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- 02 Mar 2016
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On Credit
dating from 1840 to 1895, housed in Baker Library’s Historical Collections. Probably not the first thing you’d pick up for beach reading. Yet once the eyes adjust, a lost world opens up. Much like ours, it’s driven by human strivings... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Mar 2025
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Uncertain Terms
for us. There is so much we can and need to do without big data, without machine learning. So much cutting-edge science can be commercialized without Large Language Models. So many low-tech processes can be View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
photo by Getty Images photo by Getty Images When Samuel Ejeh decides to open a new location for his Lagos-based supermarket chain Grocery Bazaar, he likes to move quickly. But expansion is capital-intensive, constraining his cash flow,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2004
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A Market-Based Prescription
for her innovative research and teaching on the business of health care, Herzlinger has long predicted the unraveling of managed care in the United States, along with the rise of consumer-driven health care and health-care-focused... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
customer request, instead of what the rest of the industry is doing, which is just looking at the outputs of the governmental models,” says Elkabetz. For airlines, access to more accurate weather forecasts—both short and long term—enables... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
built a $500 million auto parts manufacturing business, ASIMCO Technologies, and managed it with such dexterity that it was twice named one of the Best Employers in China. But it wasn’t easy, especially for someone who didn’t speak the... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
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The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
Julianne White (MBA 2017) is vice president for food acquisition at the Greater Boston Food Bank. How did you become interested in the food industry? “I grew up with a lot of ties to agriculture. I was raised in a small community where... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
school, it had the biggest improvement in English test scores among all middle schools in the city and the biggest uptick in math scores in the state. "We've had a strong start," says Given. "Our schools are high-performing schools, and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
the risk of placing one big bet on a single location or food concept. The model can scale up simply by adding more kitchens, and offerings can be tweaked rapidly in response to data-driven insights. For its part, Foodology uses... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
studying all aspects of the pandemic and are working with business, government, and social sector leaders—as well as with colleagues at Harvard and beyond—to offer insights, strategies, and best practices,” says Gary Pisano, senior associate dean View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
many respects it was time for her. Her husband died a few years earlier and it was time for me. If I tried to find her out someplace along the line, when I was, when I was at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
down when my classmates began to talk to me and offered their friendship." Lack sees the actions of her classmates as a form of mentorship. "It opened doors," she says simply. "It seems innocuous, but their talking to me made it easier View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
found that when you get a $25 bonus for yourself, not much happens. But if you get $25 to spend on a teammate, it makes you happier, and in some cases, it can also improve the coordination of the team. On... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Mar 2024
- News
OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC
common questions about the potential positive and negative impacts of AI, from how it will improve business to how it might affect humanity in general. “Everybody is up in arms about how AI—particularly generative AI—is going to do... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2011
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Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969
Founder and Chairman, FiBA Group Download Özyeğin profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1945 Born, Izmir, Turkey 1966 Elected student body president at Oregon State 1972 Returns to Turkey for military... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
accounting developments, as well as techniques for improving group process — like a Six Sigma Black Belt for directors. A fee of one one-hundredth of one cent per share on the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
racial, and economic justice. BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY Contributing to a Better Future Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change The Potential of Business to Improve Lives View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2017
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The Shape of Things to Come
constantly looking for opportunities to say, “How can I improve my course? What are some new things I’m learning about that I want to introduce?” That produces a certain dynamism that’s constant in our... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
side of the individual. Reading short stories helps me in writing cases. I also plan to read Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. What format do you use for reading? I’ll likely read Carver in hard copy and Franzen on my iPad. Hard copy has a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Sole Mates
an expected GDP drop of only 0.6 percent for 2009 despite the recession. Areas that need improvement are infrastructure and reduced dependence on imported electricity. We should also, I believe, invest... View Details