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01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged

rise of autonomous vehicles and ridesharing. Given the immense financial and technical resources required to develop a clean, fuel-efficient internal combustion engine, any startup that wants to build its own autonomous vehicle pretty much has to go the electric route.... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

01 Mar 2011
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The Path to Economic Revival

create high-tech products essential for future prosperity is on the decline, argue Gary Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of Business Administration, and Professor of Management Practice Willy Shih. They won the prestigious View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Johnson, and McKinsey and Company—discussed key decisions they have made and how they have approached these decisions. Through concrete examples, we explored the philosophical, ethical, and practical aspects of dealing with this crisis.... View Details

30 Apr 2021
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Revealing the Rules

affect some people? We can look at the numbers: A study by the Ascend Foundation found that in Silicon Valley, Asians are the racial group most likely to be hired but the least likely to be promoted from individual contributor to manager. A View Details

01 Aug 1998
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Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

interest lies in the boundaries between religion and the wider world," says the newly ordained Messenger. "To my mind, finding meaning in everyday activities is what religion is all about." Messenger says he often felt out of place during the years he worked at View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

12 Nov 2019
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Seismic Shift

diversity and inclusion at the highest levels of tech and venture capital. Diversity, she knew, was simply good business—for all of the social and cultural reasons, of course, but it also increased the bottom line. “Delivering through Diversity,” a 2018 report from... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 1999
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From the Editors

president - McKinsey & Company's Marvin Bower (MBA '30) reported on the effort to "streamline Bulletin make-up and typography." Content of the quarterly magazine was dominated by the School's involvement in wartime training courses,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

06 Jan 2017
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Mental Illness and the Workplace

managing very well. You did-- I believe-- have another psychotic break, is that correct? Switz: Yes, I went from HBS to McKinsey for three years and then, to GE Capital in a strategy role. And a couple of weeks after my wedding, had my... View Details

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising

(photo by Jon Enoch) In truth, his business background is central to his work as head of state. Before coming to politics in 2003, Mitsotakis worked in finance at Chase and McKinsey in London. When the couple returned to Greece, where... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

to brainstorm solutions to problems that still plague the community. One of the Cleveland visitors this January was Richard Shatten (MBA '80), a faculty member at Cleveland's Weatherhead School of Management. Just after graduating from HBS, Shatten became part of the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

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