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- 01 Jun 1998
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Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
women has to meet much higher expectations than I did." But based on her own career, Graham did offer five personal qualities that are essential for enduring leadership: strong personal values; self-confidence; courage View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
contributing to both quality treatment and prevention. Young people joining a health corps for a year could be patient advocates, provide community health education, collect data, or prepare for health-care... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- Profile
LaToya Marc
Growing up in small towns in Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, LaToya Marc found her passion for social justice tempered by the practical need to make a decent living. "I was raised by a single mother who stressed the importance of... View Details
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HBS Archives Films HBS Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit More Baker Library Exhibits Baker Library Special Collectons Name Year Thesis title Harding B. Young (DCS) 1955 The Development and Administration... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
includes devices and broadband, but also the quality and usability of digital learning products. Given the systemic nature of education inequities, it’s hard to rank them. That... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
Most managers today understand the strategic implications of the information-based, knowledge-driven, service-intensive economy. They know what the new game requires: speed, flexibility and continuous self-renewal. They even are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
consumer-driven system would require transparency in health-care quality and costs. Can you imagine shopping in a supermarket where you don't know products' prices or ingredients? In the 1930s, President... View Details
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
What strategy do you use when making complex decisions? Do you burn the midnight oil to carefully weigh the pros and cons of each alternative? Or do you take your mind off the decision and follow the age-old... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
3,100 employees were displaced. Company president Aaron Feuerstein immediately announced plans to rebuild the company—and to keep all the displaced employees on the payroll in the meantime. The media hailed him as a mensch. But in making sure the new construction would... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
Customers who came in to buy from the “value offerings” were buying from the breakfast menu. Average checks and quality scores were up. It was even getting more of the millennial market to come into its... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
was a year ago. Think about what you love and what's going to be important ten years from now. Key elements in evaluating a business proposal I've always been a big "bet the jockey, not the horse" guy. Management View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
a business perspective - with a product, a customer base, and quality issues - and has helped instill that attitude in his staff. "It's all about marketing View Details
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Ben Faw
on campus, however, Ben discovered that he had underestimated the social scope of the school. “I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the number of quality people here. My only regret is that there is no way to meet all of them.” Ben has also... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
want to launch a business today in blockchain and you're a historian like me and you understand there's an opportunity. I can spend three years learning blockchain, maybe learning how to code, or I can go to... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer for the HBS Alumni Bulletin, and in July I flew from Boston to Omaha to spend a day with Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997), a professor of entrepreneurship at... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
the role of organization in regard to a business unit's success, or in the choice of which structure to use, is intertwined with a large number of other important factors. These include the strategy of the business, the quality of its... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
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Casey Gerald
iconoclastic rock climber and founder of Patagonia. Rather than a focus on the wealth creation and empire building that drives most entrepreneurs, Gerald, the co-founder and... View Details
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Print View - Course Catalog
There are two graded requirements: Class participation Final paper/project Participation is assessed more by quality and intensity of engagement than by simple quantity of... View Details
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Jeremy Andrus
subwoofer, which provided a deep, aggressive bass. It was like strapping a set of subs to your head. We wanted to give listeners a totally different headphone experience. When I first started showing the Skullcrusher, people would put them on View Details