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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Lesson Plans
“I think it's a combination of two things,” he says. “First, people have the time, because they're stuck at home. Second, there’s a lot of economic uncertainty, and people are worried about their job security.” In this interview, Mullane discusses the lessons and the... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
(MBA ’82) (FT Press) Companies that cannot change in response to market disruptions die. Other companies that respond eventually survive but see their profits squeezed, their growth flattened. The long-term winners are companies that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
Russian gas. And, he says, another part of Gazprom’s long-term strategy is “to build up its LNG capacity so it can export to regions it cannot reach by pipeline.” Despite these moves, Abdelal downplays fears of Russian expansionism.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
quarterly earnings reports, reflecting the complexity of corporate restructurings and other long-term growth strategies. There are important implications of these differences for public company boards, even though they operate with a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia
can be an effective tactic: “People are more likely to support energy policies that have initial costs and long-term benefits when the policies will be implemented in the future — even in the near future — rather than today.” Related... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
it has been challenging to balance all of the above with fundraising simultaneously. Thanks to our user traction, however, we have been able to raise sizable capital through inbound inquiries from prominent investors as well as recommendations.” What are your short-... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
awarded more than $35 million to 51 early-career researchers, making a long-term investment in the most promising scientists in the field. “The grants they provided are high-octane fuel,” says Dr. Mark Johnson, one of the early recipients... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Expanding the brand of the country’s largest magazine publisher
Inc., the country’s largest magazine publisher, until her retirement in 2010. In her keynote address to the W50 Summit, a 2013 celebration of the 50th anniversary of women in HBS’s two-year MBA Program, Moore advised: “Where you are headed is more important than how... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
the second day of the workshop, Popik met Steve Mott, a nuclear engineer who works at the Palo Verde Generating Station, in Arizona, the largest nuclear power complex in the United States. Mott told Popik about a particularly terrifying threat: the View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
with the oil crises of the 1970s, but unlike the United States, where the government invested hundreds of millions in technology development, the Nordic country saw more organic and long-term growth. Its smaller private firms focused on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
become even more closely linked, I believe the long-term benefits of these efforts will be significant. Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Values Our Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Values (CGLV) (see www.cglv.hbs.edu) workshops... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Protecting conservation land while turning a profit
acres over the past 15 years. The firm is co-managed by David Hoffer (AB 1990, MBA 1995, JD 1996). Hourdequin is passionate about long-term land stewardship and believes that Lyme’s conservation strategies help to align financial goals... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Rolling Stock in Baker Exhibit
railroads helped shape modern capitalism. With the Pennsylvania Railroad alone employing over 110,000 workers by 1891, railroads’ sheer size required a new breed of managers who could conduct daily supervision as well as long-term... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
(His long-term plan puts Faction brand sales somewhere in the middle of that first band of revenues.) User experience plays a key role in differentiating Faction’s product, with communication feeding directly into product design and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
going to do in the next quarter and how individual companies are going to do in the short term. We believe in a system that puts a certain amount of pressure on people to perform. But the question is, Is that pressure causing people to forget about the View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty
grow up in home environments that complement investments in human capital,” the authors state. “You can’t fix it by simply reducing credit constraints and giving people more access to funds,” Kominers says, adding that the researchers tested this. A better View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices
States will continue to play the role of swing supplier for years to come. And because improving technology will allow the North American oil and natural gas production sector to respond ever more quickly to global demand spikes, this trend of lower oil and gas prices... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
edition, with a new preface by authors Michael L. Tushman and Charles A. O'Reilly III, reveals why short-term corporate success often increases the chance of long-term failure. Drawing on lessons from firms worldwide, this book provides... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
meeting the expectations of security analysts. What’s wrong with focusing on the short term? If you do it long enough, it will destroy long-term value. You stop investing in R&D, stop being innovative, stop expanding sales forces, stop... View Details
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
A closer look at the industry of beauty
long-term interest in globalization, consumer products, and entrepreneurship. Using the lens of history, he traces the industry's growth from disrepute to worldwide influence and chronicles the entrepreneurs—often social "outsiders"—who... View Details