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- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
beings working together under various incentive structures and schemes. As a result, incentive and organization design is probably the most important factors in determining whether a business is ultimately successful. And getting that... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
retailers). Another day, we will be testing formulas for a new product, sending pitch emails to editors for PR coverage, and meeting with our designers on packaging updates.” What do you know now about startup life that you didn't know... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
designing extensive training programs. That’s when I started thinking again about the mismatch between the education and employment systems,” she says.” We couldn’t find good talent, and yet we were meeting... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
officer and an administrator in the office of the Quartermaster General, earning the rank of captain. World War II had a significant impact on Christensen’s career. The organizational challenges of warfare on a global scale encouraged the use of strategic View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
kitchen, how it’s designed and how it flows is to help us achieve those really high throughputs. And some of the customer engagement you were talking about is really designed to help people understand and... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
at Harvard designed to foster student startups. In 2021, the company was a finalist in the HBS New Venture Competition’s social enterprise track and participated in the Harvard i-lab’s Venture Program, where it was named a semifinalist in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
offered insights into work that is underway on the role of business in society, digital innovation, and reimagining learning. "I don't think there is another institution other than business and free enterprise that has done more good for... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty
don't think enough reporters have, especially once they've gotten a few decades into their careers." At Time, Tumulty notes, "one of the great luxuries is that you don't have to cover 'the daily story.' So, for example, two years before... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business
Inspired by HBS’s distinctive pedagogy, it would be unlike anything else offered online. In addition to launching its first program, CORe (Credential of Readiness)—which teaches the fundamentals of business—HBS Online has created Certificate Programs, a portfolio of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
high-stakes situations. McCall’s thinking is not based on the idea that great leaders are born ready to go. Rather, their abilities are developed and shaped by experiences in life. A challenging job, a failure in leading a project, an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
headquarters, where Skullcandy creates and markets high-quality, boldly designed headphones, earbuds, speaker docks, iPhone/iPod accessories, and clothing. What’s this first year as CEO been like? We went public in July 2011, a few months... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
architect Robert A.M. Stern, several preservationists, and Skanska USA, the construction manager. The School’s internal structure of an executive committee and fifteen subcommittees also provided clear direction. “This was a terrific project,” says Bob Stern, who also... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
she says. For a company the size of McDonald’s, it posed a massive operational challenge. Hurdles included everything from structure—McDonald’s kitchens were designed to operate in two separate “day parts,” breakfast and everything... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
teaching them to memorize information,” says Moynihan. “We’re not saying ABCs and 1-2-3s aren’t important, but we think that playful learning and other important nonacademic developmental skills are not being valued appropriately.” This... View Details
- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
simplicity? We can’t rely on the federal government, which was designed as an exception,” says Deffarges, pointing out the state-by-state initiatives that are enacting Medicare-for-All. “States will show us the way home.” Belinsky says... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors
comprehensive career management tool kit for career planning and job transitioning. In an effort to help promote personal and professional development, the School has developed several lifelong learning programs designed specifically for... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
digitalization and data science and artificial intelligence are deployed as management and business tools,” Lakhani explains. And that means HBS needs to think differently, too. Enter the Digital, Data, and View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
of the total federal budget. By 1975, it was less than 1 percent. “The original programs were finished, the shuttle hadn’t begun yet, and we weren’t sending astronauts into space,” he says. Thompson began thinking about a new kind of... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Health and Human Services Secretary, Tom Daschle, was an advocate of universal coverage. While few would deny that some kind of fundamental health-care reform is needed, many others contend that it will have to wait, given the nation’s current financial crisis.... View Details