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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Woman in the House
governor’s ascension to the top office. The former controller of Indianapolis was confirmed in a unanimous vote by both the State Senate and the House of Representatives. “Congratulations, senators. You just made history,” said Senate... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
YOUNG: Always start by focusing on areas where you have the most risk. Good protection starts with good IT hygiene. The basics—patching and updating systems and basic protections (and controls)—should be in place across the entire franchise. I would recommend focusing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Ticktock
partner with an American product design firm and risk prohibitive expense, or to team up with a less-expensive overseas firm and risk the inherent quality control and communications issues? (Nanda, who was able to launch the product with... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Turning Point: Into the Wild
instead they ran toward me, which caused my horse—which is a herd animal, after all—to bolt. It was a terrifying moment, but it was also the most alive and elated I have ever felt, being swept up and surrounded by all those thundering hooves. I regained View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
appeal of anonymity seems inherently flawed for storing large values in an age when the threat of identity theft through electronic eavesdropping and in-person, gun-to-the-head demands for access and asset transfers are a growing menace. Will anonymity be relinquished... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
grit needed to live their best lives. We can't always control life's circumstances, but we can control how we respond." How do you use what you learned at HBS in your work with Grit by Brit? "The most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Richard Edelman
Chicago community, Edelman finds it natural to give back to society. A Civil War buff, he is an active board member of the New-York Historical Society. His interest in fitness and fighting obesity attracted him to the board of the Centers for Disease View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society
a need for additional research on topics such as sustainability metrics, how executives design incentive and control systems, and how companies report their performance and position. (Published May 2015) View Details
- 16 Oct 2017
- News
Take Time to Serve Others
truly satisfies your soul, and decisions will not seem so overwhelming.” Before founding Laurel Oak in 2015, Clark was a partner with GenNx360 Capital Partners, which specialized in making control investments in middle-market industrial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Finishing Touches
On a steamy day last July, workers replacing books in the restored Stamps Reading Room of Baker Library experienced an unfamiliar sensation: air-conditioning. Climate control is just one improvement to come out of a comprehensive... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up
MORE Farzad on the lasting allure of 1980s Miami on the Skydeck podcast MORE Farzad on the lasting allure of 1980s Miami on the Skydeck podcast The Bookshelf Journalist Roben Farzad (MBA 2005) on his new nonfiction tale, Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Beyond the Numbers
Robinson in 1986 as assistant controller for their international consumer businesses, including bank cards and retail banking. His first task, he recalls, was to "take a look around and advise my boss what his group should be doing... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Digging Deep
solidly built, collapsible shovel tools that won’t break when things get down and dirty. In the past year, Pieper moved manufacturing from China to Portland, Oregon, a difficult logistical shift that nonetheless made it easier to control... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
establishing brand identity, identifying the organizational mission, communicating the meaning of the brand, and leveraging brand values. Organizing Control August Thyssen and the Construction of German Corporate Management by Jeffrey R.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
of how it affects decision-making. At almost every stage of a start-up’s evolution, founders face a tension between attracting the resources needed to maximize the venture’s value and maintaining control of the enterprise—what I call the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Financing the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
growing. Coady’s work has included projects involving lemurs in Madagascar; the Kayapo indigenous people who control millions of hectares in Para State, Brazil; a 400-nest site of blue herons on the Potomac River; and the prairies west of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China
While China’s Communist Party still controls the country’s political machinery, the nation’s booming economy is increasingly in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs, with an estimated 70 percent of the nation’s GDP now produced by the private... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
innovations like ticketless seating and online reservations, as well as snacks-only food service. This has not, as critics predicted, precluded Southwest from introducing a coast-to-coast service with the same simplified product. To keep fares low, Southwest works to... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together
two hundred young HBS alumni face-to-face with experienced "angels" (backers willing to forgo much of the business involvement and control that traditional venture capitalists typically demand). The sold-out event, which drew participants... View Details