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- 01 Oct 2002
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John R. Davis
and accounting for all 800 “cow units” (a standard measurement that in this case means about 1,175 actual cattle). Calving season calls for constant monitoring of the pregnant cows and helping them give birth — including stitching them up...
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- 02 Jun 2011
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Serious Fun
green pigs. If the ultimate outcome of that frantic gaming also teaches us something (probably not the case with Angry Birds), our brain is likely too engaged in the task of winning to rebel against some higher purpose. Nick Maynard...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Your Taxi Is Waiting
organizations tighten their belts by simply cutting travel across the board? “I think the core issue for everyone is the same, which is how do you buy time?” remarks HBS professor Bill Sahlman, coauthor with Jackie Donnelly Russell (MBA ’92) of a recently published...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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Action Plan: Brewing Awareness
which is the case for most developing markets, so going niche is not an especially stable model. And as your base gets larger, having a grasp of the data and understanding of consumers’ diverse preferences becomes even more important.”
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- 04 Sep 2019
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Accelerating Scientific Discovery
related to the market. He says that the case studies he and his fellow instructors have written will encourage discussions about topics such as the ways companies determine the pricing of a novel drug to make it both accessible to...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 May 2019
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Look Again
audience reflective of contemporary demographics. Going forward, I hope I won’t have to work as hard to make a case for introducing new narratives about artists and periods that people think they already know well.” ONE MODEL, TWO VIEWS...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2002
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Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
in collaboration with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, attracted some 350 attendees for a full agenda of speakers, panels, and case presentations. In an afternoon keynote address, Ricardo...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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Alumni Books
No Opt Out (how to move students from blank stares to giving the right answer every time); Do It Again (how to encourage students who have failed a basic task to do it again and do it right); and No Warnings (how to effectively address misbehavior in the classroom). No...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues
second full-color cover donned the announcement that in 1964 the School became the proud owner of an IBM 1401 computer. During the 1970s, Bulletin articles reported the automation of Baker Library's holdings, the inclusion of cases on...
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- 15 Oct 2019
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Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
“There was great excitement among the faculty. Everyone is interested in engaging more deeply with the companies we visited,” says Casadesus- Masanell, who has written four cases on Africa. Datar anticipates seeing the results of the...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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Floor It
case study with the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, GNS Healthcare, the Moffitt Cancer Center’s ORIEN program, and biotech firm Foundation Medicine. Rethinking Drug Trials In an adaptive platform trial, different drugs are...
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Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Sep 2014
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Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
lives of Henry David Thoreau, Robert Frost, Susan B. Anthony, and Jane Goodall, mixed with contemporary cases today of people looking for the great work of their life. It’s not a how-to book, but it contains many insights that are widely...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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Book Review: The Old West
What's the West to do? Keep walking? Sit back in the number two (or three or four) economic power spot and get comfortable? Not so, says Pinto, who makes the case that the West still has a fighting chance to take back the top spot—it just...
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Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jan 2013
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Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
home." Having logged so many hours as a performer, he was self-confident and comfortable speaking his mind, and his natural proclivity for numbers and analytics served him well. "I loved business school," he reports. "Analyzing and discussing View Details
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Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2004
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Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
a college, a historic preservation society, and an outdoor group. All had very different circumstances, yet remarkably similar challenges. There are so many exciting options for public-private partnerships as well as important work to be done in the not-for-profit...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
as hard or get as much out of HBS as I might have. Nonetheless, HBS was a good experience for me: The community was solid, the teaching superb, and the cases challenging. I still use class discussion whenever I can in teaching. Despite...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
Southeast Asia. She was a board member of Friends of Khmer Culture, dedicated to preserving Cambodia’s cultural heritage, and in 2016 was awarded a royal medal for distinguished services to the king and the people of Cambodia. A former tech executive and management...
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- 09 Apr 2020
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“Raise the Line”
the number of COVID-19 cases to ensure hospitals are not overwhelmed. That’s why we’re all social distancing and washing our hands. But we also need to “raise the line,” meaning increase healthcare capacity. We need more ventilator and...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
kids and 1,300 staff—for them to have a great day and to be safe, because oftentimes there’s violence in the communities we serve.” Case cracker: Jensen Shoes. “One of the protagonists is an African American working with a white coworker...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
Professor Kristin Fabbe conducted a large-scale survey of Syrian refugees in Turkey, and Professor Gunnar Trumbull coauthored a case on Europe’s response. “Refugee flows are going to be a growing issue as we see an increasing number of...
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April White