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- 01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
from the 1950s to 1960s (an era that Light identifies as the "first burst" of success for the mutual fund). During those years, Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. (MBA '25) led the Massachusetts Investors Trust, the Boston firm credited with... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
are wreaking havoc on the workplace. Reengineering, for example, destabilizes and changes the rules by which organizations operate, he says. "Many of these programs are actually designed to make life easier for top management without... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Having a Ball
and social service organizations, Stafford, who grew up as one of twelve children of a Baptist minister, invited his guests from all over the country and provided beauty treatments and formal evening wear for two gala balls he organized... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
Kyruus, a Boston-based firm he cofounded that helps health care systems to manage their provider data and make it easier to connect patients with the right care—steps that ultimately benefit both patients and practitioners. Gardner... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
(PMD 58, 1989) Gaia Design should use an already established logistics company such as UPS, FedEx, or DHL. Although the e-commerce infrastructure as a whole is not good in Mexico, these organizations are large enough to drive world-class... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
will address the challenges facing organizations in attracting, developing, and retaining outstanding talent. He calls the approach required today "constellation leadership." What impact has the Internet's rapid growth had on the way... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
in the ranks of investors. She also knew that some firms were seeking to diversify their partnerships without addressing underlying structural problems. “Partner” did not always mean check-writing abilities or a voice on the investment... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
genius was in how he organized experimentation,” Thomke told a gathering of colleagues during a recent HBS research symposium. “He knew that if you don’t get rapid feedback on new ideas, they often grow cold and don’t get pursued.” In his... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
profitable into their value chain.” The firm has certified supply chains in Thailand and Indonesia, which are among the worst contributors of plastic ocean debris, and plans to expand into other parts of Asia and Latin America soon.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
process from the perspective of Kenny Kahn, vice president of marketing, while also including the insights of Kit Hinrichs, a well-known figure in the design world, and his team at Pentagram, the firm that takes on the Muzak assignment.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
clearances for the government job he thought was waiting for him. DeFehr instead decided to attend HBS and join the family business, Palliser Furniture. He has now been a fixture at Palliser for more than 50 years. He was CEO of the 2,000-employee View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
programs, graduate business study has not been a natural leap. PRIMO is one way to change that." Tami Kim was a rising senior concentrating in government at Harvard College in 2011 when she participated in the inaugural session of the Program for Research in Markets... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
Slayton (MBA 1990) discussing the situation he faced in 1997 when he took over as president and CEO of a small company called MySoftware. The firm was a struggling Silicon Valley business that developed and sold software for a variety of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
hallmark of sweeping, technology-driven change, HBS alumni, faculty, and invited guests representing nearly thirty countries considered today's newest frontier: the world of information technology. "Nobody on the organizing committee had... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
money,” Letelier says, and the grants that typically power nonprofits don’t typically offer organizations the flexibility of the financial products available to for-profit companies, which can mean everything from bootstrapping and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
time in class discussing how to structure deals and leverage resources you don't actually have - both key issues when we started Stylus," he says. "My goal," Bhide explains, "is to help students make smarter choices about the businesses they start." Entrepreneurship,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
vital to solving current economic troubles and explain what minority firms must do to take their place in major value chains. They then examine what governments, corporations, and support organizations ought... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
they react to that change? How can they address it? What are the things that leaders need to do to ensure their firms can succeed in this new era? RS: A couple more points on the consequences if they don't change. Because I do think that... View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
intimate and immediate,” she said, noting that 1871 is home to 500 early-stage tech startups. “We’re a place to bring together all of the stakeholders—venture capital, universities, and corporate partners,” she said. Mark Tebbe, who founded the technology consulting... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
General Manage-ment unit. With the growing importance of the Internet and the fact that the daily operations of most organizations now rely heavily on computer technology, IT "has moved to the top of the agenda of most CEOs," notes Nolan.... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb