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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
hotel/airfare/car rental are not fundable unless each component of the expense can be identified. For foreign travel, exchange rates must be included, and the amounts must be calculated into U.S. dollars. Airline & Train Expenses Airline...
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (210) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive...
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- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
Summing Up Crucibles of leadership are where you find them—or they find you. And business schools rarely create them, at least according to the respondents to the October column. Perry Miles put it most succinctly when he said, "A...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage
building skills and business savvy, Linzmeyer created a business plan for Reveler Beverage and found the ideal location for their first store in Needham. Then he and Kate took...
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- 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Teaching note for case 314029. Following a successful military career as an Army Nurse, achieving rank as Major General, becoming the first female Acting Surgeon General of the Army, and the 22nd Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, Pollock developed a vested interest in...
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Health Care;
Health Care Education;
Insurance Companies;
Military;
Leadership Skills;
Health Care and Treatment;
Education;
Insurance;
Business Startups;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Change Management;
Health Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Tessa Natanay Hamilton, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired." Harvard Business Publishing Teaching Note 316-036, 2016. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- 2007
- Book
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession
By: Rakesh Khurana
Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform....
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Social History;
Business Education;
Moral Sensibility;
Profit;
Leadership;
Managerial Roles;
United States
Khurana, Rakesh. From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. (Winner of Association of American Publishers Best Professional/Scholarly Publishing Book in Business, Finance and Management. Winner of Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship for the book which makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship on organizations, occupations, and/or work presented by American Sociological Association.)
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Supporting Careers | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
understanding of the complexities of leading in the social sector. Who Gets that Opportunity Right Out of Business School Clive Chang Making an Impact Multiple Students Summer Fellows The Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply...
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- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
every day. Not so well by us in the business school field, but in the training of genuine people-handlers like nurses and social workers." Others responded to questions posed (whether or not they...
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by James Heskett
- July 2013
- Supplement
Interview with Bill Allen and Maria Pejter: A.P. Møller - Maersk Group
By: Boris Groysberg
In 2012, Bill Allen and Maria Pejter, of Maersk Group's Human Resources Department, sat down to consider some key aspects of Maersk's talent management strategy. In this video, Allen and Pejter discuss in some greater detail some of the challenges they faced as...
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Organizational Development;
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Organizational Change And Transformation;
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Hiring;
Employee Training;
Strategy;
Selection and Staffing;
Talent and Talent Management;
Training;
Retention;
Diversity;
Denmark
Groysberg, Boris. "Interview with Bill Allen and Maria Pejter: A.P. Møller - Maersk Group." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 413-710, July 2013.
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
concerned about the outcomes of business practices and products on our global society, and evaluate leaders accordingly." Yadeed Lobo commented that "the mark of a great leader is the impression they leave on any employee."...
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by James Heskett
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
To be successful, companies must build trust with their employees and consumers. But how can companies do so in these turbulent times when they are being pulled in many directions all at once? First, businesses must realize that trust is...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
interests of the United States,” and “opposes undue burden on members of our community.” As of this writing, the signatories include some 50 Nobel Laureates and more than 14,800 faculty members at US colleges and universities. Harvard View Details
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
leadership among the business community by founding the Ebola Private Sector Mobilization Group (EPSMG). Our project evaluated the role that AM and EPSMG played during the Ebola crisis in Liberia. Measuring the "Impact" in Impact...
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Course Services | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Library Databases Ask Us Special Collections Fast Answers All Services Hours Plan Your Visit Exhibits Hollis Working Knowledge HBS Home About Academic Programs Alumni Faculty & Research Baker Library Campaign Harvard Business Review...
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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Post An Independent Project Independent Projects provide second-year HBS students with the opportunity to earn academic credit while they apply their skills to the real-world challenges facing organizations. Under faculty supervision,...
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- 19 Aug 2016
- News
Lending a Hand to Small Businesses in Emerging Markets
lenders a better understanding of both the skills and the personality of loan applicants. Based on psychometrics research conducted at the Harvard Center for International Development, the questions on this test seek not to mimic the data...
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- October 2016
- Case
The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, LA Fitness was the largest chain of non-franchised fitness clubs in North America, operating 676 clubs, serving 4.9 million members, and generating revenues of over $1.9 billion. Founded by Chinyol Yi, Louis Welch, and Paul Norris in 1984, the privately held...
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24 Hour Fitness;
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Buildings and Facilities;
Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
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Multinational Firms and Management;
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness." Harvard Business School Case 717-424, October 2016.
- December 3, 2014
- Article
Family Businesses Need One Person to Conquer and Another One to Rule
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
This article explores the different leadership styles needed in family businesses beyond the traditional "conqueror" archetype. While conquerors are growth-focused and hands-on, rulers are essential for managing complexity, focusing on governance, and addressing family...
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Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Family Businesses Need One Person to Conquer and Another One to Rule." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 3, 2014).
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Building Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
seat of Daniel Patrick Moynihan. With the slogan 'Muriel Siebert Knows the Economy and How to Put It to Work for You', she positioned herself as a skilled businesswoman who could make the hard decisions in a time of economic malaise. She...
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Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems Course Number 1524 Associate Professor Ethan Rouen Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits28 SessionsExamQualifies for Management Science Track Credit Free market Capitalism is one of...
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