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- 01 Mar 2016
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Feedback
for the more than 6 million students in the entire state. Each school in California is already subject to four (overlapping and often inefficient) layers of supervision—at the district, county, state, and federal levels. Does Tim really... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
be represented at the gala. One of this year’s nominees for Best Picture, Winter’s Bone, and Biutiful, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, are both distributed by Roadside Attractions, cofounded by Eric D’Arbeloff (MBA ’93). A D’Arbeloff production, the 1999 film... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
lifelong bouts of depression. In 1942, Lasker unexpectedly sold the firm to three senior partners and withdrew from advertising. At the book’s close, Cruikshank and Schultz liken their subject to the Wizard of Oz, who operated largely... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
Áslaug Magnúsdóttir (MBA 2000) in the New York office of Tinker Tailor, her new online couture business. When HBS first turned a scholarly eye to retail in the early 20th century, department stores were king. Institutions like Filene’s and Jordan Marsh were the View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
somewhat different, given the ongoing nature of the Disney story. Like any good Hollywood movie — packed with plot twists and memorable characters — it promises to keep its audience guessing for the foreseeable future. — Julia Hanna “Saving Disney” was the View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Tracking a Turnaround
Levy, CEO of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, if he would serve as the subject for a multimedia case study currently taught in the MBA Program’s General Management elective and in the AMP Executive Education program. “I told... View Details
- 19 Dec 2008
- News
WHBS, 820 on Your Dial
buildings. Since it was not, technically, “on the air,” the station was unlicensed and not subject to FCC regulation. In January 1948, members of the MBA Class of 1948 who were radio hams had made it possible for HBS to receive the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
standing ovation. And as timing would have it, the event convened in the midst of a brewing struggle over Europe’s direction, the subject of a thought-provoking plenary panel discussion. Another surprise was London’s unusually hot... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
Black-owned businesses in the Boston area. The course is cotaught by Senior Lecturers Archie L. Jones, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and Henry W. McGee, and uses case discussions, presentations from subject experts, and hands-on consulting to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Research Brief: Lessons from Last Place
the operational implications of that behavior for service providers. Buell’s research, which included observing the behaviors of people both in a physical line at the grocery store checkout and in virtual lines when asked to take an online survey, showed that View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector
she was 18 she’s mostly been surrounded by people in the military. “The case method challenges me to speak up; it forces me to be a contributing member of the class,” she says. “I’ve been extremely impressed by my fellow classmates, and I really appreciate their... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Making a Case for Women
study program. This group will also work with HBS faculty and students in programs to encourage women to pursue high-level careers in management. C200 will assist the initiative by helping to identify women who are key decision-makers and asking them to serve as View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk
with stores across East and Southeast Asia. The company became the subject of a 1990 HBS case study. In 1989, Lai branched out into the media world, starting up Next, an irreverent Cantonese-language magazine that quickly clicked with the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
with the demands of career and family. “It’s a trick, a skill, an art, a science that very few people manage,” he said. After the highs of achievement, Sahlman broached the darker subject of tough times. “You turned immediately to me.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
Service, Success," a five-volume video series in which each video addresses a fundamental element of service management. A related topic, Achieving Breakthrough Service, also the subject of a video, has been developed into a weeklong... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
fraud? What kinds of internal control levers, employee training programs, or perhaps even internal (nonfinancial) rewards and recognitions lead to a greater number of internal whistleblower reports? Subject to data availability, we would... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- News
Fellowship Funder
communicate complex and at times dry subject matter clearly, simply, and with homespun charm,” recalls Mencoff, who went on to become a founding partner and co-CEO of Madison Dearborn Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
the fight against COVID-19. Government-led innovation such as this is a subject that fascinates Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004), a professor of management practice and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow at HBS. Upon hearing that Singapore’s... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
American bathrooms. Taught in the second-year course Leading Innovative Ventures, the case was coauthored with Masako Egawa (MBA ’86), former executive director of the Japan Research Center, and former research associate Jun Fukuyoshi (MBA ’08). “The View Details