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- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose
electrical systems went all the way back to my childhood. I think I bumped my knee one time, and my grandfather used an ohmmeter as a faux healing tool and said, ‘see when that needle moves, that’s going to make you feel better.’ And, of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Dean Clark Addresses Journalists
HBS experience. As for the “barrel,” Clark observed that HBS and other business schools can also make important contributions by studying ways to design markets more effectively, reduce conflicts of interest, and build stronger governance institutions. Noting that the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
employers. While 93 percent of senior executives surveyed indicated satisfaction with the health-care insurance options they offer their employees, 46 percent said they would be receptive to a defined contribution system - often because... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
different, right? They're smart. But they're much less trusting of the system, right? DM: Hm. JI: They don't think that the system is capable of necessarily solving problems. So they need to figure it out on their own. So they're more... View Details
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
those thousands of pieces, they start moving through the plane's wing and through the plane itself like shrapnel from a bomb. And they start cutting through hydraulics lines and fuel lines. Ultimately, it knocked out, in just under 30 seconds, 12 of the 14 View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
revenue.) The exchange and nearby buildings were checked for safety and cleaned up, power was reestablished, and computer systems tested and retested over the weekend. On Monday, September 17, Lhota stood by as the bell rang to open the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Tapping into more effective water technologies
market opportunities." Shenkar is seeing early leaders in water-quality monitoring, filtration, disinfection, and desalination. Smart grid water systems are spotting leaks and saving water as well as energy, and governments from Singapore... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
froze the issuance of new non-state licenses. The government noted it was likely a temporary measure—an effort to perfect the system and root out any corruption. For Gordon and the other entrepreneurs operating in Cuba, it was another... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
increasing the overall profitability of the concession. "I like to fix things," Richardson reflects. "I'm attracted to unstructured environments where I can solve problems and create systems that help businesses operate more efficiently."... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
intended) of Foxwoods than Bretton Woods, it is the bankers who have scared the rest of us to death. A measure of that concern can be found in the work of Professor David Moss, an expert on systemic risk in financial markets and an... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A bold experiment in education
city after the first year, on track to move the school from an “F” to a “C” in two years. London’s Sunday Telegraph declared NOCP “part of the boldest experiment in education reform seen in the United States.” Says Kleban: “We are part of a broader revolution to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Online Fashionistas
“A lot of the brands love the fact that our Web site is private like a very contained platform in which we could sell their goods. It was actually very easy once we got the system up and running to get amazing designers, not only women’s... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
Group (CRG) has helped faculty members source case leads beyond traditional networks. With the support of the Global Initiative and Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, the CRG has created a new case tracking system to help match faculty... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
world, the AMP program underscores the necessity of a global perspective and an understanding of different cultures and markets." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "The free market is the best system for allocating resources, but never forget... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
patients. Fortunately, I am a member of an MBA alumni association that has addressed the problem of providing the Egyptian health care system with ventilators, which are prohibitively expensive and have been in short supply since the... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
search for treatments, and the desperate lack of critical data. “Right now we’re plagued by a paucity of proper data,” says Seftel. “We need expanded diagnostics to determine who has been infected and how their immune system has... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
For example, in “Reimagining Capitalism,” Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, examined how the private sector might play a major role in driving the systemic change needed to address big problems like... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Transforming the IRS
over the next five years transformed almost every aspect of the sprawling agency, from its antiquated IT systems to its internal management structures. Many Unhappy Returns (HBS Press, 2005) is his insider account of a mission that seemed... View Details
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
self-service kiosk system that evaluates and buys back used cell phones and MP3 players from consumers for cash. Found currently in southern California, Kaplan expects this concept to roll out as well. Kaplan recently returned to HBS for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
existing electronic system for tracking opioid prescriptions. Today the group will have the chance to review a bill from the office of Georgia State Senator Renee Unterman, chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. She now... View Details