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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
"We design them here, but the labor is cheaper in Hell." © Drew Dernavich/Condé Nast Publications/Cartoonbank.com Today, many people are looking to high-technology sectors — like alternative energy — to be the growth engine that revives the U.S. economy and gets it... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
RoboCar, the Sequel
Alden Photo courtesy William Alden Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. Consider the case of William Alden (MBA ’52), as reported in the Cape Cod Times (April 12, 2011). More than 50 years ago, Alden was working on an automated mail-flow system for the Postal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
When ‘Business As Usual’ Is Anything But HBS students conduct field research at an optical store in Istanbul. “The logistical challenges are enormous. Everyone involved in FIELD is deeply invested in anticipating and solving problems before they happen.” Tony Mayo,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Lighting the Way
transcend a corporate environment that fails to offer every employee equal access to opportunities for growth. An organization’s strength is its diversity, and managers who recognize this are better positioned to leverage the skills, experience, and View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
brings to his new role a broad expertise in global business practice, especially in the area of international marketing. Working with the Global Initiative's executive director Kathleen Cooke Ryan and a steering group of senior faculty,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the health care system in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
ownership over time); and family owners (shareholders who are descendants of the firm's founders). "The study suggests that these three owner types have sufficient formal authority, social influence, and expertise to enhance firm... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform
focused on how to calculate a fixed price for all services related to a specific condition — knee replacement. (The hospital is nationally recognized for expertise in orthopedic surgery.) The “bundled” price would cover everything from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Environmental Impact
are making a lasting difference in the areas important to them through their support for HBS. “We care deeply about these subjects and wanted to contribute to efforts that will have a broad impact on the world,” says McCaw. “Given HBS’s View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Chinese CEOs, Professors Study at HBS
environment, managing across business disciplines and country borders, and providing organization-wide leadership,” says HBS professor Krishna Palepu, who codirects GCPC along with colleagues from the other two institutions. “HBS is proud to help provide Chinese CEOs... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Jesse Markham Dies at 93
Jesse Markham, an economist who joined the HBS faculty in 1968, died in his sleep on June 21 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Markham, whose work focused on price theory and industrial organization, was a well-known proponent of the “rule of reason” to determine whether a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- News
An Exercise in Understanding People
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
“Howard is the fiercest man I have ever known — fiercely interested in the world and its people, fiercely loyal to family and friends. Of course, he is also fiercely honest.” — HBS professor Myra Hart “Howard cares so much about HBS and everyone here. That’s why it was... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
Ravi Venkatesan If anyone could write the recipe for business success in emerging markets, it would be Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992). After all, he's led not one, but two, major multinational companies—Cummins and Microsoft—in India and brought both to dominate their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
Wyss: Thanks the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association for presenting him with the Beatrice D. Ellerin Alumni Achievement Award. Related Links 2007 Alumni Achievement profile Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University For... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Dean’s Conference Call Spotlights HBS Global Initiative
newest addition to the School’s network of research centers and offices in Asia, Latin America, Europe, and California. (Clark visited Mumbai and the Japan Research Office in Tokyo in December. ) The research centers provide an opportunity for faculty to deepen their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alvin Roth Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
graduates in hospital residence positions, as well as systems in several US cities that pair pupils with public high schools. "This is an extraordinary and well-deserved honor for Al," said Dean Nitin Nohria. "In the best tradition of HBS, Al has applied his View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
How Culture Drives Results
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
Harvard students, equip scientific startups with the lab resources and programming needed to grow and scale life science ventures, and generate insights and expertise about what it will take for Harvard to continue to build a successful... View Details