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- 01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
provide more efficient and customized services. What are some of the changes in the Admissions area? This year we are putting more resources into marketing - both to the world in general and, in particular, to underrepresented groups that...
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Patrick Moreton
small towns. But Wal-Mart’s success suggests that the benefits of this type of consolidation — efficiencies related to being big — outweigh its costs, at least in the eyes of individual consumers, who apparently see it as a net gain....
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- 17 Mar 2015
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The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
that problem, and all I found were innovations in textbooks or classroom management; people were bringing radical efficiencies to a failed model. Then I met Avi, who had taught himself how to code as a kid and had an amazing career...
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- 26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
the reduction in emissions as we might expect. And even residential building energy use, food and drink, a shift away from dining and restaurants, which are generally less efficient in their energy use than homes. And some reduction in...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
about how do you get a monopoly to behave in a manner that treats its customers with respect, that drives efficiency and innovation as it would if it was competing for its business and for its life. If you'd asked me would I want to do...
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- 22 Jan 2018
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
grow from 7.2 million globally in 2013 to 12.9 million by 2035. Our clear and concise educational videos—most of which are freely available on YouTube and Wikipedia, as well as our personalized learning platform—provide a strong didactic foundation for trainees so that...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
(measured in number of barrels produced), efficiency (cost per barrel), and reliability (production “up” time) came to exceed the industry’s previous benchmark. What did the men think of the changes? Everyone we talked to preferred the...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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Books
how individuals can capitalize on the new, equal-opportunity economy and all of its exciting possibilities. Davis and Meyer describe a world in the not-so-distant future in which we will trade everything of value -- including human capital, talent, and other...
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- 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation
"green" and competitive. In the September-October 1995 Harvard Business Review, Porter (with coauthor Claas van der Linde) argues that by creatively and proactively attending to environmental exigencies, companies are likely not only to eliminate waste and use...
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- 24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine
produce antibodies. In this way, Bancel hoped, Moderna would be able to develop vaccines more quickly and inexpensively than other companies and create a diverse portfolio of products. Second, the production of mRNA was more efficient...
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- 28 May 2019
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
fastest crew is the most efficient at moving through the water—but not necessarily the strongest.” Dream denied: “Due to a mixture of bad luck and politics, our crew didn’t get to go to the Olympics. That was a very tough moment. What...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Five Bright Ideas
learn (or review) and then points to what the student should next master to proceed most efficiently to his or her knowledge goal. FAST FACT: Knewton was named a 2011 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. DATA POINT: In a...
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- 01 Oct 1998
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A Community Investment
issues that should be left to government? Ince: One of the profound changes over the last 25 years has been the gradual shift of power from the public to the private sector. The assumption has been that the private sector can do it better, and the market mechanism is a...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Leading Boston and Beyond
innovative IT department focused on using technology to increase citizen engagement and the efficiency of city services. Their flagship project, the Citizens Connect app (recently rebranded as BOS:311), sends residents’ issues into the...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research
opportunities to use new technologies for enhancing financial inclusion. By working with communities of crypto business practitioners, the researchers aim to help shape the way this industry evolves, inform regulators, and improve the View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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Made in the USA
Centralizing operations in an expanded version of its Reeseville plant (located in the town’s old high-school building) will allow efficiencies that will fuel further growth and local job creation. In conjunction with the project, local...
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- 16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice
communication, networking, and policy advocacy. As COO, Brooks is the steadying force who keeps the ship on course, by overseeing strategic planning, operations, and finances, as well as evaluating programs to determine what is working well and ways in which operations...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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Letters
efficiency and economy in the military. Primary objectives included, would you believe, the initiation of double-entry accounting! This project obviously led to his later assignment in 1965 as assistant secretary of defense (comptroller)....
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- 01 Mar 2013
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A Healthy Profit
continuous efficacy and efficiency improvements that poverty-reduction initiatives must have to succeed," says Antares cofounder and HBS senior lecturer Michael Chu. Chu speaks from personal experience. After leaving a lucrative Wall...
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- 01 Apr 2001
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Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk William K.L. Fung (MBA 1972): E-Commerce and View Details