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- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
offered by the CMOS technology. And he committed additional resources only when the management team identified and began developing new markets. Rather than pour money into the initial framing, he helped... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
assess their reading and listening comprehension of business English, and to continue to take the test until they pass. A second phase involved bringing in lecturers to discuss how to study English and manage learning the language. The... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
picked up his desk and a few chairs and moved across Independence Mall to his new office at the Opera Company. "I was back at my same desk but in a different business," he says. The contrasts with the private sector were stark, but not surprising. The Opera had a much... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
concern. While operating in Chapter 11, the company pays no interest on its pre-petition debts, freeing up cash that can be reinvested in the business. Moreover, any new money that the company borrows during bankruptcy must be repaid... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
Professor Jeffrey F. Rayport and John Hagel III (MBA '77, JD '78), a principal in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office, detail how managers will resolve the upcoming tug-of-war over this valuable information asset. Until recently,... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
First, there was no standard to evaluate the CIP managers at the division level, so a 60 percent execution rate, for instance, might conceivably seem “good enough.” Second, the way the money was being... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
exactly like fire insurance. On any given day, you won't see any benefit. In fact, you could go years shelling out money for a service you aren't using. But on the day that, heaven forbid, your house does burn down, then you will... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Inner-City Advantage
Investment in the inner city can reap social rewards, but there’s real money to be made as well, agreed panelists at the 32nd annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference. Named for Fitzhugh (MBA ’33), one of the School’s first African-American... View Details
- Profile
Lucasz S. Babiarz
issues on clinical care is one of the key things that inspires Lukasz's interest in the MBA. "In the doctors' world, there's a separation of money from care," he says. "But at the Business School, you get an alternative... View Details
- Web
Leadership and Happiness - Course Catalog
falling and staying in love, loneliness in leadership, managing worldly idols (such as money and prestige), and finding your meaning in life. Grading / Course Administration: Grading in the class will run as... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
truly qualify as green—as opposed to just greenwashing—wasn’t straightforward. “There isn’t a crisp definition about what is a green bond and what isn’t,” says Serafeim, a professor in the Accounting and Management Unit. “The test we used... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
was operating as a kind of project manager for her mom—and that she was one of 66 million Americans taking care of an ill, aging, or disabled loved one—she began to build a more modern solution to care management. Wellthy provides loved... View Details
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
to explore the impact of a specific media source on the business landscape. "Depending on what the media reports on, it can actually create reputational costs for firms," says Jonas Heese, an assistant professor in the Accounting & View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
of rapid escalation and change without being hamstrung by preexisting promises. “We wanted to do whatever made it easier for MSK to receive more donations to fund more research and help more people,” observes David. The results were transformative. MSK assigned... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
even in the womb!” explains Erdoes, who heads global investments for the private bank of J.P. Morgan Chase & Company. Her job puts her in charge of more than $200 billion in assets, managed on behalf of an exclusive group of private... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
company ravaged by a massive fire. "They were very upset," says Sucher, the MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice and Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow at HBS. "What upset them was how cavalier they thought... View Details
- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
administration in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School and a general partner at Flybridge Capital. He closely studies the startup environment and draws from his experience as a venture capitalist and former... View Details
- 11 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 11
in 2007. A sizeable portion of the growth can be explained by rising asset management fees, which in turn were driven by increases in the valuation of tradable assets, particularly equity. Another important factor was growth in fees... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
it was good (or lucky) at doing something very un-machinelike: it put its money down, made a bet, and won. That was enough to get Watson through Final Jeopardy, in which Watson and the HBS team, both allowed 30 seconds, answered the same... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
alumni to work for over 250 nonprofits throughout the San Francisco Bay Area since 1986. Among the clubs that raise money for Executive Education scholarships, the HBS Club of Chicago since 2004 has sponsored two leaders annually to... View Details