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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
company embrace a more interactive model? Deighton isn’t so sure. “People don’t want to be fed a menu of books based on their past selections,” he says. “They favor serendipity — they want to be surprised and charmed.” That highlights the importance of word of mouth... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
On a Friday night in November, a capacity crowd of 12,000 spectators is settling in at Singapore Indoor Stadium, shaking off the rain from an early evening downpour typical for the start of monsoon season. They’re here for ONE Fighting Championship’s “Battle of Lions,”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Nimble, Quick, and Adaptable
(Sergey Nivens/iStock/Thinkstock) Starting a business, says HBS professor Tom Eisenmann, looks glamorous in The Social Network. “But a fair amount of it is moving boxes around. Not org chart boxes—actual boxes.” That’s the kind of insight Eisenmann says students get... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Facing Ambiguity
controls, guidelines, and training that could be put in place to improve safety. “Risk and error will never go away,” Edmondson reflects. “But we can do better. There’s a lot of room for improvement.” — Julia View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
career-oriented case that lends itself to helping students set up for interviews. And yet it touched the hearts and minds of students, which is very gratifying.” — JULIA HANNA View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
they don’t need to trade their values for value (in the words of Generation’s David Blood), however, they also come to understand that this approach has its own difficult decisions. — Julia Hanna View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
legitimate activity. People need to view the study of leadership in the same light, with outlets for publishing, doctoral programs, and opportunities for faculty research. — Julia Hanna Related Links The CEO... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
and that we still need to get around,” he notes. “When commodity prices are kept low, we have a tendency to think these things are unimportant and uninteresting, but that’s never been true.” Greater transparency may be brought about through the introduction of carbon... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
How did you become interested in the impact of high-skill immigrant labor? In the 1990s I helped develop a wireless data technology for a Korean company. The inventor was a Korean scientist living in Silicon Valley, so I spent a lot of time flying back and forth... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Art
topping out at $11,500. Factor in the number of students, faculty, and visitors to HBS who will enjoy and reflect on that art over the years, and you have a very good ROI. — Julia Hanna View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
serves on the boards of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, an experience that has opened her eyes to the fascination and frustration of local politics. “Owning this business has opened a lot of doors for me,” says Thomas.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
balance between individual rights and society’s rights. How many more secret proceedings should we allow the government? What are we willing to do to make sure we don’t have any more 9/11s, and how many rights do we have to give up? “I’ve always loved the idea of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The Maestro and the Market
norms, the elBulli case shows just how broad the spectrum for marketing a “product” can be — and that’s not a bad thing for MBAs to learn. “Marketing is a science, but it’s also an art,” Norton remarks. “Adrià says he doesn’t listen to customers, yet his customers are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
that know how to make use of your expertise and leadership positions while respecting your time constraints. Although some nonprofits view businesspeople merely as a source of donations, the best ones will recognize the value of engaging you, and know how to do it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
were still plenty of lessons to bring home from FIELD 2: “The experience of learning to work together as a team, despite our diversity of backgrounds and experiences, is something that can be applied in whatever market we choose.” —Julia View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
Courtesy Pentagram Graphic designers have created some of the world’s best-known logos, from Coke to Mercedes to McDonald’s. Yet their role in establishing a company’s identity is not always understood or valued by senior management. In “Kenny Kahn at Muzak,” HBS... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
When Linda Kanner arrived at HBS in 1973, she had two sons: Adam, three, and Ben, one. Her husband, a doctor, was moonlighting in local emergency rooms while studying for his own MBA degree at MIT's Sloan School, and Kanner was also working as a part-time consultant.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
I always knew I wanted to be in a business that made something," says Raymond Baxter with a smile. As president and CEO of Interbake Foods, Baxter gets to do just that -- and with Interbake in the cookie biz, his dedication to research and development takes on new and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Photographs by Christopher Brown/Redux Pro Not even a nighttime arrival in Mumbai, India’s bustling commercial capital of nearly 13 million people, can mask the collision of old and new that now grips the world’s largest democracy. Planes circle the airport, each... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Think Globally, Teach Locally
When HBS professor F. Warren McFarlan moved to Vevey, Switzerland, in 1973, it was his first experience living outside the United States. “I had three degrees from Harvard, and my major lifetime move had been from the western suburbs of Boston to Cambridge,” he... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna