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- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
and practitioners thus have to navigate a complex environment of pressures. More intriguingly, we identify a series of strategies used by nonprofit executives and staff to manage the tensions between upward accountability and mission: a prioritization of lateral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
although we set the standard in South Africa and everywhere else we operate, we’ve got to do better. The second area that needed improvement was government relations. Starting first in South Africa, we’ve worked to upgrade that relationship substantially. Black... View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
bring a gentler capitalism to post-apartheid South Africa. Like her other colleagues on the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Commission, Charnley believed that each black business executive had a responsibility to effect positive change... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
observation that sparked discussions about financial literacy and empowerment among female leaders. Mary Erdoes (MBA 1993), CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management, brought stark statistics to the conversation, noting that while 85... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
brand associated with ArtLifting's message of empowerment for artists who are homeless or disabled. Customers see that. Clients see that. More importantly, employees and CEOs are reminded of it every day. And then externally, the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
company revenues) threatened to take its business elsewhere. One year later, they had regained the respect of their customers and won the trust of their employees to promote a new culture of empowerment and respect. They wondered how to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
B. Does a CEO prioritize employee needs or shareholder returns? Does a manager rely on empowerment or control? And Thinking urges a leader to first think innovatively and creatively about ways to support both employees and shareholders,... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
chance to be an agent of empowerment in this process. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited by Craig McDonald. It is available at iTunes or wherever you get your favorite podcasts.... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
giving them the resources and empowerment to help tackle these and other challenges. Our veterans are now leading the way on cleaning up neighborhoods, beautifying schools, restoring trails in parks, and building urban farms, and in doing... View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
appraisals. There is an overriding contradiction at the center of the Bank's approach to public participation. On the one hand, Bank literature and policy statements are replete with testimonials to the importance of participation and View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
will be very different parts of China. Shanghai will be a Chinese city, while Hong Kong will be international." Another questioner, Donald Bongami Mkhwanazi (59th PMD), chairman of the National Empowerment Trust Investment Fund in Durban,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
decade have been (1) the rise of business ecosystems caused by falling transaction costs; and (2) the empowerment of users caused by the global spread of communication technologies. A business ecosystem is a group of firms that together... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
constant engagement is critical to build trust, more empowerment is a foundation for growth, and being empathetic is key for all-round success.” —Nageswar Cherukupalli (PLDA 21, 2016) PART THREE Here, There, Everywhere Now that we have... View Details
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
Through contemporary examples from a variety of industries and geographies, this collection provides students with an appreciation for the importance of consumer empowerment and consumer behavior in shaping both health and corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
him to do so, and the more she answered his questions and talked about her money, the more she straightened up in her chair and the more confident she became. It was wonderful to see — a moment of empowerment happening right there. Now... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
retailers empower their workers to improve processes at the store and also give them the tools and training needed to use the empowerment appropriately. Enlightened retailers also realize the importance of not overloading their store... View Details
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
to recruit, hire and develop minority executives at MTN, a South African telecommunications company, Charnley attempts to bring a gentler capitalism to post-apartheid South Africa. Like her other colleagues on the Black Economic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
seemed the government's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies were only enriching a few. In 1997, Surve and three of his comrades founded Sekunjalo, an investment holding company that sought to offer "a gentler capitalism"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
solution to Japan's persistent low economic growth. Several decades of economic stagnation led Abe to spearhead a multi-faceted reform effort to shake off deflation and come to grips with Japan's large national debt and rapidly aging society. "Womenomics"—the promotion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne