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- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
essay with the Washington Post, which published it on March 27. The concern about shortages of masks, ventilators, hospital gowns, and testing kits got me to thinking about the Vietnam War, when I was the senior civilian official responsible for View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
responsibility. A setback like that could have been paralyzing, but he was able to move forward to lead his country to victory in World War II." The lesson, says Nohria, is that Churchill and other great leaders are pragmatists who can View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Jason Holley Whenever he’s presenting to a large audience, Professor Michael Norton likes to pose this question to the crowd: After you get up in the morning, do you brush your teeth first and then shower, or vice versa?... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
jewel. It is a source of innovation, invention, and cooperation that serves the broader Harvard community.” Noting that this year is the i-lab’s 10th anniversary, Crisp said, “The i-lab has already proven to be a very valuable resource.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
EV charging stations are already common in many cities across the United States, increasing the number of urban dwellings powered by clean electricity is an important next step. “Developing the infrastructure needed to connect urban populations to distant View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals
Associates (BDA) is to help the Dean deal with the challenges that affect the School and its senior faculty. Made up of 130 alumni, friends, and their spouses, the BDA meets once a year to provide feedback on the School's latest programs... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
subway stations. And that became an enormous source of growth. I just wonder, do you have anything to say about this process by which you find and act on new ideas? Rosenberg: It really did come from, I think, the Halberstam book, because... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
whole Pacific Rim is another emerging market with tremendous potential. Russia, too.” Biggest disappointment: “That Wasserstein Perella didn't evolve into the firm I wanted it to be.” Proudest moment: “One was in 1996 when the deal was... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
company that does business in more than 200 countries and uses more than 25 crops sourced from over 7 million acres in 60 different countries, PepsiCo has an opportunity and a responsibility to use our size and scale to help build a food... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Forward Thinking
You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
Creating solutions for the oil industry
Retired high-tech entrepreneur Thomas Scambos (MBA 1954) started a company that developed additives to make oil flow more efficiently and also help deal with oil spills. (Published November 2014) View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Strategists analyze market forces—great strategists also look beyond the market
Traditionally, corporate strategists define industry structure, competitive positions, resources, and knowledge flows as the key sources of competitive advantage. Within these sources, they look for areas of opportunity in the market that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Sunny Side
Awesome, there’s a tribe for you. Want to drive a pink Lamborghini? Cool, knock yourself out.” Berardi believes Miami’s infectious energy gives ANIMO a competitive advantage in sourcing deals in which it can... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
company, and they make deals that guarantee the executive will come aboard. This means not only high pay, including incentives for performance, but also guaranteed “good-bye” payments if things do not work out. These are one of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Inside Executive Search
candidates that we will review with the client. Tip: Be a good source. Helpful sources who give candid, insightful comments about potential candidates will be contacted time and time again. These types of reference calls build trust with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)
somehow revive the dormant business, stated a front-page article in the Wall Street Journal (March 13, 2001). Seeking a new source of supply, Shearer eventually settled on Trinidad and Tobago, better known as the calypso capital of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Myth of Laissez-Faire
taxes bring us? Improved schools, universal health care, energy and environmental solutions, better jobs and rising incomes, and the flexibility to deal with abrupt changes in the world. In short, the standard of living will once again... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
the National Venture Capital Association, the volume of capital flowing into startups in the first quarter of 2019 was up by 10.5 percent from the previous year, but the number of deals was down by 22.5 percent. As a result, says Alper... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Creativity from Many Angles
interdisciplinary approach to examining creativity, with perspectives from the fields of sociology, psychology, economics, and history. Of 100 papers submitted for consideration, nine authors were asked to present their work, with topics ranging from “The Airplane as... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
problems for learning and for change." Jensen believes this tendency is the source of most so-called people problems in organizations. Jensen's model defines two regimes of behavior: the Resourceful, Evaluative, Maximizing Model (REMM)... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)