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- 01 Jun 2013
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Five Bright Ideas
technologies to come) is needed to develop that knowledge. "Education is a $3 trillion industry globally, and no player in the world controls even 1 percent of it," he says. "I think there will be a Facebook or Google in learning. I'd like it to be us." Bright Idea #2... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
to law enforcement? How much disclosure is legally required, and how much is appropriate ethically? How will disclosure affect the company’s stock price and prospects for attracting future business? For any executive, it’s a nightmare... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
you. Paul Conforti (MBA 1997) was a 1997 quarterfinalist with classmates Kim Moore and Kristen Krzyzewski for Finale, an upscale restaurant with a focus on desserts. “I envisioned the path to be a little different,” Conforti confesses.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
and where the financial markets are nonetheless looking to large-scale securitization. "I put considerable focus on negotiation and the decision-making process," explains Poorvu. Also crucial, says Poorvu, are the links between the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
The sci-fi future for cancer treatment has become a reality, with breakthrough therapies that can use a cancer patient’s genetic information to create personalized treatments or employ the body’s immune response to treat disease. But for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake
networking that we're doing work now, but it will also work with future generations of machines." The pursuit of the open systems strategy and the commitment to integration has required focused development and the solution of a number of... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
today's top executives must build organizations in which the new can constructively displace the old and where talented employees are encouraged to help formulate company strategy. "Successful e-leaders focus on two things: a new approach... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
of this year's event, also provided hands-on Internet demonstrations throughout the conference.) Yet as these and many other speakers stressed, new technologies such as the Internet are ultimately only a means to an end. To help conference-goers View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates
to better understand the needs of this large and important segment of the HBS community. I want to use the balance of this letter to update you on the committee’s impressive progress. I’ll go into similar detail about the other committees in View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
DreamWorks Animation and Walt Disney Studios, who serves as chairman to Whitman’s CEO. She holds up her iPhone to demonstrate what this future that they envision might look like on a five-inch screen. From the fish-eye perspective of a... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
McFarlan and asked him to reflect on his experiences in China, and his thoughts about the future of a country he describes as “a fascinating place with great promise, but uncertain prospects for continued economic growth.” What were your... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
early detection of gynecological diseases. The Oakland-based company completed its second clinical trial and is now raising Series A funding. Its initial indications focus on identifying conditions that contribute to infertility, such as... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
participants with a glimpse into the future of cyberspace. Next year, Kapoor may find himself an invited guest at that event, since he'll be working on content development at the @Home Network, a high-profile Silicon Valley startup... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
CEOs and business leaders who will walk the talk on environmental harmony and social responsibility. What do you think about the future relationship between India and China? There is a grudging acknowledgment on both sides that we stand... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
business. These essential insights for enduring and optimizing the middle miles will outfit managers to find their way through the messy middle of any bold project or new venture. Denial: How Refusing to Face the Facts about Our Autism Epidemic Hurts Children,... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
them to focus on. Recognizing that there's a lot of big wins people are making right now because their emissions are dropping because they're not going on those long trips that they had planned on doing otherwise and thinking more about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
you and make it easier to ask for aid from others. Build a definable set of skills and knowledge that add value to others. You will probably want flexibility at some point, and this is how you get it. Be concrete and document your talents. Aim for the top line. Too... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
their careers and their future goals—personal, professional, and societal. “One of the things we talked about a lot in that forum was running toward the thing that hurts your heart the most,” Verdi recalls. For Verdi and his wife, Gina,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
growth — exceeding 9 percent for the past three years — China sends a clear message to the world of progress and power. The country’s singular focus on economic development has been shaped by top-down government control that extends into... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2004
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Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
launched two years ago. The original intent of the research project was to begin to collect data that would contribute to a “canon of business leadership” — a compendium of business leaders who have defined the way we live, work, and interact. With a View Details