Filter Results
:
(81)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (81)
- Faculty Publications (25)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (81)
- Faculty Publications (25)
- Web
Leadership - Health Care
leaders. Tracy worked in roles in non-profit mental health and pediatric rehabilitation development before finding her passion in health care and higher education. When not at HBS, she can be found spending time with her family and...
View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
their nine-year- old daughter, Justine, and eight-year-old son, David. "Right now, I see my children mostly on weekends," he notes. "I want to change that." His other enduring passion is Fountain House, an innovative rehabilitation...
View Details
Keywords:
Deborah Blagg
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
and children by not only providing medical care, but also working to rehabilitate people’s homes and provide vocational training for parents. She initially shied away from seeking help from the rich and powerful—people she saw as greedy...
View Details
Keywords:
by Jay Fitzgerald
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
media focus on another crisis, the donations tend to dry up even though, as has been noted in the case of the tsunami disaster, the long-term rehabilitation needs are vast and require a tremendous amount of funds. Q: Many cases featured...
View Details
Keywords:
by Manda Salls
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
employees, rather than doing what's necessary to rehabilitate the business." According to Gilson, this provides compelling evidence that "US bankruptcy laws and restructuring practices have played a critical role in driving the...
View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
farming communities. In 2007, the two businessmen worked with a group of Nigerian banks to complete the consolidation of a $222 million loan—the largest in Nigeria's history—to rehabilitate the Notore plant. In 2009, a decade after NAFCON...
View Details
John R. Sculley
Leaving his position as CEO of Pepsi-Cola, Sculley’s first task as head of Apple involved cutting costs and cutting people, most notably, Apple’s founder and symbol, Steven Jobs. Though the firing of Jobs was difficult for many to digest, Sculley’s View Details
Keywords:
Computers & Electronics
- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
of the same Detroit-centric product that have caused Ford's market shares around the world to erode. What do you think? Can Ford rehabilitate its global brand status? Join the discussion on Harvard Business Online.
View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)
unharmed. Confined to a wheelchair as a result of the accident but hopeful that an ongoing rehabilitation effort and prosthetic legs will permit her to walk again, Langer maintains a positive attitude. "One of my nurses," she recalls,...
View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
A Pioneer of Affordable Housing
by rehabilitating historic structures in towns and cities in the Midwest. Its work has received numerous state, local, and national awards, including two from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Today, the company focuses on...
View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Turnaround Situation
Marty Cordova (MBA 1974), a Vietnam vet who has seen good days and bad, is dedicating himself to helping other vets get their lives back together. Cordova is finance director of Rehabilitation Services and Veterans Programs (RS&VP), a...
View Details
Hale Holden
Holden’s role as a railway spokesman was his most significant mark on the development of American business. An attorney by training, Holden was instrumental in successfully arguing railway rate cases on behalf of Chicago Burlington. He also represented the industry in...
View Details
Keywords:
Transportation
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
rehabilitation projects that resulted in affordable housing, and finally took on historic rehabilitation projects by themselves, working in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Today, the company focuses on...
View Details
Keywords:
Constantine von Hoffman
Samuel M. Vauclain
States and its World War I allies, including Russia, France and Britain. Combining his vision for Baldwin with his support of post-war rehabilitation in Europe, Vauclain expanded Baldwin into 12 countries, allowing it to become one of the...
View Details
Keywords:
Transportation
Alfred N. Steele
Arriving at Pepsi after defecting from an alienating position at Coca-Cola, Steele immediately began a highly involved rehabilitation process at the battered soft drink maker. Steele installed a more autonomous management structure,...
View Details
Keywords:
Food & Tobacco
- 18 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Brand China Can Succeed
is vital that, for 2008, all Chinese raise their game, not just in competitive sport but in commerce. It would be too bad if China is the largest medal winner in 2008 but remains an also-ran in business practices. Do you think China will succeed in its effort to View Details
Keywords:
by John Quelch
- Profile
Jennifer Kelly
consultants who spent six months in Aceh, Indonesia after the devastating 2004 tsunami tore through the island. "We worked with the government, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank to build a new organization, the View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Thomas C. Høegh
countries. Høegh explains that he always tries to include a philanthropic side to his artistic endeavors: "Among those employed in my productions in Norway were rehabilitated drug addicts from a special jobs program. Having this kind of...
View Details
Keywords:
Garry Emmons
- 28 May 2019
- News
Turning Point: Into the Wild
Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa. I’ve served on the board of WildCare, an education and advocacy nonprofit based in San Rafael, California, that cares for injured and orphaned animals, which is how I became involved in rehabilitating...
View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
come at night. The spokes are community cancer centers where chemotherapy, radiation, and rehabilitation take place. As America struggles with its fee-for-service model, Amil, a Brazilian accountable-care organization that provides...
View Details