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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
there isn’t a better fit out there, or you realize there is something else you should pursue.” Before the Carnegie Corporation, you were at the Ford Foundation for 13 years, as a portfolio strategist and senior manager of private equity.... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Incentives and Operational Excellence
important reason, but by no means the only one, he added. Others include communication problems, a lack of hierarchy for resolving issues—think of Ford and Firestone, and the finger-pointing on both sides—and the potential for data... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
aftermath of World War II, government funding for scientific research increased and large corporations followed suit, with firms such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Ford establishing dedicated centralized science labs that put few... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
example of cutting-edge practice in private equity. The first of a two-part series on the Hertz LBO, adopts the perspective of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the leader of a private equity consortium bidding to buy Hertz from Ford in an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
Photographed by Luciano Munhoz From her São Paulo office, Claudia Sender (MBA 2002) has a clear view of the Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, a spectacular 450-foot-tall structure of yellow steel cables laid over an X-shaped support tower that spans the Pinheiros River... View Details
- 27 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
over the next decade or so, where more and more things that are considered creative breakthroughs will be made by people whose names are never going to be known as famous individuals,” says Amabile, a Baker Foundation Professor and the Edsel Bryant View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Rob Self (MBA 2021) – Integrating Climate into Consulting
issue. What were you doing prior to HBS? What made you decide to go to HBS? Before HBS, I worked as an engineer at Ford Motor Company. I enjoyed working on projects and building things, but as I started charting out my career path, I... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
Association of Thailand Hosts Collis for Strategy Talk David J. Collis (MBA 1958), the Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Adjunct Professor of Business Administration within the Strategy Unit at HBS, treated about 70 HBS alumni and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban
Faculty George F. Baker Professor of Administration Das Narayandas Senior Associate Dean, External Relations and Harvard Business Publishing Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration Dear members of the HBS community, As a... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
including Hewlett-Packard, Ford Motor Company, Kirin Brewery Co., and Procter & Gamble - that have successfully implemented such systems. Cost & Effect describes systems that help frontline employees to improve their daily operations and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
When I worked for Ford Motor Company years ago, we partnered with UPS quite successfully for supply chain and logistics improvements. They should focus on their core business and let the experts help with logistics and supply chain.... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
way it’s been for more than 100 years. Cars today, he says, are essentially produced the same way Ford made the Model T. “But what if we made cars differently?” Rogers gathers speed. What if we assumed that people didn’t care about steel?... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
Casey Foundation; and Deborah Winshel (MBA 1985), Global Head of Social Impact, BlackRock, Inc. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker began the final day’s sessions with a fireside chat on “Partnering for Systemic Change” alongside HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
about hedge fund managers and private equity managers raking in billions while decimating companies and destabilizing markets more than we worry about whether the CEO of Ford took home a few paltry millions while actually running a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
AMABILE: A decade of research shows that to be creative, people need to feel good about their work. After thirty years of research, I am still passionate about creativity,” says Teresa M. Amabile, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
did a study on Gucci and it reminds me a little bit of Gucci. Jobs has a passion and love of details like Tom Ford had at Gucci. Steve Jobs, in some ways, reminds me more of Tom Ford than Bill Gates or... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
mainstream consumers, not just environmentally conscious buyers and early adopters. Tesla’s forthcoming Model 3 boasts a 215-mile range and a $35,000 pre-incentive asking price. Virtually every major automaker now has an ambitious global electrification agenda. View Details
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
rewarded by GE. In contrast, a supplier of circuit boards to Ford Motor Company was never able to overcome a preoccupation with the contract terms. The supplier's failure to manage effectively this aspect of an otherwise promising... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
property technology for the Built World. The firm’s Climate Tech fund looks to invest in technologies built to help the real estate industry reduce its carbon footprint to zero and adapt in the face of a changing climate. Mike's role prior to HBS was a Mobility... View Details
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2024, over 100 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that students worked at this summer... View Details