Tax Association, and on the editorial boards of Social Choice and Welfare and National Tax Journal . Prior to completing his PhD in economics at Harvard University in 2008, Professor... View Details

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

Andrei Hagiu is on the vanguard of a new field of business research that explores the dynamics of multi-sided markets. Although these markets have been around a long time, they have not really been recognized as entities unique from other... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

and the Board was anachronistic, and contributed to the fragmentation of Unilever's post-war organization between Britain and the Continent. By securing that Board, and ultimately Special Committee, meetings were held in both Rotterdam... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

17 Jun 2011
HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

brought on board were also close in a way Shelman found surprising when she spent time with them when researching the case. "There was huge camaraderie evident in the way that the top management team interacted with each other they... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage

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Judges - Alumni

department as well as serves as a Trustee of the Ga Tech Foundation. Lara can support early stage startups with strategies for scale, customer acquisition and channel strategies, access to capital, strategic partnerships, product positioning, founder View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

liberal arts education he received at Hamilton and now serves as chairman of its board of trustees. Kennedy says he has developed "an appreciation for a tolerable level of risk" in trying to decide which companies to underwrite at... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Openings Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Understand negotiation dynamics and how to prepare for uncertainty Learn to craft agile strategy and be quick on... View Details

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Dillon House | About

aspirations to HBS, creating a dynamic learning community. About the Name The construction of Dillon House was made possible through a gift from Clarence Dillon (1882-1979), a 1905 Harvard College graduate, self-made millionaire,... View Details

01 May 2020
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5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

Prep. Aaron plans to return to Artemis after graduating. Ryan Flamerich is a member of the HBS Class of 2021. He is a member of Section C and serves as Head Senator for the SA student senate. He also sits on the board of PRIDE, the... View Details

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Identify any misalignments between the dynamics of your organization and external market conditions Communicate... View Details

11 May 2022
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MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

have over 20 mothers on campus. While we still have a long way to go to make our business school classrooms, board rooms, and executive leadership teams representative of their constituents – including mothers – we are hopeful that this... View Details

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

result. The findings by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Elisabeth Kempf come at a time of heightened political discord and polarization among Americans. The research sheds new light on how the same dynamics are unfolding in... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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