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- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
Summing Up Stretch—its meaning, uses, and pitfalls—could fill a book, judging from responses to this month's column. First, there appears to be limited agreement about what stretch is and how it works. Some saw it as a variation on long-range planning. Others saw it as...
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by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
Kaplan realized he had made a classic entrepreneurial mistake. He let his quest for perfection get in the way of progress. “We thought we could find the perfect location, get the right costs, the right...
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Ruzwana Bashir
decision to head to San Francisco with little more than an impressive resume and an idea. The idea for Peek came to Bashir after she had been planning a trip to Istanbul for her birthday. “I spent 20 hours looking up things to do...
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- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship
Who are you & what are you building? I am Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023), CEO and cofounder of Celeste. My background is in Mechanical Engineering and Human Centered Design, product leadership, and innovation consulting. I am originally from Mexico City, the...
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- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
wanted to work with nonprofits, and Habitat offered a way to begin learning on-the-ground skills like transporting cement blocks over crumbling roads in time to build a house. The plan after graduating from HBS was to work in the...
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Paul Flannery
- Profile
Anthony Tan
of safety issues when taking a taxi. Why don’t you do something about it?’” Tan said in a 2014 interview with the Financial Times. The tease turned into a catalyst for Tan and another HBS classmate Tan Hooi Ling, and GrabTaxi, Malaysia’s answer to Uber, was born....
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Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog
ideal if you plan to: · Grow your own business (e.g., CEO, CMO, Chief Growth Officer, Chief Customer Officer). · Assist others in growing their businesses (e.g., consulting). · Evaluate business growth trajectories (e.g., investors)....
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
Katrina knocked out operations at the New Orleans headquarters and the Long Beach plant, pushing the business to the brink. Advanced planning saved vital data and operations, but Oreck credits employees with actually saving the company....
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Matthew Boys
Matt went hands-on in Chongqing, China, where his FIELD 2 team reviewed plans for a hotel that wanted to create the right kind of experience for a growing market of professionals. “The local market already...
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- 27 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
2+2: Building on Business Basics at HBS
in marketing, so I was very lucky to get my position after graduating from college. I knew I wanted to continue this trajectory with my career, and open up as many opportunities to learn from other organizations as possible.How did knowing that you had gotten into the...
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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
church was the right move. On a typical day, the warm, affable minister might meet with a couple planning to be married, deliver communion to a housebound parishioner, help prepare a meal at a soup kitchen,...
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Susan Young
- Profile
Ann DeWitt
her desire for an education that would be immediately actionable. "I didn't need theory – I needed something rooted in practical, day-to-day decision making," says Ann. Two things convinced Ann that HBS was right for her. One...
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- 15 May 2023
- News
From Scientist to Business Leader
Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) When she was little, Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) fell in love with the hard sciences and expected to eventually go to medical school or earn a PhD. But her plans changed after college. Kim grew up outside...
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- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Applying Business Principles to Military Problems
Donald Reidy (MBA 1990) is director of strategic planning and resource allocation for the Naval Special Warfare Command, in California. In this video, he talks about applying business management principles learned at HBS to his role in...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
companies with annual revenues exceeding $85 billion. Under Schwarzman’s leadership, the firm has diversified into hedge funds, real estate, corporate debt, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. In late March, Blackstone surprised the investment world by...
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- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok—a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique aspects of New Balance's strategy—focusing on fit...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
On August 15th, Aetna announced that it would reduce by 80 percent its participation in the Obama administration’s public exchanges for health insurance policies in 2017, citing significant financial losses. The move came just a few weeks after the Department of...
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- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
on and enough customers to make it a viable business. They’re not settling for half-measures. “If we have great content but we don’t have a differentiated experience, we fail,” she says. “And the reverse is true too.” The urgency to get there first and get it View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
enthusiastic about the November event. "The presentations by HBS professors were right on the mark," said Allen W. Reedy (MBA '87), director of business planning at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in...
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Real Estate - Alumni
appreciation, and you and/or others receive an income for life. When the trust term ends, HBS receives the remainder. Retained Life Estate: You can make a gift of a personal residence now and retain the right to live there for the rest of...
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