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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
somebody provides data. I need to get out there and create data.” Collectively, these five discovery skills constitute what we call the innovator’s DNA, the code for creating innovative business ideas. By mastering these discovery skills,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
of its contracts. "Suddenly, I was losing a lot of money," she says "It took us three years to be profitable again." Stringent cost controls and aggressive outreach to commercial clients made the difference. As Centennial One grew through... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
innovation was the introduction of user fees, an idea sparked in part by a spate of climbing mishaps on Mount McKinley in Alaska’s Denali National Park that had sent rescue and recovery costs soaring. (Recalls Cohen: “Hard-core climbers... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
celebratory fireworks. "We've always thought of OPM as a family, so it's wonderful to see all the families here tonight," he noted. "The friendships and relationships that are reinforced by class reunions are always fruitful, and we hope that this reunion will View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
will generate a lot of value: Kumar and his colleagues predict that by 2035, the technology will unlock $450 billion to $850 billion in combined revenue and cost savings. Unfortunately, the quantum phenomena that make all this possible... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
in sanitation or health or education, it starts with a payment system everyone can use.” Goodwin-Groen offers the example of a mother who has to pay for her children’s schooling once each semester. She needs to save money for several months to do so; in low-income... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
Health, Carolyn Celebucki, and Gregory N. Connolly, both of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, point out, prior studies provide only indirect evidence that magazine advertising targets youth markets. First, since most... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
function. They'll provide whatever help is currently available. As to your bank and other financial institutions, there's not much you can do - nor should you be overly concerned. Personally, I've had a problem with a credit card that... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
Swearengin and a friend cofounded the Downtown Giants, Manhattan’s only public youth football team. Many of Swearengin’s HBS classmates provided annual support for the Downtown Giants’ scholarship program, which allowed children from all... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
a “gift from the government,” but rather an asset with a strong future value that brought neighbors together and gave strength to families where so much had been lost. This gift of the first calf was incredibly significant. A cow, it turns out, can often View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ink
personalization, equity and access, and cost control. The goal of the book, however, is not to make a case for blended learning—rather, it’s to provide educators with a step-by-step road map for disrupting... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
A Clean Start
hydrocarbon (think gasoline). That epiphany became the foundation for OCO Corporation, named for the chemical formula of carbon dioxide. OCO, founded alongside his father and fellow green chemical engineer Terry Brix, could provide the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Ruling the Waves
in their early stages, to threaten governmental control and authority. While aspects of its power may indeed be diminished, government inevitably survives these apparent challenges, Spar observes, because the state provides "the property... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (MBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Part of a manager’s job is making tough calls, and the hardest challenge can be resolving “gray area” problems, situations where analysis of the facts and data fails to View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
There are outstanding international students from modest backgrounds who may not even consider applying here because of cost concerns. Similarly, there are students ready to come to HBS right out of or shortly after college who may lack... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
HBS faculty members and doctoral students with a combined expertise in energy issues, political science, and technology. “Our goal was to produce a plain English book that would provide a framework for thinking about the energy future,”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
management. The authors provide first-hand accounts of M&A transactions that they led or were involved in, assessing each from an insider perspective and outlining the key success factors and pitfalls. The book concludes with practical... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
recruited Moss, an expert in risk management, to provide historical context to the financial crisis and a framework for reform. For his efforts, the panel acknowledged his key role “in conceptualizing and drafting” significant parts of... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
supplies, food, and other essential commodities. They’re doing everything from providing critical funding to donating space for medical services, as the ICCP Group did when it offered its property, the World Trade Center Manila, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
brittle page from the R.G. Dun & Co. Collection provide a slow-motion close-up of a 50-plus-year span when American business expanded from small, local exchanges within a day’s horseback ride to transactions spanning multiple states and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna