Newsmakers

AESC awards Bartlett

Christopher A. Bartlett, Thomas D. Casserly Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Professor Sumantra Ghoshal of London Business School have won the 2002 Award on Leadership and Corporate Governance from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) for their article “Building Competitive Advantage Through People.” The article appeared in the winter 2002 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review.

Two Harvard professors receive MacArthur grants

As part of its annual research and writing grants competition, the MacArthur Foundation has awarded grants to Associate Professor of Government Devesh Kapur, and Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology Stanley Tambiah to support projects that explore the development and understanding of key topics in global security and sustainability. This year’s competition focused on two topics, “Migration and Refugees,” and “Technological Change and Global Security and Sustainability.”

Kapur received $75,000 over a period of 18 months for “Diasporas and Development.” Tambiah will be awarded $26,000 over a period of 18 months for “Anthropological Study of the Sri Lankan Diaspora in Toronto.”