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- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
your fixed costs," Bhide says. "But if, for example, you want to create a business that solves other companies' design or engineering problems, then you have an interesting opportunity. Just by working harder and faster than your competitor you'll be likely to View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
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Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
is different in that consumers never have to walk away, as any price they generate will be accepted. Conceptually it’s a very efficient pricing model, but I was curious as to how it works from a practical standpoint. How do consumers...
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Julia Hanna
- 15 Jun 2021
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Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
better understand the challenges various groups face and appreciate what each person brings to the table. “A core general management skill today and tomorrow is the ability to make the most out of human differences,” Rivkin notes....
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Commons Project, a nonprofit that in April launched Common Health, an Android app that allows users to securely download their health information from Electronic Health Records (EHR) and lab sources (similar to Apple Health). The...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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A New Approach to Contact Tracing
Bluetooth in Android and Apple smartphones to determine proximity between people, and thus assess their potential exposure to the coronavirus. A random ID attached to a user’s phone number generates temporary, encrypted IDs. When users’...
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- 01 Mar 2016
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How Do I Get Your Job?
beauty industry? MMB: I think everyday beauty services like Drybar are the next phase. With Uber and Airbnb, the younger generation is really used to services on demand. For us that translates into a concept called X Bar, an on-the-floor...
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- 03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet
that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term thinking.” But Watson is...
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Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 22 Jan 2018
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
for our users and, in the process, increase our customer lifetime value (e.g., our successful decision to repurpose our video content into textbooks).” Guram: “I remember that the TOM case on Cincinnati...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
step is to build a common data platform and a common data perspective. A decade ago, that would have been a Herculean task, but technology has moved fast, and it’s no longer this “bet your company on it” thing as it’s cheaper and quicker to iterate. The next priority...
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April White
- 01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey
philanthropy and art collecting. But his legacy continues, saving millions of computer users from their worst nightmare. « Back Driven to Serve W. James Hindman (9th OPM) created Jiffy Lube - the nation's first quickie auto fluids change...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era
recommendations to him. "I spend much more of my time now managing people and 'people issues' — such as making sure people are compatible with each other. Ten or fifteen years ago," he says, "I spent more time on developing strategy and setting View Details
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Nancy O. Perry
- 09 Jun 2017
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Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
town in the center of the book-- and I gave it a little bit of history of how the place seemed very familiar to me, yet it seemed very different to outsiders. And Dali town has become sort of like the mecca for backpackers and for a new View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
resources." Michael P. Cassidy (MBA '91), general manager of the Computer Telephony Product Group at Artisoft, Inc., a maker of tools that connect phones to computers, took these lessons to heart when he created his own company, Stylus...
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- 01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
eliminated the Foundations II program and moved its content elsewhere into the required curriculum. The Society and Enterprise module, for instance, has been integrated into the General Management course,...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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Light Years Ahead
India have worked with faculty to enrich the global content of the HBS curriculum. In addition, members of the Class of 2008 come from almost seventy countries, bringing a rich diversity of perspectives that has a profound influence on...
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- 01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life
card company that was licensed to use Disney images, and for the next three years she stayed put in Paris. With the help of a nanny, Dodi says she balanced work and family quite well, settling into the French rhythm of long midday breaks at home, reasonable working...
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- 01 Sep 2024
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Next Level
completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 2023, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer (center) announced a new leadership structure, with Matt Booty (left) the president of game content and studios and Bond (right) the president of...
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- 01 Oct 2000
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A Message from Dean Clark
in business education, when we have an opportunity to make investments that will chart the School's course for decades to come. For almost a century, HBS has been educating general managers who make a difference in the world. As we move...
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- 10 Dec 2014
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Front-Row Seat
keep that history, and that original mission, in focus. “David recognized early on that the web was absolutely transforming the way the media business in general functioned,” says James Bennet, the Atlantic’s editor in chief and...
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- 20 Jul 2020
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Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online
club has new energy, new leadership, and a new urgency to connect, share, and support each other,” says Adams. “This is content you’re not going to get elsewhere. We have speakers you may not hear in other venues. We want to provide an...
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Margie Kelley