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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Leading at State
Secretary's Leadership Seminar. “The State Department has operations in virtually every country in the world, and we have to manage very large enterprises that are subject to the same sort of constraints and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
Acquisitions department and presided over some of the largest deals transacted during the merger-crazed 1980s. He joined Morgan Stanley in 1988 as a managing director and later served as cohead of Mergers and Acquisitions, becoming a member of Morgan's View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
layoffs and lost revenues, for example - weak companies are artificially supported," he explains. "Other firms won't or can't restructure themselves or exit unprofitable businesses because they are too set in their ways, lack sound governance systems, or are hindered... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Infrastructure Is a Gateway to a ‘Resource Revolution’ BIO As business leaders, achieving stakeholder alignment is our license to operate and our best opportunity to halt the tragedy of the commons scenario playing out in climate change.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
the constraints of each country and how to link the two in “corporate symbiosis,” something few have yet to master, says Khanna. Do multinationals lack the knowledge about China and India they need to do business there? Absolutely. But... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
How are resource constraints (e.g., water shortages in California, hop shortages in general) impacting the beer business? —Matt Rhenish (MBA 2008) BUECHLER: To date, resource constraints haven’t been overly... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Project Runway
test of fashion creativity and skill under time constraints and other pressures. “The cameras are on you from the time you wake up until the time you go to bed,” Estrella told the San Francisco Chronicle (July 9, 2006). “My approach was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
Tapon (MBA 1997) REISNER: More than email itself, what really had an impact was the loss of first-class mail to electronic bill paying, starting in 2008. But the point is a good one, and 3D printing is likely to cause substantial change to the character of logistics... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
investment in improving everyday life in Detroit by a national retailer—that people didn’t believe could happen in the city. “Uncertainty is a horrible constraint for investment,” Cummings says of Detroit’s financial chaos prior to the... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
Putting a spell on theatergoers
Alan Horn (MBA 1971) has brought a touch of magic to the big screen and record-breaking numbers to the bottom line as chairman of Walt Disney Studios and former president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment. At... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
comes in a carcass, customer preferences, share size, order history. Formulas propose a suggested share, based on a selection of items we think will maximize this member’s happiness—within the constraints of our inventory,” Cummings says.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Venture: Time Heals All
Assembling a nursing schedule for a hospital ward can be surprisingly difficult—a little like playing three-dimensional Tetris, says Ilana Springer Borkenstein (MBA 2022). “It is a really challenging, tedious task.” Nurse managers must take into consideration a host of... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
court press,” “Slam dunk,” “Going for the gold, “Hit a home run” your favorite here). It’s a cooptation with a curious side. To me, music and sports convey transcendence: the mind and body at play, freed from the constraints and demands... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Constructive Summer at HBS
was completed on July 1. HBS chief of operations David Moffatt describes the site as an easy one to work with. "We are operating in a limited space, but because it's an on-campus site, we don't have the kind... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
Policy is a tremendously powerful lever when it works. With that said, I’m not a fan of forever sitting on the sidelines, waiting for policy to make change. Business needs to strategize to ensure it has access to the talent it needs, while thinking through the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
brick-and-mortar stores, you can’t change shelf prices that frequently. With e-commerce, that cost disappears, and nowadays with better algorithms, it becomes even easier to change prices as often as possible. Another constraint has been... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
a profit-making opportunity and a legitimate part of the financial-services industry, this scale constraint was lifted. "Only when an economic activity generates above-average returns can it become an industry," says Chu, "and only an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
traditional operating constraints are removed, strategy becomes a whole new game. The authors present a framework for rethinking business and operating models, explain how... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
book, I take you to places as far as Pyongyang, which you might say very developing country, and very little if any startup ecosystem. But also countries like Zambia, and Lusaka, its capital, as well. There's places like Bangalore, which have very developed startup... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
would find a new owner, continuing to operate very successfully to the present time. I Really Meant to Tell You : Finding the Courage for Kindness by Jeff Hutsell (MBA 1978) BookLogix Have you ever regretted not telling someone you love... View Details