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- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
solving many of the same problems along the way but in isolation. So she wrote the manual. Drawing on her own experiences and the road map established by Grommet’s ventures, Pieri’s book, How We Make Stuff... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
leaders. Brand Aid by Brad VanAuken (MBA ’84) (American Management Association) This reference guide is aimed at solving tough branding problems and strengthening marketing position. VanAuken offers... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
to brainstorm solutions to problems that still plague the community. One of the Cleveland visitors this January was Richard Shatten (MBA '80), a faculty member at Cleveland's Weatherhead School of Management. Just after graduating from... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems By Wendy K. Smith (PHDOB 2006) and Marianne W. Lewis Harvard Business Review Press Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
the nature of what Numenta is doing.” Most people assume that the human brain was solved long ago. That some scientist figured out how humans learn, published the findings in a white paper, and put it on a shelf, and it was settled. But... View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Pooling resources to tackle India's social challenges
Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992), former chairman of Microsoft India, left the corporate world to launch Social Venture Partners (SVP) India, which brings together concerned citizens to solve economic and social View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
was proposed in this country’s Constitution and codified in its modern form in 1836, began to have serious problems in 1982. What went wrong? Two fundamental changes occurred that weakened the system considerably. The first had to do with... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
happiness and peace.' Then I realized that happiness and peace came from knowing that whatever problem is brought to me, I-or someone in the company-can solve it." Whether meeting with scientists in a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
emergency—a problem that is particularly acute for women and their ability to save for retirement. “In the United States, women’s pensions or retirement plans are typically 35 percent less than men’s even though we live longer and our... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Today’s Global Challenges Together by Reginald Van Lee (MBA ’84), Fernando Napolitano (AMP 157, 1999), and others (Palgrave Macmillan) Based on interviews with over 100 leaders from around the world, this book introduces a new framework for View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
professor of management practice Joe Fuller and in partnership with Accenture, set out to understand why this mismatch occurs and how to solve it. A Harvard Business Review article summarizes their findings, which include focusing on... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The 'multiplier effect' of supporting education
solve a problem in a country like Brazil. It’s education.” “We believe,” Andre adds, “that you help educate people, which will hire people, which will educate people so the efficiency of the investment for... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
Press, proposes that entrepreneurial thinking will be the key to government’s ability to solve big problems (written by Professor of Management Practice and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow Mitchell B.... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
three weeks ago, we had a very significant problem at Africa.com with an advertiser. And I looked up the HBS alumni network and found the CFO of this company was an HBS alum, reached out to him in that capacity, and we View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
people, which is hopeless. We just can’t seem to do that,” he observes. “The other problem is people getting along with Mother Nature. We are in the process of wrecking the planet.” The second problem wasn’t... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
initiatives feel as if they’re “done.” It’s like someone who thinks climate change is a real problem and buys a Prius and feels as if they’ve done their part and they’re done. The problem is not View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
executives like Wilkins and also by inviting graduate students from HBS and other top business schools to spend spring break helping a company solve a major strategic problem. "It's really impressive to see all the people from HBS come... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
to the ideal of entrepreneurship itself rather than to a single business model or product. That flexibility helps them react nimbly to market feedback, abandoning products and business models that aren’t working. 2. Look for problems to... View Details