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- 01 Dec 2000
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analysis of the differing perspectives. As a result of the conference, Beer and Nohria have mapped out two dominant and conflicting archetypal theories of change. Theory E is based on the creation of economic value, often expressed as... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
When Donna Dubinsky joined Palm Computing in 1992, the eight-person start-up was one of several companies developing a personal digital assistant. Under her leadership, Palm introduced the first successful PDA, creating a multi-billion dollar market it then View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
Case Study Illustration by Corbis/Matthias Kulka Sometimes, a company's history contains more drama than a Russian novel. A recent case, "LEGO," explores how the toy maker grew to global dominance from humble beginnings, the mistakes that... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
misuse of social media, and cyber attacks are just a few of the threats to continuing prosperity that we see dominating the headlines every day. How can capitalism be sustained? And who should spearhead the effort? Critics turn to... View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
Silicon Valley’s name is dominant in the history of entrepreneurship. So where does that leave other cities that want to get in on the action? On April 13 in Spangler Auditorium, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a panel of area business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
Medina flagged a half-century ago seem destined to be repeated. Far from being a static industry with ossified giants, private equity features brutal competition and enormous dynamism. Groups that were dominant just a few years ago, such... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
Russo at home in her Brisbane apartment. She credits her domineering Sicilian father with teaching her the street smarts to succeed in business. PHOTO BY PATRICK HAMILTON /NEWSPIX/NEWS LTD. Every successful entrepreneur can look back and,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
Medina and his cofounders had courted at GroupTalent were interested in Outreach’s product, but usage wasn’t growing as quickly as the founders had hoped. Plus, the company faced the challenge of making their software compatible with numerous applicant tracking... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
four-year research program that spanned 25 industries, identifying long-term winners and what they do differently, Capon talked to marketing mavens from across the global economy and presents their insights in five broad groups: picking markets that matter; selecting... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
question. Japan's reliance on industrial policy had already triggered a backlash in the United States with cries of unfair trade practices. With its emphasis on size and dominant market share, Mitsubishi Corporation may have topped the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
a technical one." On April 1, 1993, he became the first CEO of IBM hired from outside company ranks. When Gerstner arrived, he found an organization that was, in some respects, a victim of its own success. Thanks to its longtime dominance... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
colonial bases. This will enable the USA to dominate the region and intervene in Saudi Arabia when the monarchy falls. But they will not aggravate ordinary Iraqis. Educated Iraqis are pragmatic. They can control the firebrands. What we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
that idea with help from successful entrepreneurs in a variety of fields. What do you see for the future of the health care sector? Lately, I’ve become optimistic. It’s a big struggle to turn from an industry in which the suppliers are View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
Although 40 percent of WPP's business still comes from the United States—a reflection of the continuing dominance of this country's multinationals and financial services firms—Sorrell's frequent visits to what he calls "faster growing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
taxpayers on the hook when things went bad. The upshot is that the nation’s largest financial institutions now live in a “heads I win, tails you lose” world of moral hazard. No wonder calls to end too big to fail have hit a fever pitch. At present, there are two View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
making and the culmination of HBS’s yearlong centennial observance, the three-day event was designed to galvanize thinking and action around the 21st century’s transcendent business challenges. What no one expected, but what dominated the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
“He reminded me that it wasn’t my dominant hand that was injured, and that I needed to focus on all that remained, not on what I had lost.” So when the Army gave him a prosthesis, Jefferson chose not to use it, and instead guided himself... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
Walt Whitman termed “the pulse of the continent.” As the century drew to a close, railroads dominated both freight and passenger traffic over long distances. But in densely populated cities, horse-drawn streetcars were still the most... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
politics, and a business landscape dominated by yesterday’s champions. Murphy places these troubles in a broad historical context, combining analyses of Japanese culture and society over the centuries with accounts of Japan's numerous... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
and social justice in the conduct of capitalism. When Massie was an infant, his youthful parents received a stunning diagnosis: Their lively firstborn was a hemophiliac. The family's life in New York's Westchester County became dominated... View Details