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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
president - McKinsey & Company's Marvin Bower (MBA '30) reported on the effort to "streamline Bulletin make-up and typography." Content of the quarterly magazine was dominated by the School's involvement in wartime training courses,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
accepted the girls." And in an early affirmation of what we now know as work-life balance: "I feel the traits that Western society has traditionally attributed to women can be combined with a challenging vocation rather than dominated by... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
corruption and mismanagement that have dominated the headlines are not pervasive,” she says. But given all the negative publicity, she adds, “I’m worried about the pipeline of talent. It’s harder to find good people who want to be CEOs or... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
between the roles of chairman and CEO. The CEO works for the board, not the other way around; but the continuation of combined roles creates an insurmountable imbalance of power. Lead directors have served as a half-step toward a solution, but often the CEO View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
dominated by the Sunnis. To some extent, the Shias had been sort of grudgingly accepting of it, as long as there was room for gradual improvement. In the last twenty years, this kind of accommodation was turned upside down by the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
long-term rates rise, he doesn’t expect a return to 9 percent cap rates. He argues that structural changes in the commercial real estate business have permanently lowered investor risks, justifying a lower return. “The efficiency of information, the specialization of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
suggests that evolution occurs through long periods of incremental change, punctuated by occasional periods of extraordinary transformation. It’s a useful way to look at the field of MBA education. The dominant model, created by schools... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
hacking in India, the founders of Zomato, IndiaMart, ShopClues, Paisabazaar, and a lot more. Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First by Ram Charan (MBA 1965), Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey HBR Press Typical... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
But they are riskier than the stock market, so cryptocurrency markets are dominated by speculators or traders. Another constituent is the long-term investors, who take a long-horizon macro view on these assets being a less-dumb form of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
apart from previous books on the subject. The authors aim to strengthen scholarly and policy understanding of Turkish capitalism and the diversified business groups which dominate the economy by providing a deep analysis of the evolution... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
words of HBS professor emeritus Theodore Levitt. "He said, ŒBe unique, don't compete. If you can get yourself into a dominant position where you have price flexibility, do it, because you'll be a lot happier not having to worry about the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
aggressiveness. But as people such as Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, have pointed out, leadership comes in different forms. In her time, Carson was a pathbreaker. She worked as a scientist during an era when men... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
deeply that the students learned. I also had a big personality and could engage the students in learning. Today, we have faculty from many backgrounds, and there isn't one strong, dominant culture. In a way, it might be more difficult to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
venture capitalists and the amount invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
dollars, euros, pounds, and other stores of wealth to move invisibly—beyond the control of central bankers, law enforcement agents, and international institutions. With an entire financial secrecy system now dominating capitalist... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
industrial company, providing wood slats to pencil manufacturers; Levitt urged him to form a separate entity to focus primarily on the marketing of a branded, high-quality firelog, which continues to dominate the market. “Ted had an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
who are no strangers to violent protests, mocked the ruckus with the Twitter hashtag #angrybird in reference to violence meted out by drivers from the dominant taxi company, Blue Bird. The company apologized and atoned with free trips... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
established market channels. Many top-notch sales reps balked at taking on a new company that would compete with the brands they were used to selling. Similarly, many retail outlets weren’t interested in adding a new brand to their already crowded shelves and racks of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
government is the problem.” Thereafter, regulatory minimalism and a “market knows best” mindset took hold in Washington and on Wall Street and dominated decision-making for nearly three decades. Lawmakers not only weakened or dismantled... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
industry wouldn’t survive because a certain retailer was dominating the market. She felt somewhat uplifted as she joined the conversation and learned that the time frame being discussed was the 1970s and that the retailer was Sears. View Details