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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Action Plan: Rapids Growth
Holley paddling through Sparks Lake, near Bend, Oregon (courtesy of Eddyline/Sheer Madness Productions) When he was debating whether to acquire a venerable, high-end kayak maker, Scott Holley (MBA 2009) worried that he might be doing so... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business
impartially among a range of views, faculty members debated the ramifications of this approach to course content and HBS pedagogy. Then, O&M Professor Michael C. Jensen's summary of the unit's views on the corporate objective function and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
draws for new business, including location, lifestyle, a loyal and dedicated work force, and a sophisticated fiber-optic telecommunications system. It also lays out the problems that new businesses face, such as high taxes and a lack of capital and properly skilled... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
Japanese business during the 1970s and 1980s — such as lifetime employment, cross-shareholding, and keiretsu (Japanese corporate groupings) — are going through fundamental changes. There is ongoing debate as to where Japanese companies... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
An Experiment in Online Education Reaches 50,000 Learners in Five Years
protagonists through short video clips; wrestle with the same issues and imperfect information facing those business leaders; discuss and debate solutions with classmates around the globe; and even field the dreaded cold call. HBS Online... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers
drive a decision to offer two sessions of a more traditional, case-based ESM course in fall 2016 to provide fundamentals in preparation for the field-based course. “The startup dilemmas students will debate during case discussions in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Economy 2013. Vol. 14 (National Bureau of Economic Research) edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern University of Chicago Press Appreciation of the importance of innovation to the economy has increased over the past decade with a debate... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Volunteers Crack Case, Consider School's Future
for the next morning's case discussion. Jarred back to anxiety, that night I assumed the classic posture — highlighter in hand, scrutinizing the case as if my life depended upon it. Early Saturday morning, the familiar debate began —... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
still a win for humanity. Julian Zlatev: There’s been a long debate in psychology about whether people are truly altruistic: Is altruism really altruism if it reflects this warm glow or the self-interested reasons Christine is talking... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Managing the Map
findings are published daily. Genome research is also proceeding apace in the private sector, giving rise to extensive debate concerning the propriety of private entities owning what many consider to be information in biology's "public... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Transforming Baker Library
researchers, as well as a multimedia discussion and conference space called “The Exchange,” intended for spirited debate and collaboration. The core library functions will also expand. With special attention to preserving the historic... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
that were presented and discussed at the colloquium. Globalization’s complexities and nuances, compared with twenty years ago, were analyzed and debated with a rigor and enthusiasm that doubtless would have pleased Ted Levitt immensely.... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
creating Wikis and message boards with IT. They also hope to increase operating hours in Spangler and Baker. The first half of the debate was a fairly sedate affair. One point of contention was the upfront $200 fee that incoming students... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
Issues surrounding corporate governance are a source of ongoing debate in the boardrooms of companies around the world — not just the United States. A new case, “Governing Sumida Corporation,” takes readers inside a Japanese manufacturer... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Who Owns Yoga?
not to convert yoga devotees to Hinduism, according to the organizers, but rather to have them acknowledge the connection between them. So, should yoga be branded? Deshpandé taught the case for the first time in the Owner/President Management Program, sparking a lively... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
shareholders. Instead, millions of Americans who shop at Wal-Mart would likely end up paying higher prices. This last point suggests that the debate around Wal-Mart isn’t really about a Marxist conflict between capital and labor. Instead,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Clubs Offer Popular Management Programs
For thirteen weeks last year, Kelli Socarras got a taste of life as an HBS student. She read two case studies each week, debated management solutions in class, and learned from top executives in a wide range of industries. She... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
technology for creating podcasts, videos, and webinars. During the pandemic, podcasts are being recorded remotely. Popular Episodes Walmart’s Strategy to Beat Amazon; and Millennial Socialism Three professors discuss how Walmart is trying to compete against Amazon and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
and not 12- to 17-year-olds, the study clearly shows that cigarette advertising is significantly related to youth, but not young adult, readership. King and his colleagues conclude that the study can be used as an important tool in the public health policy View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
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environment," he writes. "I have been more concerned in this book with a manager's responsibilities to shareholders and to his or her own intellectual integrity." Reinhardt asserts that discussions of business and the environment have become bogged down in a sterile... View Details