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06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

United States and five other countries. "We definitely think of ourselves as an entrepreneurial company, even though we've been around for a while," says Thompson. "It's been a productive and exciting time." Many observers believe that... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient

mandatory coverages such as in vitro fertilization) — is more expensive than originally anticipated. Another drawback is that an important cost-cutting feature — comparative-pricing information for services and procedures across cities... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

History By Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry (MBA 1976) Waterside Productions I Did It is the story of Gina Champion-Cain, the mastermind behind the largest woman-led Ponzi scheme in American history. This real-life story includes a multitude... View Details

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

experience working with a Ukrainian supplier named Rolin Kostya, who continues to make his products under great duress. “The week I spoke to them, there had been a half dozen air raid warnings—and indeed one interrupted the Zoom call—and... View Details

12 Jul 2019
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The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

got over that hump, I mean then you’re like wow, we could really build an iconic company that really changes the way that the internet works for the better, kind of fixes a lot of the shortcomings. And I think that as soon as we had that a-ha we were able to really... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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Team MBA

GROUP DYNAMIC: (Clockwise from bottom) Andrew Saunders, Sonia Sahney, Tyler Koop, Courtney Hughes, and Peter Stone. Not pictured: Amyn Pesnani Photographs by Webb Chappell For this year’s feature on the School’s newest alumni, we selected... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising

clothing and accessories inspired by Hellenic heritage, was to source silks and embroidery from traditional craftswomen throughout the region, whose skills were no longer finding demand, and sell the products internationally. It was a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

education, travel and media industries. For the reader who wants down-to-earth guidance about how to be a successful leader, the book does more than just talk about the significance of leadership intelligence. It features a wealth of... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

expansion (President Johnson's Great Society); there were more opportunities for advancement. I soon became manager of the research department, then advertising manager of the book clubs division—Doubleday's largest and most profitable division. After that, I was View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

weighed in on the current economic crisis but quickly moved on to advocate for energy independence and cross-sector cooperation between business and government. The panel featured John Doerr (MBA ’76), Jeff Immelt (MBA ’82), Anand... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

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