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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
request from a florist that finally clarified the concept: “Beautiful products,” the florist said, “but do you do bulk rentals?” “It suddenly made a lot of sense to me. People want access, not necessarily ownership, and nothing like that...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
comes in a carcass, customer preferences, share size, order history. Formulas propose a suggested share, based on a selection of items we think will maximize this member’s happiness—within the constraints of our inventory,” Cummings says....
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
also create business opportunities. In this book Professor Di Tella and his colleagues present case studies taught in his HBS course of the same name, which addresses opportunities created by globalization and proposes strategies View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
Photography by Robert Schoen Lori Schock, copresident of the HBS Student Association, defines her leadership role as being an activist for students' priorities. “When I go to meetings, I'm constantly thinking of the hundreds of other...
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Kathleen Brill
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
of male HBS grads to the executive office was not easy, but for women still unwelcomed above the glass ceiling in the ’70s, getting there was especially difficult. “She was one smart, sharp cookie,” says a classmate of Ellen Marram (MBA...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Growing Drumbeat
administration, we need mentors, money, and space,’ all requests that the School was mostly on top of already.” The first item was covered by the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program; the second quickly resulted in the MVP Fund; the last...
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Contests
- 01 Feb 1999
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New Releases
Managing Across Borders by Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal (Harvard Business School Press) A decade ago HBS professor Christopher A. Bartlett and London Business School professor Sumantra Ghoshal proposed a revolutionary new...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Former Blackberry CEO Uncovers Historic Shipwreck
history and to our future.” This week, Balsillie’s exploration uncovered another famous wreck—the HMS Terror, which was abandoned alongside the HMS Erebus and whose fate remained a mystery for 168 years. That is, until this Sunday. A...
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- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
Bloom: In Mali with local dignitaries at rice harvest in newly irrigated fields. Photo courtesy Jonathan Bloom It seems poetic justice when someone named Bloom is involved in an exciting experiment that’s blossomed and bearing fruit. Jonathan Bloom (MBA 1972), View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron
whose lives would become inextricably linked with her own: HBS classmate Thomas C. Barron, whom she would later marry, and a Tanzanian woman named Rukia Hamisi, who would become an important friend. Hired by McKinsey after graduation from HBS, Barron worked as a...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) When Uma Subramanian (MBA 2008) joined Aero Technologies as CEO in March 2019, the company was “just a kernel of an...
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April White;
aviation;
airlines;
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leadership;
innovation;
Air Transportation;
Transportation
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Back to School
D.C., to work at a nonprofit education-reform group. Then, as now, I feel the future of any society depends on its ability to educate and prepare the next generation to take its turn at the wheel. For a time, I rejoined the for-profit...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
resources or employee assistance programs. One simple change, to have information and referral requests managed by experienced geriatric-care managers, would dramatically improve utilization of services. Corporate wellness programs and...
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- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
they didn’t have us around to help them.” That assistance comes in the form of good business strategy and execution, in addition to fundraising. But Weinstein has a good case for philanthropists, especially when the View Details
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Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
requests for data and assistance in contacting students and alumni. As an alternative to the media rankings, the two schools spearheaded an effort with the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) to...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Jon Kingsdale. For years, argument has raged about how to fix these problems. Proposals range from tinkering with the current employer-based system; to moving to a more deregulated system with high-tech,...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
the threat, with analysts predicting it will grow to $170 billion by 2020. (In his proposed fiscal 2017 budget, President Obama requested a $5 billion increase in federal cybersecurity spending, up to $19...
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Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Sep 2009
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Over the Top
Illustration by Ken Orvidas/theispot.com In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the...
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- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
was shocked by their advice. “They said, ‘Try three Advil a day. It might help. There are a few FDA-approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, and they won’t help,’” he recalls. McCance, a venture- capital pioneer with Greylock Partners, had...
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Linda Kush