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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
system that pays for quantity without regard to quality and opaque regulations, in fact one study found that nearly 80 percent of the rules patients and physicians cited as barriers to great care were... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
that requires sizable investments in projects that take several years to pay off, I believe the ideal is some combination of both. We could cut back on investment in future products or international joint ventures, but those efforts are... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- News
Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot
that one entity not paying taxes has $34 billion. How do you justify that?” One way is to look at the benefits these institutions collectively deliver. The schools targeted employ 27,000 people and View Details
- 02 Aug 2024
- HBS Case
How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture
always going to have lots of ideas. He could immediately dismiss those ideas or he can spend 20 minutes to explore them. It may be a dumb idea, in which case he's wasted 20 minutes of his life. Or it may be the next Flashfood.” View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Internet Tsunami
Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA '93) is the founder, president, and CEO of Rakuten, Japan's leading online shopping destination. He believes that because the Internet allows merchants to circumvent the many intermediaries who jack up prices in Japan, "it is View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Accelerating a Gas-on-demand Startup
often visiting company parking lots; businesses have been one of Yoshi’s best customers, paying the service’s monthly subscription fee as a job perk for their employees. Yoshi’s eliminate-the-gas-station... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Saving the Steel Industry
USW would insist that executive pay be limited and that union representatives serve on the board. “We’re not going to save a company and go back to the old way of doing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
excited for the opportunity, spending three years as a manufacturing manager at Frito-Lay, but apprehensive about the cost of the MBA Program. “Everyone in my neighborhood and my community was so excited and I was just freaking out: ‘How... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
Most alumni gifts go to the HBS Fund, which provides flexible resources the School can spend immediately on both core priorities and new initiatives. Your gifts support the people and programs that have a tremendous impact on business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
cleanliness and are staffed with teachers who use a proprietary curriculum to create an educational environment. Customers pay a significant premium for convenience—as much as $13 an hour for infant care... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
to solve first-world problems when you can create generational impact or wealth by solving a much lighter problem, as simple as, like, somebody cannot pay for their kid's... View Details
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
“Users are as important as or more important than producers as sources of innovation in modern societies.” Can you explain how? Lakhani: Research... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
long-term trend has been for CEO pay to rise along with the pay for other senior executives, and it is now twice as much as that of CEOs in major... View Details
- 21 Nov 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms
leading any other kind of institution," says Groysberg. "If you become a leader in a manufacturing company, for example, all you're basically going to have to do is manage. When View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
a day or two behind the counter as part of our 'Adopt a Store' program for senior executives," he explains. "It keeps us connected to the spirit of the company." How did you decide to View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
principles of partnership. Tierney: In these businesses, the people you pay are more important than the people who pay you. Your people are your product. This creates a complex... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Commerce and Strategy panel at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference. He told alumni that fighting against a larger, stronger rival means not playing the game that your opponents want you to play. "Instead, figure out a different way to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
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Marketing - HBS Online
create a viable, scalable business with minimal data, limited resources, and tight budgets. 4 weeks, 4-5 hrs/week Pay by August 28 $1,850 Certificate What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume... View Details
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Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog
We will pay focused attention to which of these insights, tools, and behaviors are useful to our leadership going forward. Grading / Course Administration: Grading is based on class participation (50%) and... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
and you capture carbon; and it’s a natural consequence of growing grains, growing row crops,” he observes. Wiviott and SFP have come up with a win-win, market-based way of getting farmers to go organic. The... View Details