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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Measured Approach
after the project has ended and never make it back to the teams that implemented the program. IDinsight makes these assessment tools available to the decision-makers and tailors them to the organization’s... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
Alumni Books Think to Win: Unleashing the Power of Strategic Thinking by Paul Butler, John F. Manfredi, and Peter Klein (MBA 1971) (McGraw-Hill Education) The authors provide a proven plan for making strategic thinking part of any... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
Wells states, “I would hesitate to have those kinds of financial dealings thought of as equivalent to the problems of drug money, or terrorist financing, or secreted money from blatant bribes.” Maybe so. But the ethics of tax cheats are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
grounds, so getting people to the park is key.) And for tourists looking to make the trek from Japan to catch a game, cities like New York and LA have the added benefit of offering an attractive destination. "It's obviously a long... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
of her two daughters was born. She has never regretted her decision to be a stay-athome mom. "I really liked retailing, but once you decide that your family comes first, it makes all the other choices... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
company: I read a story that early on an engineer wanted to institute happy hour Fridays and a decision was made not to do that for reasons having to do with culture. Can you tell us what happened and the View Details
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
steeped in decades of Marxism and anti-Western dogma. In 1990, the two men coauthored Behind the Factory Walls: Decision Making in Soviet and U.S. Enterprises, a book about US-USSR management systems that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
stuck with me is that, in the end, a decision must be made. You can't be wishy-washy. He told us to always remember that when you get to the top of a company, decision trees do not grow at high altitude."... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
constitution, restricting tribal citizenship to those listed in the "Cherokee by Blood" section of the Dawes Rolls. That set off a series of lawsuits, with a federal court ruling in favor of the Freedmen in 2017, a decision reaffirmed in... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
navigating a range of personalities and egos to ensure “the right information was in the right place, at the right time, for decisions to be made. “Paige has a real commitment to public service, whether it’s global financial policy or... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
look ridiculously easy, but it's not. It involves hard work that takes a considerable amount of focus and dedication." HENRY McCANCE Yale University, 1964 B.A., Economics "At HBS, I remember the challenge of analyzing difficult problems, View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
on track. Underpinning his advice with research and illustrating it with stories from others’ successes, Barnett lays out practical, step-by-step processes to help readers realize their goals. Money, Murder, and Madness: A Banking Life by Forrest Russell Cook (AMP 67,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
School's technology initiative as having a strong positive effect on his classroom method, but he cites common frustrations caused by existing technological limitations. "Sometimes the students can't log on to the Internet and have to send me their View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
find other ways to make their contributions,” says Kanter. Today, many people in their thirties and forties view social entrepreneurship as their way to make a difference. “They have chosen to change society... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
also showed the right path to take. All this he did in a very natural and unassuming way, never making one feel that she had somehow missed the obvious but gently leading into a depth of understanding that no amount of lecturing could... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
these solutions have to be community-run—whether it's corporations being involved, local companies, the local community, the local schools, the local health departments. They all have to make the decisions... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
nature, has the potential for enormous rewards in the future. "It may be that the time to profitability isn't that much longer for a biotech company than an Internet start-up," remarks Pisano. "In biotech, one big drug will make you very... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
sound decision making as it is about money. And when it works, innovative finance gives us the tools, motivation, and security to invest in our shared future. Off Script: An Advance Man’s Guide to White... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
pharmaceutical machinery sector. With the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop for his career decision, Fenwick-Smith became increasingly interested in climate change and what the business community could do to make a... View Details
Keywords: April White