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- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
Chris Anderson of Wired magazine, who has popularized the concept of the "long tail," about which he is writing a book. It refers to the tendency of consumers to buy a greater variety of things in smaller quantities when the...
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- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed human ingenuity combined...
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by James Heskett
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
material on how a variety of organizations are cascading their enterprise strategy map and scorecard out to align dispersed business units, support groups, and individuals. Dave Norton and I already have the table of contents for this...
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by Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
far-reaching. First, the number and variety of investment choices skyrocketed, as new mutual fund companies rushed into the market with creative, differentiated offerings. Today, according to Institutional Investor, more than 90 percent...
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by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
realized that there was more here than a typical charitable contribution. There was a real connection. The similarities between what each organization wanted to do and how it planned to achieve its vision were striking." From then on, the partnership intensified in a...
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by Nancy O. Perry
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
wherein managers work in cross-border teams to resolve a variety of complex, international, management problems. The challenges they encounter are much like those of the "virtual" teams at the heart of effective global...
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by Staff
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
and Swap assert. To begin with, the creative process in an organization can and must encompass a broad array of input from a wide variety of people, including those who may not consider themselves the least bit creative. "Many of the...
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by Laurie Joan Aron
- Profile
Prita Kumar
room. As Kumar calls it, Booya is “group fitness without the mob.” The idea is to provide fitness classes in a wide range of disciplines—from pilates to barre fusion to yoga boxing—that are accessible and affordable. By offering a View Details
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
carries a variety of healthy items and foods from “home” such as their famous fresh sugar cane juice. Casabe’s impact potential spans three areas: first, increasing income and wealth creation for the BIPOC community; second, supporting...
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- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
by other non-profits promoting diversity in business (SEO Alternative Investments Fellowship Program, The Toigo Foundation, Management Leadership for Tomorrow and others) and by serving as a recruiting pipeline for diverse candidates in business education and a View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
more citizens are achieving personal wealth, and the middle class is growing. On our trip to India, we had the opportunity to meet with a variety of companies that are part of the clean build: from incumbent power and steel producers that...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
that idea with help from successful entrepreneurs in a variety of fields. What do you see for the future of the health care sector? Lately, I’ve become optimistic. It’s a big struggle to turn from an industry in which the suppliers are...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
mature support was coming from my son. From that day to this we have had a relationship that we never had before. What does Outward Bound strive to do? What we do in the wilderness — and in a variety of classrooms — is create conditions...
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
Determined to help others achieve their academic goals, Nielsen visited more than 100 schools in nineteen states, talking with everyone from governors to the U.S. Secretary of Education. He asked each person he met the same question: What is the mission of a school? "I...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
The 2010 Alumni Achievement Award recipients have made their mark in a wide range of fields, from banking and investing to retailing, entrepreneurship, and space exploration. United by their leadership skills, each of these alumni is living proof that while the...
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- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery...
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- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing
a boost in applications is a good outcome, there are a variety of other reasons why schools invest in sports. A primary reason, says Chung, is to further the NCAA's commitment to diversity and morale. Schools also build sports programs...
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- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
modifications to major new innovations. The user-friendly tools, often integrated into a "toolkit" package, deploy new technologies (e.g., computer simulation and rapid prototyping) to make innovation faster, less expensive and, most importantly, better, as...
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by Wendy Guild
- Profile
Jenny Tison
that works with children's shelters for abandoned and abused children.” In addition to the variety of contacts available at HBS, Jenny appreciates “the opportunity to build personal skills. Here, you’re forced to make decisions. Classroom...
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- 18 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Students and Alumni Fostering a Supportive Community
provides a variety of services and resources for them, including advising and counseling, one-on-one tutoring, workshops, and specialized career coaching. These offerings have been informed by the work of a task force cofounded by Holly...
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