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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
rights? When will the division of policy authority across different government agents (e.g., federal and subnational governments, or politicians and bureaucrats) enable better policy decisions? And what are the consequences of...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
graze. “I immediately told the real estate agent that this was my dream house,” she says shaking her head, still surprised by how she let emotion cloud her usually savvy negotiation skills. Reade didn’t plan to be a farmer, but for tax...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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The Hard Way
she set out to find a three- to four-story building. At first, no real estate agent returned her calls. She chalked it up to sexism. “They weren’t taking me seriously,” Russo recalls during a recent visit to Harvard’s Kennedy School of...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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The Fight Beyond
of the country, Green tried to negotiate space on a Soviet flight. They refused the American officer’s request. “This is the final contact from here,” Green wrote on October 25, as the OSS agents destroyed classified records and gathered...
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- 01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
his first visit to the United States in 1995. "Even more breathtaking is the economic change that the Chinese have produced in their country since 1980. It speaks to an energy and entrepreneurial zeal that I find exciting." As an agent of...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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Up from the Ashes
because he prefers the other method.” Thus, “new men” founding “new firms” were still vital, but they were no longer the only agents of innovation. The same economic role could be accomplished within older and larger companies....
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- 09 Dec 2021
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Higher Returns
supporting the things that you believe in? If you're in an organization, whether you're a leader of that organization or aspire to be in a leadership position, be that value change agent in your business. You know what's coming—help your...
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- 01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
for us setting up our student union. FEBRUARY–MARCH 1968: Founding AASU READ MORE View the special online Baker Library | Bloomberg Center exhibit, Agents of Change: The Founding and Impact of the African-American Student Union Read about...
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- 01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
qualities that define a leader? Where does one find a mentor? What are the ingredients in the recipe for success? Getting beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works by Roger L. Martin (MBA 1981) and Sally R. Osberg (Harvard Business Review Press) The authors...
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- 02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising
brother-in-law. Gordon works with partners like Benedetti and the Kempinski to plan events and conferences at the hotel; today, they are discussing a joint US road show to sell Cuba as a travel destination to luxury and corporate travel View Details
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Rescue & Recovery
according to board member Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006). “It’s championing agents of change in a given country and pushing for innovation that’s in harmony with, and led by, people on the ground,” says Lemmon, an adjunct senior fellow...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc
means “May”—is told by undercover SB agents and student informers; some of it is misinformation planted by Maj through friends who pretended to cooperate with the SB to avoid arrest or the beatings for which its officers were infamous. In...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Ready for Takeoff
she wasn't taking a bus—few come to the airport to do so. Sender tracked down her flight, which had already finished boarding, accompanied her to the gate where agents were screaming the woman's name, and got her on the flight. "I...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do
preserved, Bailey believes, because it is the right thing to do. And done right, it will be transformational. “Ultimately the tourist is the agent of change,” says Bailey. “When a tourist decides that a sustainability-enhanced experience...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door
Care Act move us any closer to that approach? I agree that the individual mandate is essential. But with Obamacare, agents who don't know our individual needs are selecting plans on our behalf, and that's not consumer-driven health care....
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- 01 Mar 2007
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The Winning Season
starting pitchers became free agents at the close of the last season, casting their return in doubt (as of this writing, only one, Mark Mulder, has been re-signed). That challenge aside, new players need to be signed in other positions,...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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Local Hero
farm system, good scouting, shrewd free agent signings, and human judgment are as critical to a team’s success as fat contract offers. “ ‘Money ball’ is in vogue right now,” he adds, “and being here in Silicon Valley, of course we use...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together
Gleason, agents for corporate leadership in the social sector like Jackson, nonprofit executives like Britt, nonprofit board members, or even soup kitchen volunteers, more and more HBS alumni are finding that, as HBS professor James E....
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2006
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The Producers
simultaneously. It’s a familiar juggling act in an erratic business that can see an actor suddenly drop out or a director lose interest. “My days are endless phone calls, e-mails, reading, and meetings,” says Zee, “talking to writers, studio executives, View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
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Mission Possible
opportunities to become change agents for society by creating pattern-breaking approaches and sustainable solutions, explains HBS lecturer Stacey Childress. Unlike business entrepreneurs who are motivated by profits, social entrepreneurs...
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