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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
graduates emerge ill-educated, Bistany counters); Investing money in education and schools raises quality (when what's important is how many books a student reads, not how big the library is); and Learning by memorizing is bad (rote... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
design and development for the Girls Division of Mattel, Ross set out in 2001 to create a new hit toy for preteen girls. The project took on heightened importance as the company watched its lucrative Barbie franchise plateau in revenue.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
exposition of his own role in, and the cautionary lessons of, recent history. One such lesson would seem to be that citizens must demand — and government and corporations must create systems that allow for — full and open internal debate of View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
and the case of the Challenger disaster. The first one, because we’re still working on finding the ‘job’ that VR does for the majority of people today, and this framework has been instrumental in framing our development and messaging for many products. The second,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
decision was very important for me and for all the firm’s partners. Also, given the extremely difficult financial environment we are in, I expect charities will be greatly affected. That’s why it’s incumbent on those who can to step up... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
reviewed, discussed, and agonized over the pros and cons of every option, from appointing a successor to starting their own full-fledged organization. “We knew the decisions we were making could affect many people,” David says. “It was View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
global-poverty problem, which is what IGD has done, is an important step that the public sector would be wise to study. One thing stands in the way: lack of a broad-based understanding in the business community that ending extreme global... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
Nair, who received his medical training in India and a master's degree from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Gita's case demonstrates not only the importance of getting good primary care but also that patients are willing to... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
classmates for two years built poise, which is incredibly important when you’re constantly in front of customers, retailers, investors, or even the Sharks! Wiegele: “We also took a digital marketing strategy and e-commerce class... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
In Rangan’s view, the sector is poised on the brink of transformation, a topic he enthusiastically expounded upon during a recent interview in his Morgan Hall office. The terms “social enterprise” and “nonprofit” seem to be used interchangeably. Are they synonymous?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
Mahesh, as a member of the fourth generation and recipient of an engineering degree from Stanford, cites the importance of remaining true to the family culture while bringing something new to the table. “I’ve been living in the United... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
asked about sisterhood. 92 percent of Black women, 90 percent of Latinx women felt that sisterhood would be important to them at work. And the percentages were about 10 points smaller for the other two groups: 84 percent of white women... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
districts, importing new structures and idealism to traditional schools or building an emerging form of charter—within a school district, but with autonomy in operations and curricula. Essentially, he'd be "restarting" the schools,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
not-so-new phenomenon. Simply put, it’s the act of buying things to make us feel better. Part of the experience is finding and purchasing that just-right something, but an equally important component is the thrill of the chase — the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
updates on their work, even as he interjects encouraging, urgent reminders of its common purpose. “We’re all in the same boat, doing the best we can,” he observes at one point. It’s an important thing to remember in the midst of a public... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
insistence on more data and deeper analysis than had been the McKinsey norm. In the 1970s, he began touting the importance of strategic management for every kind of firm; eventually strategy consulting would become the core of McKinsey’s... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
impact of changes to an experience or product. Once an esoteric tool for academic research, the randomized controlled trial has gone mainstream—and is becoming an important part of the managerial toolkit. In The Power of Experiments:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
a softball here — but I might make it with a tool manufactured in China. Then I can give my customers the best of both worlds — a low tooling cost up front, and high-quality, low-cost parts made here.” Katz says he’s also begun to import... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
power structures and the fact that our economic system doesn't account for the negative externalities of pollution, injustice, etc. And that's why I think it's even more important to emphasize the connections between the issues that we're... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
and so many of the ideas that came to be taught were developed by the faculty. The cases were shorter and simpler but still raised important issues. Most of the students enjoyed the few lectures that the faculty offered because it was... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna