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01 Oct 1997
News

L.E. Simmons

The corporate offices of Houston-based L.E. Simmons & Associates, Inc. (the general partner to SCF Partners, L.P.), are located on the 66th floor of the Texas Commerce Tower, the tallest building in the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

22 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

Can Amazon Remake Health Care?

like shopping for the other items that Amazon might be selling.” Chandra: Amazon is an enormous company. I think we’re all excited because it’s Amazon, but the reality is that it’s a $4 billion expense for a company that has $160 billion dollars View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Health

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

balancer shafts, and other niche prismatic parts. We have also acquired a majority stake in EMOSS in the Netherlands—a complete end-to-end solution provider of electric drivelines for commercial vehicles.... View Details

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

enterprise means striking a balance between standardizing operations and pursuing innovations. Bain & Company’s Darrell Rigby, Sarah Elk and Steve Berez elaborate on the role of the agile leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

14 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

The world’s uncertainties can feel like a tsunami washing over your business. Bill George recommends navigating with a compass pointing to your own True North. Source: iStock With the events of 2016—Brexit, the election View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

Portrait Project

Shardule Shah

“Daddy! Where’s my magic wand?!” screamed Siyona, my four-year old daughter. “I’m sorry. I’ll be back,” I told a potential investor on a videoconference. Previously, I would have lamented this interruption. But we live in a new world. Work is life and life is work.... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

refusing to deal with this horrific disease as it spread through Africa. Multinational companies have to be more like Genzyme and find ways to balance their huge global power with their assumption of global... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Considering Retirement - Alumni

newfound solitude for reflection and personal pursuits? Will your days be joyfully crowded with activities – or blissfully free of cares and responsibilities? There are no right answers. In fact, there may be few clear ones; most people... View Details

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Brandon Tieu

leadership, equipping us to lead with authenticity and adaptability. If you could give one piece of advice to prospective students, what would it be? I believe one's mental framework should be a balance... View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

current awareness and perspectives on business and policy challenges and trends in the banking industry. International Banking Library The International Banking Library is a web-based platform for the exchange of research on cross-border... View Details

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CORe Undergraduate Credit | HBS Online

financial aid award toward the cost of CORe. The eight credits will count toward your enrollment status and should be reflected in the number of credits reported in your aid application supplement. Financing... View Details

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

any entrepreneur looking to build a business around an unconventional product that elicits multiple reactions: How do you balance fun and function in order to avoid the danger of your product becoming a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

thought—a non-compete clause is not enforceable unless the employee continues to be paid by the employer—say 2/3 of salary plus benefits—until the employee finds new work with a non-competitor If the employee fails to find work at a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.

should be afraid of taking advantage of those benefits as well, if they are right for them.” Policymakers may want to consider making it easier to file for Chapter 7, Kluender says. In a Chapter 13... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

While the US Food and Drug Administration has chiseled away pharmaceutical review times over the years to speed innovative drugs to market, the opposite seems to have occurred in the agency's approval of medical devices. Instead View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

certain service providers, such as those who process payments on our behalf. These other websites and applications are not under our control, and you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the collection and use View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

With a pandemic temporarily closing many businesses and stifling consumer demand, whole industries, especially those that recently leveraged their balance sheets to take advantage of near-zero interest... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

magical process. It is knowing that we do not know everything that might be important. It is that insight that leads to the wisdom to look away from the subject of focus and see what there is to be seen. Marvelous discoveries are made in... View Details