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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
the world’s biggest problem—CO2 and climate change—provides a quick and entertaining introduction to the science behind it. This concise primer is for anyone interested in how CO2 impacts our climate, but even knowledgeable readers will View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
a lecture titled "The Frontiers of Management," in which she stressed the importance of continuous innovation and of developing employees' skills in creating organizational competence. "I was struck by Kanter's point that innovation truly... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
New Releases
to these changes with structural adaptations, few have achieved the much more fundamental organizational and managerial transformation required to succeed in this new environment. In their latest book, The Individualized Corporation: A... View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
[see sidebar] further reflects the wide range of issues covered by our faculty. What can we learn from this region? The Asia Pacific, where 2,000 languages are spoken, is home to 60 percent of the world's population. The region's diverse... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
sometimes, maybe the outcome is no action. But that's fine. You learned it. And then you never know when the external environment changes. There will be something actionable. Sarah Wright, 1997. All leadership is very close in nature to... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
altruistic reasons for serving, many also reported that such participation allowed them to practice business skills and make professional contacts not always possible through their everyday duties. "One focus group of top-level managers agreed that what they View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
by Stephen Schwarzman (MBA 1972), Chairman, CEO and Cofounder of The Blackstone Group. For an event as monumental and impactful as the Leadership Dinner, the HBSCNY relies on a team of volunteer members who bring their varied management and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
the afternoon course, which is Organizational Behavior and the professor walks in and says, “Scott, will you open the case today?” And that one, I learned after, was a setup—that everyone thought, wouldn’t... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
influence an organization can have on social factors beyond its boundaries." Most research on organizational performance focuses on cause-and-effect situations that assume degrees of linearity and control that exist only in limited... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
for parents of 15 to 25 year-olds. They’ve compiled all that they’ve learned into this must-have guide. Grown & Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers through high school and into those first years of independence. Consider... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
profitability analysis (strategic variances), and the risk-exposure calculator (a tool for analyzing strategic risk). Simons begins his book by establishing foundations for implementing strategy, including identifying organizational... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
leadership, finance, and operations skills that senior health-care professionals need to transform care delivery in their organizations. Presented in three one-week modules offered over a nine-month period, the program is structured around the main themes of View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
governor’s office of economic development in Utah, last year wrapped up an 11-year path of voyage and endurance spanning 38 countries, climbing 14.5 vertical miles, and sailing 35,000 nautical miles. “Real learning and personal growth... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
Kordestani recalls. Once they felt confident that McKenna was ready to accept the role, Mercy Corps leadership shared the detailed findings of the investigation with her. (As a group, they revealed organizational mishandling and a greater... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
kind of generosity. Royalties from this book go to Christian ministries focused on spreading the Gospel and providing for those in need. Global Risk Agility and Decision Making: Organizational Resilience in the Era of Manmade Risk by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
three-day school trip weaving woolen swatches on a collection of old-fashioned floor looms. Later that day, he notes, the students will learn about—and even pet—indigenous Appalachian wildlife (including a pink-eyed albino corn snake)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
Organizational design, structure, and culture do play a role and almost always have in corporate scandals. Companies that get into trouble often do so because of minimal internal connections between many parts of the organization. With... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
VC industry so influential? Paul Gompers: From the early 20th century to the mid- to late-20th century, most innovation happened in large firms. Then because of both managerial and organizational changes, innovation in large companies... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
After ten years of working at McKinsey & Co., where she had become the first female African-American partner, Pamela Thomas-Graham (MBA '88/JD '89) was ready for a change. "Consulting is an excellent way to learn management and strategy... View Details