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Oliver Bladek
can be successful in influencing and leading others using speech. I'm much more confident, poised, and I now feel like a true professional. How has your HBS experience shaped... View Details
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
Nigerian instant noodle company, Tolaram Industries, which built its own transportation system and power plants to support its operations without having to depend on the unreliable municipal View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Alex Roth
For four years, Alex Roth studied chemistry at Oxford. But instead of following the traditional path to the PhD, Alex took a position with Procter & Gamble where held positions in Finance and Marketing. "I want to marry science... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
Democracy has a dirty little secret. Despite the fever pitch over presidential primaries this year, the truth is there are few people actually voting. Before the most recent round of voting, only some 11 percent of eligible Democrats voted in the primaries, View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
Pricing the Right Price for You? Not every industry or company can benefit from performance-based pricing. But where there is a fit, PBP can be a powerful tool that merges the interests of buyers and... View Details
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Maren Quezada
When Maren Quezada was eighteen, her parents took a trip from their home in Peru to the United States. “We didn’t know their plans at the time,” she says. “I thought it was a vacation, but it was a life in a new home.” Maren hadn’t completed college yet, didn’t speak... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
campaign finance reform? I'm very supportive of it. Money is way too important here in Washington. People who contribute the most influence legislation the most. And that's obviously contrary to our... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) via a vote of the public. The RPS requires utilities to produce a specific percentage of power from renewable sources, and because of the ballot measure's popularity View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
can you do? Every time you spend your money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world that you want. And the exciting part about this is we've had the power ... as consumers, we've had the View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In Service of Others
decisions you made, where your word is your bond,” says Zak. About eight weeks into his first year at HBS, Zak began to appreciate the extraordinary power of engaging with his classmates and professors. “I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Case Study: Citizen Buffett
the Washington Post and sports mogul John Henry's purchase of the Boston Globe, there has been much speculation lately about the trend of well-heeled investors making bets on the future of print media. Yet Esty says the View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
top biotech managers, companies leave an imprint of their worldview on young executives through such things as the firm's structure, strategy, and culture. There is a GE imprint, an IBM imprint, a Bain imprint—all of which View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
experiences or opportunities at HBS that influenced your work on the plan? Arvind Krishnamurhty A: Both our prior business experience and our HBS experiences have been instrumental in creating the plan View Details
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
New School
that creates research-based print and online instructional and assessment tools for US students and teachers, quickly gathered his executive team. “I want you to be prepared to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
for Integrated Electronics), Grove started as director of operations before rising through the ranks to COO in 1979. For the next two years he presided over an all-out crusade with the fearsome name of Operation CRUSH. Powered by Intel’s... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
and Fortune ranked her among the 50 most powerful women in American business. Business Week said you had "worked magic" at Banana Republic. What has your strategy been? I would love to take the credit for... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
crumbles them once and for all. “Is it good if the power is being shifted to larger players like Google and Facebook which have first-party data? That remains a big question.”... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
Enterprise’s Innovator of the Year in 2013. The year before that she was chosen Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation and in 2011 was named one of the “10 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs” by... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai
waste picker who collects them from local households. The business in turn cleans and strips the boxes down to resell them to local businesses who use them informally as transportation and stock storage.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Rethinking Call Centers: Effective Delivery of Service is Key
services industry, where call centers have moved beyond their most obvious function -- as low-cost channels for resolving a myriad of customer concerns -- to become a powerful means of service delivery with the potential to generate... View Details