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- 01 Feb 2000
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Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others
instrumental in getting Congress to pass the highly successful low-income housing tax credit program. The resident-led revitalization effort taking place in Sandtown-Winchester, one of the Foundation's sixteen core projects nationally,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Liberal Smarts
by making sure that all students will be exposed to a core curriculum of liberal arts. That has long been my credo—that if you want to turn out balanced leaders, not just one-dimensional people coming out from a factory conveyor belt, you... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie
taught to analyze the likelihood of various consequences, these students learn that the best decisions are those that minimize expected costs and maximize expected benefits," the authors write. The best decisions typically are those that "enlarge the pie," thus... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
relentless about innovating at Harvard Business School. That’s what Bill Kirby’s history teaches us.” Nohria was quick to point out that innovation does not come at the expense of what made HBS a world leader in business education. “We must continue to strengthen the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
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What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
successful?” “One of the big things in recruitment is figuring out how to attract employees who reflect the people we are trying to serve. For instance, one of our core areas is criminal justice. Today, one in four Americans has a... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
business-location decisions at an alarming rate, and those activities being offshored are more job-rich than those coming in,” said Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor and head of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. “However, the United... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
deepest human needs. The author suggests thinking like an entrepreneur as a way to improve one’s business, life, and relationships. Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) (Random House) At the View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
cofounded the greeting card company in 2015—have backgrounds in engineering and manufacturing, and the company has a team in Vietnam that is well-versed in sourcing materials and shipping to the US. “At our core we’re a design and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
Illustration by Peter Arkle KitNipBox is a monthly subscription service for cat owners. Each box contains products designed to keep cats happy, healthy, and fit: toys, treats, health and hygiene products, must-have accessories, innovative new gadgets, and other unique... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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Porter Appointed to University Professorship
books and more than 75 articles. His 1980 volume Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, which has since been translated into nineteen languages, is considered the pioneering treatise on corporate competition and strategy. His... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Think Globally, Teach Locally
“This material will help develop a respect for cultural diversity and a sense that the United States is not the only source of business best practices.” “We live in a global world, where an understanding of and presence in international issues has become a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
Coop's brand name, while a core Coop management group retained control of Internet and catalogue sales, Coop membership, and interactions with local universities. A $4 million renovation of the Harvard Square flagship store that uncovered... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
pursue a number of new avenues simultaneously, to be very honest about what was working and what was not, and to cut any losses early. While several seemingly promising approaches went nowhere, one looked particularly good, even though it was a departure from the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
markets differed, but the belief in local autonomy and decentralized decision-making became a core value within the company .Meanwhile, the largest American consumer products company remained cautious about international markets. During... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
companies. You aren’t going to apply them to your core business that’s growing at 10 percent a year, but you could apply them to that area that is small but growing quickly with the potential to be the leader in a new market. It doesn’t... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
order that has survived this kind of transition." Despite ongoing challenges such as establishing cash flow, keeping up employee morale, and maintaining the organization's core spiritual values in the face of fiscal uncertainty, Bothwick... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
While a core group of alumni regularly attends reunions, contributes to the annual fund, and joins clubs, questions remain about how best to reach the larger alumni body. The committee is currently focusing on two primary vehicles for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
economy, and help turn the country around. The Power of Many: Values for Success in Business and in Life by Meg Whitman (MBA ’79) with Joan O’C Hamilton (Crown) Whitman, the former president and CEO of eBay, identifies ten core values... View Details
- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Land of the Rising Scrum
Japan for the Rugby World Cup, their first trip to Asia. John O'Donnell MBA 1977 and Harvard College alumnus Eugene Skowronski John O'Donnell MBA 1977 and Harvard College alumnus Eugene Skowronski “The group has evolved from a core of... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2019
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What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
financial returns and impact in the business model of investee companies. Quite a few of the large, global PE firms have launched impact funds over the last year. On the public side, I think ESG will become core to any financial analysis,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint