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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Through HBS
set the example of what leadership looks like in this global century. We take great pride in the contributions that our alumni and faculty make to society, and we treasure the vote of confidence you give us by supporting the work of the... View Details
Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
Pensions Committee, which has a reputation for bipartisan cooperation. Harder’s suggestions to revitalize the system, on the other hand, include “revising arcane procedural rules that give obstructionists too much power to shelve proposals most Americans favor” and... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
several board members. “Saving Disney,” by HBS assistant professor Nancy Beaulieu, tells the story behind their efforts, following the timeline of events from Eisner’s arrival at Disney to a historic shareholder vote in March 2004, when... View Details
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
and on and on and said this is not normal. This is a pattern of corruption. And it was shocking to me how much people—ultimately, many people ultimately said, I think I'd rather vote for Donald Trump than for someone like that. It was an... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- News
The Power of Three
record, raising $4,000,835. To demonstrate their commitment and to inspire their classmates, the trio led the way with major contributions of their own. “I personally benefited from a fellowship that allowed me to go to HBS,” Dias Griffin explains. “It was an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
(Written and Oral Communication); and MC (Management Communication). For generations of MBA students indentured to a demanding Muse, the trials and tribulations of report writing became legendary. As far back as 1914, the HBS faculty View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
cosponsoring a piece of major legislation with a member of the opposing party at least once a year. Barcott says studies show veterans make open-minded lawmakers. They’re used to working collaboratively, which makes them more likely to View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
woman's election to the American presidency. In 1997 I cofounded the White House Project - with Barbara Lee, a civic activist working out of Brookline, Massachusetts, and Marie Wilson, president of the Ms. Foundation. We ran a ballot in Parade magazine, asking people... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
especially timely, coming as they did on the heels of a failed EU budget summit in Brussels and the French and Dutch “no” votes on the proposed EU constitution. For those in the audience not well-versed in European politics and economics,... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
As wide and fractured as the partisan divide feels right now, the challenges to America’s underlying democratic systems cut deeper still: The productivity of Congress has declined steeply in the past 20 years. The country’s voting rate in... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
community leaders and Celtics players: equity in education, economic opportunity and empowerment, equity in health care, criminal and law enforcement, breaking down barriers and building bridges between communities, and voting and civic... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Q&A with Janet Cahill
example, gifts under $1,000 to the HBS Fund added up to $1.8 million. Gifts of any size signal donors’ pride in and gratitude for their HBS experience, demonstrate their commitment to the HBS mission, and serve as a tangible vote of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
to be on the faculty—on a tenure track—and not in the classroom. I won that argument, but it was a tough introduction. The students who voted me the best teacher in 1997 had no idea what it meant in my case. HASHING IT OUT: Herzlinger... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
employees. So that's on the S side of ESG. G, governance. This is really how a company behaves. What are their standards for leadership? What's the makeup of the board? What are their risk controls, shareholder rights, voting rights,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
him!” During the new group’s first ownership season in 1993, well before they put together the financing for what would be the first privately funded MLB park since 1962, Baer and his colleagues took the pulse of the fans. “After all the failed stadium View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
faces. Another is busting convention. Most South Korean corporations are owner-operated, with shareholders voting with the owner practically all the time. Now, “more and more professionals are managing companies,” Yu explains. And like... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Booth Gardner’s Night at the Oscars
understand him. When he walks, he lists ever so slightly. He wonders aloud when his end will come. He knows “it’s not a pretty picture.” While Gardner’s campaign succeeded by a wide margin — the Death with Dignity Act, a ballot referendum, passed with 58 percent of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
population thinks that democracy is broken, the system is rigged, their votes don’t count, and the only people who have sway are those with money and power. The idea that “nobody is paying attention to me and government is against me” is... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
sponsored is used. “It's using this technology to deepen the connection between the person who made the purchase and the actual giving that’s happened,” Matthews says. The Plus app will also let users vote to support beneficial social... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 28 Apr 2016
- News
New Venture Competition Winners Announced
audience who would be voting for the $2,000 “crowd favorite” prize at the School’s annual New Venture Competition Finale. “We’re building a telemedicine app for Africa . Half of all outpatient visits can be conducted over a mobile... View Details