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    D. Quinn Mills

    Daniel Quinn Mills provides thought leadership in several fields including leadership, strategy, venture capital, finance, economics and geopolitics.  He has been a director of publicly-listed firms and is currently a director of several closely-held private... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; banking; brokerage; computer; construction; consulting; e-commerce industry; education industry; information technology industry; investment banking industry; management consulting; professional services; publishing industry; venture capital industry
    • 01 Apr 2022
    • Blog Post

    The Africa Business Conference at HBS: Reimagining the Road Ahead

    leadership team, sponsors, keynotes, panelists, volunteers, alumni, Harvard staff, venue staff, and importantly, conference guests contributed to the success of the Conference. We (the leadership team) spent... View Details
    • 03 Oct 2012
    • What Do You Think?

    Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

    Summing Up Where Is the Leadership Necessary to Regenerate the "Industrial Commons" In their book Producing Prosperity, Gary Pisano and Willy Shih pointed to the lack of long-term thinking and investment as well as education... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing
    • August 2015 (Revised January 2022)
    • Case

    George Washington and the Foundations of American Democracy

    By: Tom Nicholas and Matthew G. Preble
    George Washington is perhaps the most well-known of the U.S.'s founding fathers because of his political and military achievements. However, Washington also operated a number of successful business ventures out of his Mount Vernon estate, and he became a landowner on... View Details
    Keywords: Government; History; George Washington; Democracy; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Business History; Leadership; United States
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    • March 2009
    • Case

    Baosteel Group: Governance with Chinese Characteristics

    By: Lynn S. Paine and G.A. Donovan
    The new outsider-dominated board of directors of China's state-owned Baosteel Group must decide whether to modify the Group's structure. With the completion of a pending acquisition, the Group will control four publicly listed steel-producing subsidiaries, and board... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; State Ownership; China
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    • March 27, 2018
    • Other Article

    Why CEOs Are Taking a Stand

    By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
    In this podcast, we discuss the emerging phenomenon of CEO activism. We explain how political polarization in the U.S. and employee expectations around company values are pushing corporate leaders to enter into controversial political and social debates. We also hear... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Social Issues; Values and Beliefs; Communication Strategy
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    • January 15, 2015
    • Article

    Surviving in a Family Business When You're Not Part of the Family

    By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
    Navigating office politics in a family-owned business can be challenging for non-family executives. Based on experience with various business families worldwide, this article offers strategies for success:

    Play in your room: Non-family executives should... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Employees; Problems and Challenges; Talent and Talent Management
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    • 17 Jan 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Being the Boss

    between management and leadership in the age of globalization and remote offices. Carmen Nobel: Your book discusses three imperatives for becoming a great leader: managing yourself, managing your network, and managing your team. What are... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • March 2018
    • Module Note

    Module Note for Instructors: Responsibilities to Society

    By: Nien-hê Hsieh
    This note outlines a framework to help managers discern and deliver on their responsibilities to society that has been taught in the “Responsibilities to Society” module in Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA), a semester-long, first-year required course for... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Leadership; Society
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    • September 2007 (Revised October 2017)
    • Case

    Still Leading (B2): Hon. Michael Bloomberg—From Mogul to Mayor

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance Pierce
    Describes how New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took his leadership skills from the business world to the challenges of government. View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Leading Change; Personal Development and Career; Government and Politics; Transition; New York (city, NY)
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    • 02 Jul 2015
    • Op-Ed

    The Future of the Greek Economy

    integration. It is time, therefore, for Europe to revisit the ideals of peace, democracy, unity, and prosperity that defined the origin of the European project and its attempts to unify Europe politically and economically. Greece is... View Details
    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
    • 2015
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Do Managers Have a Role to Play in Sustaining the Institutions of Capitalism?

    By: Rebecca Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
    In a capitalist system based on free markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they engage in the political processes that structure the institutions of capitalism? The... View Details
    Keywords: Capitalism; Lobbying; Leadership; Economic Systems; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations
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    • 27 Mar 2018
    • News

    Why CEOs Are Taking a Stand

    • 27 Feb 2014
    • News

    Resolving the Armed Standoff in Ukraine's Crimea

    • 08 Apr 2016
    • News

    Corporate Activism and the Rise of the Outspoken CEO

    • 08 Mar 2021
    • Blog Post

    International Women's Day Featured Stories

    International Women's Day (IWD) celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is an official holiday in at least 20 countries and grows in recognition each year. This year’s IWD theme is Choose to... View Details
    • October 2005
    • Case

    General Eisenhower and the D-Day Invasion

    Describes the way in which General Dwight D. Eisenhower worked with his commanders, as well as political leaders, to plan the June 1944 D-Day invasion. View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Leadership; War
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    • 22 Mar 2018
    • News

    Trump’s Populism: What Business Leaders Need To Understand

    • 2015
    • Article

    Free at Last, Now What: The Soviet and Chinese Attempts to Offer a Roadmap for the Post-Colonial World

    By: Jeremy Friedman
    This article seeks to understand the motivations behind the People's Republic of China's attempt to present an alternative development model for the post-colonial world and challenge Soviet leadership in the international communist movement in mid-1960s. When the wave... View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Business and Government Relations; China; United States; Soviet Union
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    • 14 Aug 2023
    • Blog Post

    Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

    Business Administration and Political Science. Prior to my return to academia at Harvard, I was a management consultant advising clients in the financial services industry and a residential real estate broker primarily serving first-time... View Details