Information And Transformation Function - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jan 2025
News

Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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September 2021 Alumni Books

equip and support entrepreneurs in Africa, through the process of starting and growing successful and resilient agriculture and food businesses... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Mengwen Zhao

in." Expanding beyond specific functions to general management Reflecting on the HBS curriculum, Mengwen says, "The course structure doesn't just give us technical knowledge; it gives us the intuition that View Details

Keywords: Consulting; CPG; Healthcare/Biotech

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2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

University of Oxford. For more information on research and artistic collaborations see: www.mayaldabbagh.org Colleen Ammerman Jennifer Berdahl Jennifer Berdahl (PhD, Social Psychology) is a Professor in the... View Details

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

business functions over the past two decades, so credit derivative swaps are going to carry that transformation to a new level. As in any activity involving large numbers in both participants View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

to transform relationships in the value net in advantageous ways. Ford carefully fosters competition among its suppliers and manufacturers critical components in-house to ensure that the company does not... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

25 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation

matter expert there whether formally through a paid role, or informally through volunteering and research. I find that the functional strategy is often the most transferable... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Designing Change

Hinrichs and his Pentagram team roll up their sleeves and work together with Kahn and others at Muzak to craft the final logo: a sleek, curvy m inside a circle. But Muzak’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2007
News

To The Rescue

million in property, along with much donated time and effort from employees at Satyam. It was, in a way, a gift back to the country that has allowed him to prosper. To understand just how transformative the... View Details

Keywords: Garrett M. Graff; emergency response networks; Information; Information; Information; Information

17 Feb 2015
News

The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)

a research group in an academic nonprofit setting working with government leaders and other nonprofits, foundations, and businesses, to inform better policies. I enjoy... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Jan 2008
News

Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

utility vehicles and tractors for the Indian market in the 1950s. Today, it is a $6.6 billion enterprise involved in many activities, including information technology, logistics, infrastructure development,... View Details

24 Nov 2014
News

New York Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

of the world tour of The Harvard Business School Campaign. Lincoln Center’s famed Alice Tully Hall was transformed into an elegant lounge for the evening’s reception, enabling hundreds of alumni from the metro New York region View Details

17 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future

the forefront of her thinking when she began her career. Looking over her past, however, an undercurrent of interest in climate change and sustainability is apparent. “My best experience at HBS was taking the Corporate View Details

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Related Resources - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

Archival Resources Industry, marketing and advertising have long been topics of interest at HBS, where marketing has been part of the curriculum since 1914 and advertising courses started offering an... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

Financial Engineering: Applied Studies of Financial Innovation (1995) and The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective (1995). Portions of this report were taken from an article by Ken Gewertz that... View Details

06 Oct 2020
News

Clearing the Path to Citizenship

hoped to start a new life with their young son in their adopted country, but the immigration process would not be an easy one. “Everything was opaque and scary,” Wang says. “It was our one shot at being able to stay.” Stymied by the... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Jun 2021
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HBS Addresses Racial Equity

summer with a greater sense of urgency and purpose in dealing with racial equity issues? Dean Nitin Nohria wrote to our community about the School’s need to redouble its commitment to combat racism, and he... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

information technology until something breaks. This crisis required rapid and large reallocation of modern information technology, with particular links to communications. Some... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

09 Mar 2021
News

Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

less than $25,000 a year, this program represents a transformational opportunity to earn a college degree and secure a job with a family-sustaining wage. What is sometimes underestimated is that not only are... View Details