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- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
divest Fiat's core automobile business; when that was rejected by creditors and shareholders, he resigned in 2003. Consider, too, John Trani, who in 1997 left a long career at GE Plastics for toolmaker and hardware manufacturer Stanley... View Details
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Charles Jennings
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? Although I was making an impact at my organization, I felt that I wasn't achieving my objectives as quickly or efficiently as I could. Earning an MBA from HBS would provide additional tools... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
THOMAS: A career switch from high tech to the restaurant biz calls on every bit of HBS know-how. Photo Courtesy Scherrer As a teen, Laurie Thomas (MBA ’93) didn’t devote her summers to extracurricular activities. Instead, the Wisconsin native worked, usually at her... View Details
- Profile
Rob Self
A cursory glance at Rob Self’s resumé seems to suggest a contradiction: with an advanced degree in mechanical engineering and a lengthy job history in manufacturing and automotive, his founding of a startup to serve Midwestern farmers... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
different manufacturers could not talk to one another. PCs would cost $10,000 because each company would have to design its own software, as well as craft proprietary storage, memory, and display components. But standards do not evolve... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
agreed to manufacture the laptop. On the technological front, OLPC tackled puzzles such as creating a product both useful and fun for children of primary school age. (See CloseUp below). But despite its visionary goals and widespread... View Details
- Web
From Concept to Product | Baker Library
Polaroid Corporation Administrative Records, b. I.464, f. 21. Over the next two and a half decades Morse would participate in Polaroid’s phenomenal growth as its employee numbers, manufacturing plants, and revenues from instant... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Prepare for Your Interview with Research
will also want information that provides you additional perspectives and perhaps a more objective assessment. Baker Library can be a valuable resource and a huge time-saver in getting you up to speed quickly. Our team of eight librarians... View Details
- Career Coach
Robert Kimmel
of a startup, he also has experience in entrepreneurship and an interest in coaching students considering starting their own businesses. In addition to these industries, Robert enjoys helping students navigate through work-life balance... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
And government officials are furiously promoting what they call new energy vehicles (NEVs)—a catchall term that includes electrics, hybrids, and fuel-cell vehicles—through a variety of means. As a result, local EV manufacturers have... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
http://www.nber.org/papers/w11503 Synthesis by Microbes or Chemists? Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing in the Antibiotic Era Author:Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication:History and Technology 23, no. 3 (2009): 237-256 Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2021
- News
A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Alumni Confront a World of Pandemic Problems Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, HBS alumni across the globe have been stepping up to respond to the crisis in numerous ways. Some led the way in the development of vaccines, others... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
CEO, he convinces Kotagal to lead the hospital’s improvement efforts as senior vice president of quality and transformation. Anderson, a practicing attorney with expertise in the quality improvement methods used by manufacturing firms, is... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
costs and retail prices down, prompting global production to shift to economies with lower input costs. The manufacture of personal computer components is now concentrated in Asia and manufacturers are... View Details
- 12 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Applying to HBS in Round 3?
“No one gets in during round 3.” That is something I often heard or read in blogs when I was making the decision to apply in the last admission round of business school. Some apply in round three because they need the additional time to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
excited for the opportunity, spending three years as a manufacturing manager at Frito-Lay, but apprehensive about the cost of the MBA Program. “Everyone in my neighborhood and my community was so excited and I was just freaking out: ‘How... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
CEO, he convinces Kotagal to lead the hospital's improvement efforts as senior vice president of quality and transformation. Anderson, a practicing attorney with expertise in the quality improvement methods used by manufacturing firms, is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
prison. The convoy requested assistance to inspect and dismantle the threat, but there were no additional personnel to send. Dilemmas such as this happened hundreds of times a day throughout Iraq, recalls Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
firms are well-governed. The actors in various corporate scandals, including Enron, Tyco, and Parmalat, were expert in exploiting the dual-tax system to manufacture accounting earnings. Corporate tax shelters that reduce book income are... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
commercial EVs (up to $40,000 for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles) means they will achieve price parity with diesel trucks in 2023, five years sooner than previously forecasted. This is leading to big investments by EV battery View Details