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time of publication and concludes the answer to the original question is "yes." Linden, Dana Weschsler. "The Class of '65," Forbes Magazine , July 4, 1994. Full text available. (Harvard users only) This article profiles the first eight... View Details

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

blessing,” the authors present “an unapologetic look at our often-overlooked role in America’s social, political, psychological, and economic history” and describe their new publication as a playbook “to help Black unicorns ‘team up’ and... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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Back to School

because there is absolutely no other thing that compares. And believe me, I’ve tried it all. How to: Break a World Record Our instructor: Ming Chen (MBA 1998), Chief Culture Officer, Education First (EF) When I was in school in New... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans

been there, done that, let’s try something new.” Reaping Dividends: As a founding member of the team behind New Leaders for New Schools, Benjamin Fenton is driven by his vision of a system-wide, scalable model for education reform. For... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

moment of crisis the delegates could have chosen either of two of the most accomplished politicians in America, William Henry Seward or Salmon P. Chase. Both had been United States senators and governors of major states. Both were superbly View Details

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Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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The View from the Pit

are all experiencing HBS from the other side of the educational equation. Representing the areas of finance (Baldwin) and general management (Barrett, Hightower), they bring a potent mix of skills and expertise to the classroom - and even... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

09 Jan 2006
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Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

Starved for capital in an environment where all the usual money sources had dried up, many major commercial property owners took their companies public in the form of real estate investment trusts (REITs), heretofore a little-used option.... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

on the short-term movement of that money. Kanter: When that kind of intervention takes place, however, we hear cries that the tax system is being used for social engineering. But I certainly have the sense now that without some degree of View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

23 Oct 2018
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Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

culmination of those 130,000 words is a deeply personal and poetic recounting of Casey’s life, crafted not as a memoir, but as an intervention. READ MORE Morrell: We're here to today to talk about your book, but I want to start by talking about your View Details

29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008

However, most of these investors also trade in public securities. This leads to a controversial question: do institutional investors use private information received in the loan market to trade in public... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Apr 2015
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Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

close proximity to one another, frequenting the same restaurants, and speaking a language of their own? They represent a classic "cluster" from the world of competitive strategy. But are they denied exposure to consumers who are different from them in age,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

07 Jul 2003
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The Organizational Model for Open Source

three projects: Debian, a complete non-commercial distribution of Linux; the GNU Object Model Environment (GNOME), which is a graphical user interface for Linux-based operating systems; and Apache, a public domain open source Web server.... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

modern competition; how they arise and decline; how they affect productivity, new business formation, and economic growth; and the roles both the private and the public sectors can have in developing them. Q: So, even in an age of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

13 Apr 2021
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2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders

entertainment, and the power of the board seat. The closing keynote featured Woolley-Wilson, recipient of the AASU 2021 Kenneth Powell Professional Achievement Award, in conversation with Professor Linda Hill. Woolley-Wilson discussed the highlights and challenges in... View Details

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

professor in the Finance Unit: As an academic, my main reaction to the executive order is that this decision is absolutely not grounded in the facts. I spend a lot of energy teaching my students to look at the facts to educate their... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

15 Feb 2023
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Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains

challenge of introducing this nascent industry to the public. MK: I think DAC is still relatively new to people—both in this community and I think more broadly. So a lot of the work that we're doing around community engagement is partially just View Details

08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

screening ability since the returns were higher than those that earned from investing in analysts' top stock picks that were not selected by the committee. Finally, we find that abnormal announcement returns and trading volume at the report View Details