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- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
and many other emerging markets, and know the nature of mobile money — a network business in the nexus of two highly regulated industries, banking and telecoms — this is understandable." With a father who had abandoned corporate View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
start to finish,” he says. “That’s something I picked up from General Mills: We had to be able to have that kind of traceability and accountability to consumers.” That reputation attracted the attention of the luxury conglomerate LVMH,... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
and a real appraisal of what makes a good company. How have new regulations addressed the problems you describe? There was a need to tighten up the rules across the board, and that’s been done. In the accounting industry, we have the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
amazing for India. Falls are a leading cause of emergency calls, but traffic accidents are also a huge problem. India has only 1 percent of the world’s vehicles but accounts for 6 percent of the world’s traffic accidents. As the 108... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
student, such services may be offered months prior to the orientation program. Maureen Walker reports that "some students are identified in the admissions process as people who would benefit from prematriculation skills building." These... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
call, Masha knew he would be returning home. Ndidi and Mezuo Nwuneli Cofounders, AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd. In a country where 90 percent of processed food comes from imported ingredients, AACE... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
process and rebooting your personal operating system, really are about addressing how do we make sure that our time, focus, and energy are truly ours and that we're making the best choices there? And then the third principle of people,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
development of the new Asia-Pacific Research Office. As the HBS faculty increases its activities in Asia, the School must stay in touch with academics and practitioners who live there, Hayes observed. "Perhaps in the process of getting to... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
out of the air-conditioned tractor cab to do,” he says. Hand-worked chores account for a huge portion of labor on farms, says Andersen. Take, for example, table grapes, which are picked exclusively by hand: California farmers gross... View Details
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
enthusiastically showed him the parts and assemblies they are building for various aircraft and space vehicles, as well as industrial process controls. His interest and knowledge impressed everyone,” Sherrill adds. Shih says he jumped at... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
a short, traditional text with a living website and cover such fundamental topics as accounting and tax, mortgages, capital markets, REITs and more. It also addresses the 2008 financial crisis and its impact on the real-estate profession.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
proposed new regulations: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance charges; and, when all else fails, a receivership process to restructure, sell, or liquidate a failing company. Bottom line, no firm should be too... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
for better views and more natural light. That means happier tenants who are willing to pay more for the space. Soladigm, which has a pilot manufacturing facility in California, is in the process of building a high-volume manufacturing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
as a resource for understanding and learning from business leadership legacies. “The whole process of building a canon of business leadership has been fascinating,” observes Mayo. “There are some obvious similarities in the backgrounds of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group), Bloomberg sees cities as focal points in the struggle against global warming and climate change. Urban areas are now home to half the world’s population, consume half the world’s energy, and, according to some measures, View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
instituting processes that encourage creativity and new ideas. At 3M, for example, the "15 percent rule" allows professionals to spend up to 15 percent of their time on independent projects of their own choosing. As intrapreneurship... View Details
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
Series kicked off September 15 with HBS Professor George Serafeim, who talked about his Impact-Weighted Accounts Project at HBS. Impact-weighted accounts offer a tool for measuring a company’s external... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
chairman of both the MBA and doctoral programs. Much of Christenson's research has focused on organizations as learning systems, examining the processes by which they adapt to their environments. He has also considered how... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
success in China was tough. The country may be huge, Kirkwood advised, but in an elephantine market, it was best to "be a grasshopper." And when it came to payments and accounts receivable - forget credit - "cash equals quality." Joining... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes