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01 Jun 2001
News

Q&A: Donna Dubinsky

war of the handhelds,” Dubinsky is well aware of the challenges facing Handspring. “This is an explosive market,” she says. “We need to create outstanding products, build a great company to deliver those products, and get some lucky... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; PalmPilot; Apple; Telecommunications; Information

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

start-up that provides clean drinking water to more than 64,000 rural villagers in India. The company uses a franchise model in which local entrepreneurs filter and sell water to members of their community. "In India, 87 percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

startups, led the panelists through a meaningful discussion that touched on their various experiences with building and scaling a tech company during the pandemic and now, during a time of great economic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

November 1990 (Revised May 1994)
Case

Microsoft Corp.: Office Business Unit

By: Marco Iansiti

Describes the development of a new word processing software package, Word for Windows. The major focus is how the development process should be improved to reduce schedule slips and cost overruns. Some of the issues raised are: the use of schedules in managing... View Details

Keywords: Communication Strategy; Cost Management; Business or Company Management; Time Management; Product Development; Programs; Projects; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry

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10 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

How Numbers Talk to People

immediately rose substantially. Executives felt that they had enough evidence to discontinue the fees, and the rest of the industry followed suit. Across town in Seattle lies Zillow, a company that... View Details

27 Aug 2019
News

A Shot at Success

environment to the work environment. Trey introduces these athletes to others in similar situations through Trey Academy, an interactive curriculum that focuses on the particular challenges that high school and college stars face, from public speaking and social-media... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 Feb 2016
News

How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track

out to the employee to discuss her actions. All told, Forbes notes that Shoen averages about three calls a day, but can field dozens in the span of a few hours. Amerco is a family company—started by Shoen’s father—and the piece details the family infighting that... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

donor and grateful recipient, toward deeper, strategic alliances. These changes are already under way, and the changing alliance landscape is rich in variety, with businesses and nonprofits from Boston to Seattle finding new ways to work... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

17 Mar 2017
News

Schwarzman on Blackstone and the Value of an MBA

mistake of newly minted MBAs: “They accept too many things. And then they can’t finish them on time and they disappoint the people who asked them to work on those things.” Read more. View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

06 Dec 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean

because of—the challenge: “It was basically a small manufacturing company but with an output of one product each time, because every unit we process is unique,” he says. “With each garment, there are 20 opportunities for us to screw... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; career; life experiences; dry cleaning; leadership; music; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services

01 Mar 2006
News

Fast Lane to Country Lane

software start-up straight out of Yale. She was running the company by the time she left for HBS in 1992. After HBS, she helped launch Open Market, an Internet start-up that made e-commerce software, where... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Retail Trade

09 Nov 2022
News

Public Good

approach, taking the time in her first few months to meet with the organizations many employees, volunteers, donors, and beneficiaries in order to craft what she refers to as her “100-day plan.” “I don’t want to make changes before I talk... View Details

Keywords: nonprofit management; social enterprise; leadership; United Way; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

appointments go wrong Let’s begin by taking a look at three examples of poor leadership at public companies and addressing what went wrong. Then, I will recommend five ways boards can ensure they appoint the right leader as CEO: General... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Jun 2002
News

Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training

wife, Heather, a sixth-grade teacher. The pair live in Seattle with their infant son, Collin. “But before that, I want to work at many different nonprofits — to sample what it's like and to see how well they apply resources to their... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Health, Social Assistance

17 May 2018
Blog Post

HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans

entrepreneurial in my role, and that I am given the latitude to form partnerships that will benefit our organization and the cities we work in. “I work with some of the largest and most innovative companies in America. My team resides in... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Making Finance Personal

solutions, he has aggressively implemented the notion that customers, through their implicit choices or explicit actions (what Cook calls a “user contribution system”), and his brainstorming employees (in small groups within the company... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Mar 2019
News

The One That Got Away

capital management company and the first software-as-a-service application for enterprises to manage contract workers. It had $2 million in revenues at the time of investment. After a few fits and starts... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested

A seasoned media executive, Sarah Harden (MBA 1999) was serving as interim CEO of the media company Hello Sunshine when she was brought up short by an early conversation with company founder Reese... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; women in business; COVID-19; film; media; television; Arts, Entertainment

16 Sep 2010
News

Idea Takes Root

Web site, Eccles hailed the IIRC’s formation. The Financial Times covered the story in its August 3 edition. But the American press all but ignored the event. A database search of major newspapers and magazines turns up a single mention —... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Corporate Services

27 May 2014
News

Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma

The next time Professor Clay Christensen (MBA 1979) has a dilemma, he knows where he'll go for a solution: to HBS alumni. Christensen, Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever (MBA 1988), and alumni of the Building and Sustaining a Successful... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

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