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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
about vacationing and holiday merrymaking have been instrumental in shaping the modern travel and leisure industry. (Not the least of its contributions has been the introduction of the all-inclusive, prepaid, hassle-free holiday package, a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
issue was widespread, Lerner and Holder founded OnRamp to help SaaS companies guide their customers through the implementation journey. Lerner refined the concept at HBS (and was a runner-up in the New Venture Competition) and has been... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
original spiritual underpinnings were lost in translation, Americans who embraced yoga brought their own desires for self-discovery and community to the mat. Yoga was a decidedly counterculture activity; guru Swami Satchidananda, his billowing white beard a shock... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
members of their own communities." In the mid-1970s, Lazarus was looking for a position in government and having a hard time finding one that would give him the broad experience he was seeking. By chance, he ran into Nancy Hanks - then chair of the National Endowment... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
fields of management control and health care. Her latest book, Market-Driven Health Care, won the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. Herzlinger opened the conference by reporting on the forces... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
concept of modularity -- the building of complex products from smaller subsystems that can be designed independently yet function together as a whole. It was modularity, the authors assert, that freed designers to experiment with... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
opened my eyes to what one could do.” Straight shooter: “My first assignment at Xerox was to help take the company into China. When the chairman announced in the press what we were doing, I chastised him and said that was not something he... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
The concept of a private-equity board’s “long-term” being beyond the next quarter fails my giggle test, however. In the public perception, even the reputable buyout shops, such as Carlyle, Blackstone, and KKR, exist to reorganize, to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
Tushman and senior lecturer Mike Roberts, opens with Jamie Houghton (MBA 1962), the great-great-grandson of the company’s founder, taking over the corner office of his family’s firm. After a grooming process begun at a Corning lightbulb... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
scheduled to start by the end of 2016. “The Dandelion program is focused on building careers, resilience, and independence for the individuals involved,” Fieldhouse says. He credits his time at HBS—where he interacted with a diverse group of people, thus View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
knowledge. How is it structured? Tom Eisenmann: Students in Startup Bootcamp work on a venture concept in a small team and pitch it to outside experts, so it’s the learning-by-doing complement to the conceptual foundations they acquire in... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
interested in supporting the project.” Spangler — whose multifaceted career spans banking, construction, real estate, and higher education — chose Class Day 1998 to announce that he and his wife, Meredith, had pledged their support for a new student center. Translating... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
access by expanding fellowships for those with financial need. It opened new international research centers and offices, launched the Harvard-wide i-Lab ecosystem, completed a $1.4 billion capital campaign, and enhanced the campus through... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
growing: There are now nearly 1,000 space companies worldwide according to industry analyst NewSpace Global, and they are touting revolutionary (and mostly unproven) new concepts in rockets, space tourism, and even space services, ranging... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
right when he told the story. Bulletin: Will your father be going to Stockholm with you when you accept the prize? Merton: Yes, he'll be with me in December. Bulletin: You mentioned how some of the concepts your father introduced have... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
mind if a colleague has a very compelling argument. On occasion, I would come to class with a strong viewpoint, only to be convinced otherwise by a wise counterargument from a classmate. HBS helped me become a leader who values diverse perspectives and is View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
untapped power of smallholders—increasing their yields, rebuilding supply chains, and opening access to economies of scale—Masha believes he is on the way to helping more than a million Nigerian farmers climb out of poverty. Ibrahim... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
international stations," he says. "We also look to expose international audiences to all sorts of new music, not just American." In fact, he says, "one of our dreams is to make the American audience more open to the incredible diversity... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
model, to pick the right market to innovate in, will determine to great extent my success. The Bolden story is all about community. He probably couldn't have been successful in Boston or New York. New Orleans was an open community. It had... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
to have you here for Skydeck Live. Thank you for being here with us, Neil. So you're going to talk to us today about happy and awesome. I know these are concepts you've been thinking about for a long time since you started your first blog... View Details