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- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
percent a decade ago to 38 percent today, according to a study by the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. While age may bring wisdom, it often doesn't bring familiarity with things like digital marketing or other essential business... View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
the Web," she says. Related Links Amy Schiffman Langer in the HBS video documentary "A Woman's Place" Management skills learned at HBS helped Langer, who became executive director in 1990, establish a diverse and wide-ranging mission of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
founder. Under his management, product demand was so high at times that executives actually found themselves discussing ways to slow sales. That all changed in the early 1990s as seismic shifts pounded the toy market. Big-box toy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
the insistence of the venture capital community, former Intel executive Mike Markkula joined the team. “So in that way,” Sahlman continues, “it’s different from real estate. It’s about, how do I create experiments that reveal to me, and... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
sense of the word and letting the students figure out how to execute a project.” Days 1 & 2: Zapotec Villages MEXICO’S MANY FACES: As part of the IXP, students lived with families in the Zapotec villages of Oaxaca State. For many, the... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
What’s a typical day like as executive director of Children’s HealthWatch? “Days vary quite a bit here, and that is one piece of what drew me to this role. As executive director, I work closely with our... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
around the world — many of which have a single emergency number service. In their world travels, Raju and other Satyam executives saw the difference that a coordinated national emergency response system could make and realized that... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
fastest-growing urban businesses. This year, the ICIC and the School's Executive Education Owner-Managed Programs will offer a special one-week general management seminar for the IC 100 CEOs. "If we can get companies like these growing in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
plus ultra of consulting outcomes - advising two different corporate leaders to fire themselves in order to improve their companies. « Back OPM: Executive Education for Entrepreneurs The Owner/President Management Program (OPM) is an HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
nonprofit consultancy of its type. Its staff offers strategy consulting, executive search, and advice on developing funding models. Bridgespan today is far different from the organization laid out in the original business plan. Drawing... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
was, what do we know something about?” The former executive at Amazon and Microsoft knew plenty about tech and business. Risher’s abundant experience and knowledge helped him build out the foundational Worldreader app. He also had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
(AI) technology but a recent McKinsey survey of senior executives shows that financial services, utilities and media firms are now testing the AI waters. On the R&D side, CB Insights research shows that there have been over 3000 VC deals... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
cross-sector alliances, he interviewed key executives on both sides of each partnership to document the process of their unfolding relationships. Austin's initial research corroborated his hypothesis that these alliances were creating... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
long-term “strategy” is fun to talk about but rarely works out the way you planned it. I would focus on proving out the revenue (and profit) model and trying to get to cash flow breakeven by delighting the 200 customers. After executing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
ongoing operations of those business-implementation tasks in real time. Leonard Marks’s conclusion to his June letter — “We truly lost a legend!” — is an understatement. Stephen E. Roulac (MBA ’70) San Rafael, CA Add Social Entrepreneurship to View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
Last year, foreign investors set new records for their acquisition activity in the United States. And 2008 began with nearly daily stories of American financial executives courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign wealth... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
he successfully implemented his ideas. When McArthur became Dean, the School was on tenuous financial footing, relying heavily on the MBA Program for revenue. He grew the publishing division and executive education offerings, both of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology
possible since 1995 through a special arrangement with America Online (AOL), the key elements in the new system include immediate access to regularly updated information and the assignment of a lifetime e-mail "pointer" and security password to each of the School's... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
executive at Time Warner's RoadRunner cable modem group, Farman-Farmaian had been struggling to find a specialty sofa when the idea for BuyerWeb first hit him: Why not set up an Internet site where he could request what he needed and have... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Ink
will get you 80 percent of the results, and forget the rest.” —Laurie Stach (MBA 2011), founder and executive director of MIT Launch, an entrepreneurship program for high-school students, discussing startup time management during a TEDx... View Details