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- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
for N=1, individuals, that customizes therapeutics. If you look at drug development thus far in the history of mankind, we’ve focused a lot of our efforts on small molecules, like pills that you would take every day—Lipitor, Viagra, these... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
from the fact that many HBS alumnae from other cities would travel specifically to New York to attend the club’s programs. When the pandemic hit, the shift to virtual programming attracted even more HBS women from around the world.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
plastics. “We’re trying to get our customers to covet this product that will help change their lives in a positive way—and make the world a better place too,” says Kauss. The world is literally drowning in plastic: Research indicates that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
1,500-person division is a leader in the emerging field of personalized medicine, which treats cancer and other diseases with customized therapies that take into account the patient’s specific genetic... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
assigned a function in production, research and development, sales and marketing, or administration. In a day-and-a-half of real time - comprising twenty-minute action rounds, planning rounds, and instruction on specific topics such as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
failures as well as successes. A final chapter examines how some companies — even whole industries, like integrated circuits — literally have shifted the locus of experimentation to their customers and created billions of dollars of new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
a large hotel chain reached out to express interest, Hoskins began to see the promise of B2B sales in the hospitality market. “They got the value right away,” says Hoskins. “It’s automatic: Your customers are healthier and getting better... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
particular attraction, as she was applying to business school, to the idea of becoming a specific type of leader. “I became convinced that I would be a turnaround CEO. I got very specific that what I wanted... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
there were great rewards for VCs who focused on a very specific investment category, such as online pet food. You could invest in five or six companies in the same area and do quite well with all of them,” he explains. Now, across the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency
speedily sourcing garments and apparel for customers in the West. Its solid reputation is based on its ability to meet required specifications at a competitive price. Fung believes his company’s levelheaded... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
survey cited specific actions their companies had implemented to remain competitive. The majority had taken steps such as improving worker training, investing in technology, growing exports, and expanding to new markets. Among the... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
Institute for Sustainable Investing, that shows that 80 percent of individual investors in those next generations are interested in sustainable investments that can be customized to meet their interests and goals. 86 percent of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
much variety. What you’re seeing now is something similar, with the rise of media targeting specific communities that have been ignored under the “most eyeballs” ad model, which involves creating content that satisfies as many people as... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
text, four HBS alumni demonstrate what they and their companies are specifically doing to promote sustainable development. Their efforts show how environmental strategies can both enhance productivity and help to ensure that the earth... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
inventory problems and dire financial crises—and whatever the symptom, the root cause was usually that the company had lost touch with its customers. “It’s one of the main reasons the country continues to fall behind,” she says. Her job was to go in, determine what the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
as sustaining creativity on the job, entrepreneurial thinking in established organizations, and the link between individual creativity and organizational innovation. While the course outlines the components necessary for individual creativity and suggests View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
cash. Hearing stories like that, Harris knows he's in the right line of work. Alameda, California–based CSECO, the world's leader in portable contraband-detection equipment, has a customer list that includes the Department of Homeland... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
that can't tell you exactly how much our customers have on deposit. We have 35-year-old systems for maintaining records on tape files. Our collection process and compliance examinations are months or years behind, largely due to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
styles are resonating with consumers. By monitoring data such as social media chatter, shared images, and Google searches, Trendalytics can identify specific trends that a brand can then use to guide everything from the product mix to... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
books, notebooks, pencils, and that kind of thing. “So we turned our focus away from being more generally involved in the community to specifically focusing on schoolchildren and trying to solve the problem for the children who just... View Details