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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
such a demanding yet fascinating field of research, whether the subject of study is a single deal or the entire industry's movements. "There are many interrelationships that involve economic, political, and human factors," comments Stobaugh, coeditor with View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
by the late Harvard minister Peter Gomes. Daniel Deronde, because there’s no limit to how George Eliot can deepen our sense of our own humanity. I’ll also finish C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity, which is a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
evident, once again, last summer. The country was mired in the fifth year of a costly, bloody war in the Middle East, a conflict many believed was driven in part by a desire to secure access to Iraq’s petroleum reserves. “Black gold”... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Making Lives Better
precisely the tools with which to make that jump—first, in 2005, into the role of CEO of the newly formed Autism Speaks, a science and advocacy organization founded by her former NBC boss Bob Wright, and later, in forming her own... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
Illustration by Matt Chinworth Illustration by Matt Chinworth Every year, millions of Americans resolve to lose weight, but few sustain their loss over time, according to a report in the New England Journal... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
Above: illustration by Brian Stauffer In 2008, Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) attended a presentation on climate change and the global water crisis at her five-year HBS reunion. Harvard Professor Daniel Schrag, who... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
is coordinating with Gilead Sciences, maker of Remdesivir, to distribute and manufacture the antiviral drug treatment for use in 127 countries, including Egypt. It was recently approved for emergency use by the United States, India,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
cutting-edge research, this book illustrates how to identify and overcome the barriers that regularly stand in the way of change. Build Better Brains: A Leader’s Guide to the World of Neuroscience By Martina Muttke (AMP 179, 2010)... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
had to be a different answer. My first book on this topic, The Innovator’s Dilemma, explored my theory that developing advanced technologies is rarely the primary challenge for leading firms. Rather, the stumbling block lies in... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
commonalities these icons could find over a few pints. The result is Schultz’s new book, Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway's Hamilton, and on this episode of Skydeck, he and I discuss what two artists separated View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
by Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor Robert Stickgold, who recently published the first scientific study on dreams in 40 years. Professor Michael Norton interviewed best-selling author Michael Lewis about his latest book, The... View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Outsider-Insider Named CEO of Amazon Web Services
CEO of cloud data company Tableau; before that, he spent 11 years working alongside Jassy, running sales, marketing, and support at AWS. As reported by CNN, Jassy cited that experience, as well as Selipsky’s many skills—including... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager It’s not lonely at the top anymore. Today’s CEO has an average of 10 direct reports, according to new research by Associate Professor Julie Wulf, Maria Guadalupe of Columbia Business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
Illustrations by John Ritter HBS/HU Growth With the Allston land purchase, Harvard University has begun to expand across the Charles River and around the HBS campus. How do you see the School interacting with the University (and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
seized power in Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega and other Sandinista leaders — still dressed in their jungle greens — marched into the HBS Faculty Club. Over breakfast, we discussed INCAE’s future.” “Traveler, there is no path. Paths are made... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
Illustration by Mengxin Li After years of speculation, 2020 was meant to be a big year for the implementation of 5G, the fifth generation of standards for broadband cellular networks. And somewhere between a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
Edwards and Hicks Illustration by Dan Vasconcellos Deep in the heart of Texas, smack in the middle of President Bush’s staunchly Republican home district, an eight-term Democratic congressman battled a Republican newcomer for reelection.... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method
Don’t let the fact that first-year MBA students immerse themselves in the beer industry fool you—they are learning about product development by participating in an online simulation. In fact, the use and complexity of simulations in the... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
QUEZON CITY, THE PHILIPPINES: On the edge of this municipality of Manila lies the Payatas dumpsite, the home and sole provider to thousands of scavengers. Payatas and places like it are symbols of a glaring inefficiency: Amid the global... View Details