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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Alumni Books Get Backed: Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams by Evan Baehr (MBA 2011) and Evan Loomis (Harvard Business Review Press) Now that you have your big idea, how will you find and... View Details
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)
bank account, and family support system.” Up the structure. Build your own board of directors. “You need a group of people who will offer outside support and call you to account,” Burton advises. Evaluate your approach on a monthly basis.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
of Corporate Boards Is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions by John Gillespie (MBA ’83) and David Zweig (MBA ’83) (Free Press) The authors expose the flaws in the dysfunctional corporate board system: directors who are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
entrepreneurs, he explores how to evaluate innovative ideas and the entrepreneurs behind them (drawing lessons from Yahoo!, Baidu, Tesla Motors, Measurex, and more). He also discusses the value of political leadership in creating... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
responsibilities or job termination, will call for board withdrawal as well. These are all important considerations that should be left to a responsible board to evaluate on a case-by-case basis - without being bound by the inference of... View Details
Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
who play critically important roles, in ensuring we are able to do our work, do not report directly to us, so I have to rely on influence strategies to accomplish a great deal of my job. I work with many great, dedicated people who are also View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
300 applicants and became the largest student-led business plan competition for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. But as the competition progressed, Foster and Simpson began to identify some biases and frictions in the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
arms and legs." That sort of no-nonsense approach typifies Shaich's outlook. "When evaluating one's life, I've always felt the key was to do a pre-mortem, not a post-mortem," he says. "I like to constantly challenge myself to see if I'm... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
e-Leadership by D. Quinn Mills (Cyber Classics, Inc. /BNI/ Publications) In today's fast-changing, global, Internet-influenced economy, the successful corporate leader must bring a new set of skills to the job. In e-Leadership: Guiding View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
Rojie Kisten (GMP 5, 2008), Cape Town, South Africa NN: When I first came to Harvard Business School in the 1980s, excluding the first-year BGIE [Business, Government, and the International Economy] course, there were virtually no global... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
corporate scandals. Options for attaining personal, professional, and financial goals amidst momentous change in business and society were also explored. “Gathering in Washington provided a special opportunity to impart an appreciation... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
what loyalty means or how to build it. Reichheld, author of the 1996 bestseller The Loyalty Effect, outlines six principles of loyalty that can make the Internet a hospitable and highly profitable place for businesses to succeed. 20/20... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
requires continuing innovation in all of our educational programs. What we see ahead is a need for leaders with strong general management skills - people who know how to get things done and are able to inspire others. These qualities have defined View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
to ensure that environmental resources are replenished for future generations - as there are people discussing the issue. But with increased pressure on businesses to consider the costs of their actions to society and the environment... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
research and development centers fostered more patents than those who had not crossed borders. Since then, the geography of work and innovation has been the focus of his research. These days, Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
compelled to focus on protective legal processes and box-checking exercises rather than on formulating company strategy, identifying risks, and evaluating executive performance. The increasing time commitment required of board members,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
of capital and the demand for financing. The book's final chapter suggests areas for further study. "Much is not yet known about the venture capital industry," write Gompers and Lerner, who note that one open question is the extent to which the U.S. model can be... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
direction in the early planning stages required a fuller understanding of its financing. “I also wanted to bring better management skills to the nonprofit sector,” she adds. “I thought business school was going to be like taking medicine... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
POZEN: Getting people to think about how they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own personal and professional lives. HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something done, ask a View Details
Keywords: Time management