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- 07 Mar 2013
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U.S. Crises Like Villain in a Horror Movie: Rivkin
- 04 Nov 2018
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Why Large Companies Continue To Struggle With Innovation
- 01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center
C.D. ("Dick") Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), the recently retired president of the University of North Carolina, has made a lifelong habit of answering what he terms "life's cold calls of responsibility." To a gathering of graduating HBS...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2007
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Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered
examined four U.S. industrial giants from the 1900s to the 1940s, focusing on the executives who devised the decentralized, multidivisional structure of the large corporation. In Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism, he...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News
(PhDOB 2019) has studied the issues facing local papers from multiple angles. Now, as cofounder and CEO of the National Trust for Local News, she has developed a first-of-its-kind model to preserve local news as a public good. The premise of the National Trust is to...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision
Illustration by PJ Loughron Illustration by PJ Loughron How has your experience as Dean of the School differed from your experience as a member of the faculty? Being on campus and engaging with faculty, staff, and students is something I have done for many years, and...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next
where she has advocated for the nonprofit to reevaluate its hiring and human resources. She speaks often of her "ovarian lottery ticket," deploying the Warren Buffett term for those born into lives of opportunity. Her philanthropy,...
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- 01 Feb 2002
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Driven
emerged. Next, they analyze the origins of the four drives mentioned above and discuss their role in everyday life. The authors then look at the drives in terms of their relationship to human culture, emotions, and skills. Finally, they...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management
researchers found that companies with a strong purpose came in two main forms: those with high camaraderie among its employees, and those with high clarity from management about worker expectations and future plans. This latter group saw improved financial performance,...
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Erin Peterson
- 01 Jun 2004
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New MBA Leadership Course
into three interrelated parts. First, students learn about the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of companies and their leaders. Next, they look at organizational systems and governance structures that can foster responsible...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged
rapid-charging stations capable of recharging a vehicle’s battery in minutes rather than hours—has been a “primary inhibitor” of mass-market adoption. Juan Camargo (MBA 2012), senior manager for value strategy at Cox Automotive—which owns Autotrader and Kelley Blue...
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- 01 Mar 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)
art. “Even though you can’t apply sophisticated financial models to it or the complex structures that I learned in Production and Operations Management,” he says, “art is a business.” And Deitch, in his three-plus-decade career as an art...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2009
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A Modern-Day Classic
the exception of some work done on multinational corporations by HBS professor emeritus Chris Bartlett. It’s only recently that there’s been a resurgence of interest. We wanted to capture that moment.” Lawrence and Lorsch’s book essentially defined a field, introducing...
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- 01 Feb 2002
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The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
HBS professors emeriti Stephen A. Greyser and James L. Heskett, explores strategic concepts in areas such as mission, organizational structure and alliances, and financial management and control.) "The fellowship really uses our Harvard...
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- 01 Feb 1999
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New Releases
which looks at the roles of three management groups: worldwide business managers, country or regional managers, and worldwide functional managers. A second new chapter, "Managing the Transformation Process," outlines the structural and...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2014
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Research Brief: Capitol Gains
states in terms of agriculture as a percentage of state GDP—all six of their senators voted for the bill, a much higher figure than the 68 percent of senators in favor as a body. Significantly, four of the six senators were Republicans,...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
financial institutions.) Finally, prepare a long-term rehabilitation plan. For the country’s financial system, this means a new regulatory structure. “It, for sure, will be reregulated because the government had to be so deeply involved in the rescue,” said Light. “And...
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