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- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
from wind, and realistic predictions indicate the average will reach 20 percent by 2020. “The progress we’ve seen in Texas itself is a combination of good resources, good infrastructure, and friendly permitting policies,” he stresses. “And it’s supported by national... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
vans because back in the 1960s and ’70s—and still now—there was no way to reach the consumer who shopped at mom-and-pop stores. Today their distribution networks are formidable barriers to entry for most competitors in their segments.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
environment for each person. With junior employees, it’s helpful to build camaraderie by having substantial in-person interaction, and location concentration allows for this. With several locations distributed geographically, OnRamp will... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
television. We were a cable television company. So the first thing is we had to create a unique distribution model. Many of them still watched broadcast TV, so first we had to convince Viacom to allow us to acquire broadcast stations in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
Entertainment, HBS professor Anita Elberse documents the powerful, long-term success of high-investment, high-reward entertainment products, including movies. "She's absolutely right," says Lopez. "Those big successes spin off cash like... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
Google, Microsoft, Airbnb, American Express, and Uber extending work-from-home policies well into 2021 and beyond, the reality of remote work is here to stay. Touching on issues of trust, productivity, and digital tools for connection and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
The awarding of “up-front” bonuses — before cash and profits from commercial endeavors — invites employees to maximize their short-term interests while compromising the company’s long-term interests. Systems of reward that ignore... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
country has 20 million affluent households, growing at 15 percent per year, with an annual income of $10,000 to $60,000. While deregulation in recent years had created an explosion in financial products to choose from, distribution... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
commitment to another level. Our goal is to do everything we can to achieve progress on each of the targeted pillars, and we will work tirelessly to make real change.” The 10-year initiative, comprised of $20 million in cash and $5... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
for reliable, affordable water service. Nearly two of every three gallons of water pumped through the dilapidated distribution system were lost or stolen. Desperate for a remedy, the Philippine government invited the private sector to... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
the beginning, but it gets easier. Are there any large deals to be made that could solve cash flow issues? —Johan Pensar (OPM 41, 2011) I think this is a clear example of mistaking a better product with market fit. Patel identified his... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
point-of-sale systems at the retail stores. They had some policies that were interesting. One of the policies is, they cleared the POS systems every night. They’d wipe the hard drives, just in case someone... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
Deserve Gender Equity campaign in New York City, an effort to shift the harsh disciplinary policies that have disproportionately led to girls and gender-nonconforming students of color being pushed out of schools. In Massachusetts, the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Threat in Africa by James M. Hawes (MBA 1971) and Mary Ann Koenig Skyhorse Publishing Sometime in 1965, James Hawes landed in the Congo with cash stuffed in his socks, morphine in his bag, and a basic understanding of his mission: recruit... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Broken Link
innovative tools that help them explore, learn, and create. And teachers can better identify when a student might need a little extra help,” says Sara Kloek, director of education policy at the Software & Information Industry Association.... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
secure vaccines for the UK as soon as possible. The second was to ensure equitable and fair distribution internationally, and the third was to put plans in place to make sure the UK was better set up for next time. In seven months, we’ve... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
economics course, the premed student — whose third language is English, after Russian and Armenian — was instantly heading in a new direction. “I just fell in love,” she says. “I did some research on education policy and its impact, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
“Englishnization” requirement—the subject of an HBS case study—includes programs designed to help staff pass proficiency tests. Admitting the policy is “drastic” and “controversial,” Mikitani says simply: “If we want to have one single... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
years” in a Financial Times poll of 4,000 executives. He recently spoke about the public policy and business challenges ahead. U.S. consumers complain loudly that prescription drugs cost too much. What’s your response? We have a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
tempered by substantial risks for businesses and investors looking to cash in on China’s economic renaissance. Over the course of the three-day Global Leadership Forum, twenty HBS faculty members and thirty U.S. and Chinese business... View Details