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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
Cohen At Around 4 a.m. on August 7, 1998, a telephone wakens Bonnie Cohen in her Washington, D.C., home. It’s not the bedside phone but the secure phone upstairs in her home office not a good sign. A young operations officer reports that... View Details
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World
His broader scholarship focuses on the geography of work, particularly how location affects productivity and innovation. The ongoing rise of remote work, propelled by COVID-19, calls into question the importance of face-to-face... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them design a more sustainable operating and funding model to ensure their long-term viability within the park service. Before I started at HBS, I was a medical... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture
years as a time to experiment, to learn to launch something, but also to gain the skills on the operational side, and to expand my network. I was great at finance, I understood the healthcare market, but there was a lot of opportunity for... View Details
- Web
What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
would if the medical marketplace even remotely resembled an efficient, competitive market.” — John C. Goodman, Ph.D., President, National Center for Policy Analysis “Redefining Health Care has the makings of a classic, one that likely... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
operations, remotely disinfecting public buildings and hospitals. "The White Knight drones were in R&D for the last two years; we developed and manufactured them in the last two months in readiness to execute aerial delivery of emergency... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
opportunistic low-ball offers. Working Papers The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination By: Bormann, Sara, Jan Bouwens, and Christian Hofmann Abstract—This study examines how control elements of a firm affect coordination among profit centers. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
Yelp restaurant reviews to target hygiene inspections? “There is so much data now, it’s exhilarating—and frightening” “There is all sorts of data that is coming in now,” says Luca, “and if you use it carefully you could revamp the way that every policy is evaluated and... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
shared their insights in an hour-long conversation. “It was a rare treat to be able to spotlight Howard Stevenson, who is legend in HBS entrepreneurship,” says Klein, founder and CEO of On Grid Ventures. “Having a remote audience tuning... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
among her experience of Africa and something else emerges. The image she chooses reveals much about the spirit of the continent she has grown to love and much about her own optimism, quiet determination, and humanitarian commitment. At a View Details
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
went to Kepple Africa Ventures, a VC that invests exclusively in African startups,” said Takatsuka. “I reached out to him at the beginning of 2021 and explained that I was interested in EdTech startup operations and investment in... View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
China, saw how social e-commerce operated there, and identified an opportunity to bring a similar model to Latin America. “In Latin America, only 6 percent of the population buys online, and as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic,... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 17 May 2018
- Blog Post
HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans
preconceived notions about veterans: that we all have PTSD, are unemployed, etc. So, I’m often combatting those narratives before I can get down to the real task at hand. I’ve also had to work with a remote team to build all of our... View Details
- 30 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)
student-run company, Campus Enterprises, as the Chief Operating Officer,” Krantz shared. “The company is several different ventures under one umbrella, and I founded a new cleaning service business within it.” In her senior year, Krantz... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 11 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital
backgrounds including banking, private equity, and technology. The diversity of backgrounds is another benefit to firms as they look to fill different roles. Students with strong analytical and valuation skills will be an ideal fit for some positions, while others with... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
going to want the job due to its remote locations, potentially dangerous nature, and relentless work schedule; but finding the 10 percent who did was a great challenge I enjoyed,” she says. “The attrition in this industry is huge––30... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
decided to start Narayana Hrudayalaya. It's kind of a Robin Hood hospital. When you walk in with a heart ailment, if you can pay, you pay; if you can't pay, you get treated for free. It doesn't matter what your heart ailment is. Its View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
firms’ institution-seeking behavior by documenting how they make strategic use of weaker institutions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51721 Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
OnStar as president and CEO for 14 years. A major subsidiary of General Motors, OnStar provides in-vehicle security, navigation, remote diagnostic, and emergency services to more than 6 million subscribers. Now a senior lecturer at HBS,... View Details
- Web
Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
SHI scale its business operations in Latin America and create ventures that offset financial costs and increase farmers’ benefits. Of the eight HBS Online Community Chapters that submitted proposals, the one from Los Angeles was chosen... View Details