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- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
case and how did it come together? Anita Elberse: I am particularly fascinated by companies and people in entertainment, media, and sports that have very strong track records over a long period of time. Sir Alex Ferguson is a manager who... View Details
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
smart people of that time believed that technology had reached its limits and capitalism had passed its peak. Schumpeter believed the exact opposite, and of course he was right. Q: Schumpeter introduced the term “creative destruction” and... View Details
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) in New York City. At the time of his death, Brown was a statistician in the Treasurer's Department. Norris Bumstead Herndon HBS MBA 1921 Atlanta, GA Atlanta University,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
while, everyone else in the ground-coffee market had done something similar, and it’s been going on ever since. You tend to see this happen at times of increasing costs of raw materials, wages, and energy prices—anything that puts... View Details
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
A number of studies have suggested that US workers waste between one and two hours a day web surfing, costing their companies billions in lost productivity. In response, some employers have banned private Internet use at the office, a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
that quite replaces those delightfully awkward informational interviews with people that might be in or near or not even close to your professional network. Those are real learning opportunities for what might be needed from the companies... View Details
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Porter Prize India - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Healthcare Prize What Others Are Saying Porter Prize India Porter Prize India The Porter Prize India was established to recognize Indian companies competing on the basis of value creation, innovation, and strategy. History of the Prize in... View Details
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History - Entrepreneurship
intricacies of finance to the art of leadership, and I am delighted to be able to support those efforts both now and for the future." Historically, approximately 50% of HBS graduates become entrepreneurs by the time they are 15 years out... View Details
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
to research and write this case? A: I came across the company during some of my travels in South India. It was so unusual to find "first-world health care at emerging-market prices" as the case says. Often better care—by which I... View Details
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Career Support - Business & Environment
offers the opportunity to meet with Climate Experts in a variety of industries. Expert Resources include serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, creative directors, lawyers, and more. MBA students can schedule 1:1 time with seasoned... View Details
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
What." Since 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Kind of Blue, it's a good time to ask: How did he do it? One of the answers is "radical simplicity," according to HBS professor Robert D. Austin and Carl... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
economic life. Chandler always stressed the importance of knowledge and learning inside organizations, which preceded more recent notions of the knowledge company or organizational learning. He was also a model intellectual, a scholar's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in 2019. Egyptian digital payments... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
putting too much faith in innovative companies with exciting ideas but untried management. "At Morgan Stanley, we're back to basics: We look for young companies that have the advantage of entering a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
learned first-hand about this inequity as a child in Philadelphia’s public schools. During a recent interview with Manny Maceda, Bain & Company’s worldwide managing partner, Frazier reflected on his experience: “My younger sister and I came along at a View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY
don’t think about pay on a day-to-day basis. Time Pressure Fuels Creativity. People are least creative when they’re fighting the clock “on a treadmill,” having a fragmented day that doesn’t allow them to concentrate on a single important... View Details
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
announcement, little has transpired publicly; the two sides are presumably negotiating. Who are the winners and losers here? Has China been taught a lesson? Has Google been outfoxed? What can other companies learn from this collision of... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
Harvard Business School Case 614-052 SAP 2014: Reaching for the Cloud In May 2014, Bill McDermott will become the sole CEO of SAP AG, the world leader in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) field. The case occurs in January 2014 at SAP's investors meeting, at a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap
Nina Mullen and Hilary Quartner are both from the HBS MBA Class of 2017. Nina has deep strategy and consumer products experience, notably at Bain & Company and Harry’s (where she focused on launching Harry’s at Target). Most recently,... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Amoruso poured herself into building the brand and developing relationships with her customers-typically the slightly edgy 18-24 year old. The company had grown since that time into a multi-category... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne