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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
A Remarkable Life Story
This well-written book, leavened by healthy doses of self-deprecating humor, offers a unique perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of HBS in the late 1960s View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Eyeing the Dominoes?
parties, one politician who some experts believe could make a strong run as a centrist alternative is New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA ’66), according to the Associated Press (December 20, 2006). Bloomberg’s strengths are that... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
The role of business in improving public education, reducing welfare dependency, and revitalizing urban areas was the subject of a stimulating forum held at HBS on April 6-8. The conference, titled "Business Leadership in the Social... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
states again, so build market strength in your home market. —Richard Bland (MBA 1971) Seems to me that between the two choices, going horizontal is the better strategy. I’d imagine that high-school athletic departments don’t have very big... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
Management from 1960 to 2000," Nolan highlights the critical shifts in the four eras in the evolution of IT. The Industrial Era, he writes, created an automation mindset, while the Data Processing Era led to organizational transformations. He analyzes the dawning of... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Gaining Currency
REYNOLDS: Weak dollar cuts both ways. To illustrate the global impact of fluctuating exchange rates, the New York Times (December 11, 2004) focused on two small, family-owned manufacturers, one located in Germany View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
different levels for different things,” says Zaikos, “so students spend some of their time working independently, some of their time working in small-group instruction with a teacher, and some of their time working collaboratively with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
office and do direct investing in Asia. “It wouldn’t be a strategic fit for us,” he explains. “The opportunities that are developing in India and China are markedly different than the opportunities we look... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors Your company’s scientists and investors can be antennas that bring great ideas into your company. The key,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
important to distinguish between a program that works and an organization that can scale,” says Bradach. Bridgespan helps successful nonprofits build the strategy and organizational View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
muscle weakness and loss. MORE Watch a video about Horgan’s experience as a Blavatnik Fellow Read more about Cure Rare Disease MORE Watch a video about Horgan’s experience as a Blavatnik Fellow Read more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
out on an entrepreneurial path but was thwarted by the country’s lack of a finance and lending infrastructure. A similar shortcoming in the mortgage and lending industry also delayed his family’s ability to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
it can lead to a more equitable society? By nature, I’m an optimistic person, so I’m hoping that will be the case—that we will learn from this period about the strengths and limitations of online learning... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
played such a critical role in my own mental strength and my own mental well-being and my ability to not just face my hardship, but ultimately grow from it. It’s that element... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
member. Only HBS could be flexible enough for such a thing to happen! Maybe it was possible because we thought of ourselves more as pragmatic experimenters than as academics. Our strength at HBS is that we look at the world as it comes at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
associate professor Yasheng Huang asserts that it is not strengths but weaknesses in the Chinese economy that are responsible for some of the country’s impressive FDI figures. Huang argues that foreign... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
Stern notes that the HCA's founders "had a very intelligent design" in not allowing a president to serve more than two years. "I think that's one of the strengths of our club," he says. "We've had a series of very dedicated people who... View Details
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
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
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
Americans of the second half of the 20th century. But regardless of how history may judge his record, McNamara’s decades of service in the public and private sectors enable him to speak with singular authority about the View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
“The country was on fire,” says Jan Hammond, the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing. “You saw the strength of public response in the composition of the people who were protesting. They comprised a wide swath of American society: no... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie