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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
rather crude reference to the bathrooms used by two or three suites of students.” An expert in the fields of consumer marketing and retail distribution, Walter Salmon (MBA ’54) graduated from the City College of New York and was admitted... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
are so interrelated. Q: What's happening in the Gulf? A: We have seen increasing liberalization of the Gulf economies, for instance, the lowering of barriers to trade for foreign companies. These changes... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
Americans in her apartment building and moved to Boston, where she became a dance instructor at Tufts University. Thinking she might want to lead an arts organization, Barron applied View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
through unpublished letters, manuscripts, and diary entries to discover the secrets of Kate and Alexander Fisher, an unlikely couple. Kate was a fun-loving extrovert, while Alexander was an introverted math... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth by James Allen (MBA 1989) and Chris Zook (Harvard Business Review Press) Based on their decade-long study of companies in more than 40 countries, the authors... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
theoretical outcomes.” A major challenge, Diana said, is transmission congestion; i.e. connecting the new, renewable sources to the grid where there is capacity for electricity to flow where it’s needed.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
are very different from 25 years ago. Some of that results from new materials, but some is because we’re empowering foreign students to bring their backgrounds into classroom discussions.” For a school that pioneered participant-centered... View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
risk-averse. b) They can't make tough decisions. Whether or not they are true, these assumptions create significant barriers to success for women entrepreneurs who want to... View Details
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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online
Engage consumers by exploring their varied preferences and enhancing customer compatibility Balance being proactive and reactive to consumer needs while understanding cost and customer satisfaction implications Overcome View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
capital and labor. Opportunity-seeking entrepreneurs are plentiful: They can gain access to human and financial capital; they can overcome barriers to entry; and they can... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
Marketing. Says Godes, “There are so many different layers to this case but, in particular, it captures two important concepts: reaction to competitive entry and the rethinking... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
develop their own infrastructure first. "We used to say that auto companies, telecoms, and big retailers weren't at risk of disruption within their industries, because there were such high barriers View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
resources. We found martial arts to be the best avenue because of both the lessons learned and the fact that it is available to individuals of all shapes and sizes. There is certainly an economic View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
on what we said we’d deliver.” The goal is to break even by mid-2010. Analysts differ on the viability of the air-taxi business. Whether it will be an exciting, profitable new entry in the aviation business... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
cultural norms, et cetera. And one of the biggest things that comes to mind, to your question of what's the biggest barrier there, it's disentangling the types of knowledge... View Details
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
productivity. Ideally, you need to make your technical staff aware of the tradeoffs and the technical/competitive landscape without building barriers to creativity. One thing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
as you get closer to the office.” Those millennials: “This is a generation that has its head in the right place. They’re much more tolerant and open—they don’t see the same sort of barriers or gradations... View Details
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Staff Directory | Baker Library
Staff Directory Ana Elena Azpúrua HBS Working Knowledge Ana plays a key role in bringing faculty research to a broader audience of business professionals through compelling maps, charts, and other forms of visual storytelling. Before... View Details