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- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
a one-fifth reduction in the likelihood of losing their board seat and in the likelihood of losing other directorships. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-048.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsDasher Company Harvard Business School Case 608-113... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
In a year like no other, it makes sense that a handful of new words would pop up—and familiar terms would find a different spin and resonance. We asked HBS alumni and faculty to give their take on a few that will continue to make some... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
Article 26 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is a driving force behind the founding of ALISON.com, the online education company Mike Feerick launched in 2007. Based in Ireland, ALISON (Advance Learning Interactive... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
now in the blizzard of bits and bytes being left behind today. In the wake of the Internet, what changes will the 50-year period show from 2000 to 2050 in how business is done, and what will it reflect about... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
a company that still thrives today based on principles instilled more than 20 years ago. Taiwan Aborigine Missionary: R. Don McCall Sr., Family Letters compiled by Roy K. McCall (MBA 1984) China’s Greatest Statesman: Zhou Enlai’s Revolution and the One He View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
rental. Things are looking up: the car's a hot red convertible, and it's gorgeous out. I cruise through the Sumner Tunnel left hand on the wheel, right hand on my 166 MHz laptop, which I wouldn't have minded playing with on the plane,... View Details
- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
run a factory on that? A hospital? Or any business, really?” asks Chidalu. (00:53) Chidalu was determined to empower those being left behind in the push toward a sustainable future. “So I started delving... View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In front of me a young couple posed for wedding photos in a pretty park. To my left was the bustle of the former Saigon. To my right was the Saigon River and beyond that, coconut swamp and the remains of... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
it. I just left him laying there. I turned it into a horrible person, I guess. My name is Devin. I started doing meth when I was 10 years old. Meth affected my friendship with him pretty bad. He won't talk to me any more. Me and my... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience
expanding their families may find that socializing at school looks a little bit different, especially during COVID-19. Charlotte is expecting her first child with her partner Bethany so they have had to be thoughtful about social... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
loose and left to go bankrupt and be restructured—while the government focused on larger enterprises. The transition to an export-driven, low labor-cost country was well under way by the turn of the century, as millions of workers moved... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
Reporting, but we were convinced that this was just a fancy name for accounting. The case was about a man who ran a corner sandwich shop. He was helped behind the counter by his wife, her sister, and their daughter. The man owned the... View Details
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
on. It's noteworthy that he was educated at public universities. There was no tuition at CCNY, City College of New York. Q: And he was penniless when he came. A: He came here with nothing but the shirt on his back. He literally crawled... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
of fresh orange juice. For the last 18 years, Arhodidis worked for Eurobank, one of the country’s four systemic banks. When he left last July, he was a member of the executive board and a general manager in charge of global markets,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
create and manage culture.” We have a hard time disagreeing with this statement, except maybe quibbling with the “only” part.... We’d argue that culture is in the running for most important because—among other things—it stays behind long... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic development specialists also attest to the importance of health care in determining productivity. The... View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
now there's a tremendous interest in intrapreneurship, because companies have made their cutbacks and realize that they can't 'shrink' to greatness," says Kanter. "If businesses don't innovate they will fall behind in a world of change."... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
becomes so successful that it provides jobs and desperately needed income to hundreds of women and families in her community. Inspired by Kamila and women like her, Lemmon wants to change the way the world views them. Her book is part of that effort. While View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
The flight had been arranged by secret military cable. An elaborate code of flares and signal fires was agreed upon, and the US Army Air Force’s 52d Fighter Group staged a midair diversion over the Adriatic Sea. But these attempts at subterfuge were of little use.... View Details