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William A. Sahlman
William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details
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- 06 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem
the true level of its operating expenses. All the required information was there: It just was ignored by the investment community. The real accounting scandal at Enron had nothing to do with the failure to expense options.—William A.... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
- 05 Jan 2011
- Op-Ed
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress
typical lab has 20 to 40 people, led by a senior researcher (the "principal investigator''). Most people in a lab are doctoral or postdoctoral students who are pursuing careers in science. Labs have many different projects under... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- Video
Bill Sahlman - Making A Difference
- 25 Apr 2014
- Video
Bill Sahlman - Making A Difference
- 19 Nov 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us …)
Keywords: by William A. Sahlman
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sahlman Heads External Relations
contributed important ideas to the study of business. But the manifestation of those ideas is in what the alumni and the people touched by our alumni end up doing with that knowledge.” Sahlman (MBA ’75), who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni Salute Bill Sahlman
have launched the William A. Sahlman Fund for Entrepreneurship—an endowment that will support the teaching, study, and cultivation of entrepreneurship at HBS and Harvard. “Bill’s impact as a teacher, mentor,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do!
education around the world. In this effort, gifts of all sizes make a difference. William A. Sahlman (MBA ’75, PhDBE ’82) Senior Associate Dean for External Relations Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff–MBA Class of 1955... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
William F. Connell (MBA '63)
in 1968. Connell's prominence as head of one of the country's largest privately held companies has been matched by his involvement in a vast array of civic and philanthropic activities in the Greater Boston community, including the... View Details
- September 2017
- Case
Dr. William Carson— Intrapreneurial Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode
Dr. William Carson, an African-American alum of Harvard University became the President and CEO of a multi billion dollar division of Otsuka, a Japan based pharmaceutical company. His ascension to this leadership position followed a thriving career in academic medicine... View Details
Keywords: Dr. Williams Carson; Otsuka America Pharmaceutical; Harvard; Abilify; Aripiprazole; Health Testing and Trials; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Decision Choices and Conditions; Pharmaceutical Industry; Japan
Rogers, Steven, and Alyssa Haywoode. "Dr. William Carson— Intrapreneurial Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry." Harvard Business School Case 318-005, September 2017.
- June 2009
- Supplement
F. William McNabb, Chairman, Vanguard Group, Interviewed by Professor John Quelch, April 2008
By: John A. Quelch
Professor John Quelch interviewed F. William McNabb, Chairman, Vanguard Group in April 2008 to review updates since the original case was published in 2004. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States
Quelch, John A. "F. William McNabb, Chairman, Vanguard Group, Interviewed by Professor John Quelch, April 2008." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 509-730, June 2009.
- Portrait Project
Tracy Williams
life of the party. Young and naïve, I was lured in by his kindness and flirtations. He stole my right to choose and robbed me of my joy. Feeling like a failure, I left my dream school and life took me down a different path. I moved back... View Details
William Bernbach
Bernbach catapulted the Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency into national prominence with innovative and creative campaigns. Doyle Dane Bernbach broke into the front ranks of advertising agencies with successful national campaigns for Volkswagen and Avis Rent A Car... View Details
Keywords: Services
William Durant
Beginning his career as a carriage and wagon manufacturer, Durant made the switch to automobile manufacturing in 1904 by reorganizing a failing Buick Motors. He believed that the key to success in the automobile industry was creating an... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- Profile
Olujimi Williams
Even in the earliest stages of his progress, Olujimi Williams’ career has been distinguished by his ability to find and make connections within skills, among people, and across ideas. As an undergraduate at the University of Manchester in... View Details
William Fox
Fox pioneered the vertical integration of the film industry by merging production, distribution, and exhibition under single ownership. Fox, along with Adolph Zukor, of Paramount Pictures, is largely recognized for making Hollywood the... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- Portrait Project
Sydney Williams
department, and finding opportunities for Cole’s advancement were just some of the steps in bringing back his humanity. The physical separation from his harassers plus the years’ worth of bad reviews and no annual raises given to Cole’s attackers were not sufficient.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
won’t do the kind of work that is necessary to make progress on our most intractable challenges. Society pays a high price for randomization of research support — a fact that, sadly, is not recognized by the public, the media, or... View Details
- Profile
Brittany Williams
Every summer from 7th grade through her senior year in high school, Brittany Williams went to science camp. “I was the kid who went to the NASA space camp—for fun!” Brittany enrolled at the University of Virginia to study aerospace... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services