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- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
and natural gas to more than 20 million customers in Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island—and has pledged to be net-zero by 2050. That promise keeps Judson focused on the advantages and challenges cities present in transitioning to...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)
sparkling academic career. The author of classics such as Competitive Strategy, Competitive Advantage, and The Competitive Advantage of Nations, he is widely regarded as the world's leading expert on competitive strategy for View Details
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James E. Aisner
- 23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988
service, innovation, and cross-company collaboration. “We are in the midst of a major transition that takes advantage of technology to deliver better service,” she says. Fidelity today fully reflects Johnson’s laser focus and quiet,...
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Susan Young
- 07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit
million of venture capital. Working with him was extraordinary: intense and energetic.” Over the next couple of years, NextDoor Networks raised nearly $38 million in venture capital investment before the dot-com bust of March 2000; by the time the business was acquired...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Innovation Outside the Boundaries
O’Leary, who serves on multiple corporate and nonprofit boards. “That speaks to the long-term value of taking risks and trying new ideas in crafting the MBA curriculum.” O’Leary and Thiry also appreciate the growing emphasis on...
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- 01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
Zehnder utters these words with considerable passion, since he created the unique corporate culture in which these qualities are so fundamental. In 1976, as Egon Zehnder International continued to grow and prosper, he decided to give up...
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- 01 Dec 2009
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One Man Crime Wave
exacerbated by an increasingly transient corporate lifestyle. Maybe it is a materialistic hollowness at the core of American life, or maybe it’s just men behaving badly. Whatever it is, and MacDonald suggests it is all of them, as a...
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- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
imperative that we engage immediately with each of these challenges—individually and collectively. The decisions we make about how to manage our investments, our business operations, our supply chains, our people, and our corporate...
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- 01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)
world are stronger than one might think. "The topic of my thesis is actually very hot in business economics today. I analyzed the effects of large-scale privatization in the ancient corporate world. Roman society was highly privatized -...
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- 01 Jun 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books
shepherded a multinational corporation to record earnings. A fascinating and engaging memoir from one of America’s leading female executives, Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? is an inspiring and uplifting true story of how an ordinary...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Inside Executive Search
How do executive search firms work? It’s well known that most senior management, CEO, and board positions are filled by these organizations, but given the confidential nature of their work, they often conduct their business with utmost discretion. Influencing the...
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- 01 Apr 1999
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Short Takes
the 'best game in town' for using information resources to realize strategic advantage in serving customers." The Spotlight and the Bottom Line Do multinational corporations concern themselves with improving...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2008
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America the Difficult
are. They appear to systematically earn low returns on their investments in American corporate assets. The returns on American inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) are highly distinctive for two reasons. First, they are systematically...
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- 01 Dec 2002
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Fall Reunions
reunions held October 3–6. Attendees took advantage of the opportunities to return to the classroom, mingle with old friends and faculty members, and make new acquaintances. In his welcoming remarks, Dean Kim B. Clark discussed the...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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How DC is Taxing the Country
corporate tax code (perhaps “the single most powerful step to improve America’s economic trajectory almost immediately”). The authors argue that while all eight issues enjoy some measure of bipartisan support, the gridlock in Washington...
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Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 1998
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Short Takes
Who Benefits from Bonuses? Over the past decade, senior corporate executives have been earning record-high bonuses in record-high numbers. What accounts for this striking increase? Do bonuses motivate executives and enhance organizational...
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Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2016
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Takeaways
leads to action that produces needed results.” —Professor emeritus John Kotter (DBA 1972), That’s Not How We Do It Here!, a book written in fable form “It is now possible to build a new sort of firm that promotes open communication across the View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Lords of Strategy
John Weber In his new book, The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World (Harvard Business Press), Walter Kiechel III (MBA ’76) traces the rise of modern management consulting from the 1960s to the...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
take on contacting emergency first responders—have been able to use the i-lab as a base to grow, taking advantage of its facilities, programs, and connections. “Again and again, we were blown away by the generosity of the HBS community,...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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HBS Faculty Member Honored
Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility,” the coauthors propose a way for firms to contribute to social welfare without sacrificing corporate success....
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