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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
papers (and miss one or more possible sales) once a week, or one-seventh of the time. What's ignored in this equation, though, according to HBS professor David Bell, is that customers care how often a retailer runs out of stock. "The probability that you'll be in stock... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
Illustration by Mercedes McDonald. Orchard Gardens photo by Ed Quinn/Saba In many parts of the country, housing costs and shortages have begun to show signs of adversely affecting corporations, workers, and local economies. Affordable... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Venture: Time Heals All
important a great staff can be,” says Gruskin, who helped out at his mother’s busy OB-GYN practice when he was younger. But with nurses—and the health care sector, in general—under increasing demands, getting workforce management right has become a pressing issue. It’s... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
the nonprofit raised more than $650,000. Mariano Parro MPP/MBA 2020 Mariano Parro helped launch ProTalento, which seeks to bridge the skills gap among young people in Latin America. “The pandemic is severely affecting economic... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Alumni Startup Enters the Shark Tank
future generations. The key is articulating why your background, skills, and insights make you uniquely equipped to address a real problem that affects real people in a way nobody else can. Before you have extensive data to demonstrate... View Details
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
management challenges that affect the lives of billions of people.” Dean Srikant Datar remembered him this way: “Ratan Tata’s impact will be felt for decades to come. There is no better example of business in service of society than the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2021
- News
Building Hope
more affordable and accessible. The opportunity for impact is massive, notes Zapolin. Depression affects more than 264 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, which considers depression to be a leading cause... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Morrell
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
percent of the class would have known what he was talking about. “Today, it’s more than 50 percent. Students understand that those are important considerations that are going to affect their organizations and their careers,” observes... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
professor Ernest R. Berndt), HBS professor Alvin J. Silk looks at both internal and external forces affecting the industry, with particular attention to the impact of the Internet. According to Silk and his colleagues, changes in the... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
midnight. “A few students posted newspaper articles or shared experiences of family and friends who were affected by AIDS,” Deshpandé continues. “This was an issue that took the discussion beyond the realm of typical products and services... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
heretofore incurable affliction that affects some 30,000 children and young adults in the United States. The O’Donnells founded The Joey Fund and worked tirelessly with the other organizations. Almost singlehandedly, O’Donnell created “a... View Details
- 27 Mar 2020
- News
CPD Taps Alumni Network to Help Students Navigate Crisis
Fortunately, existing post-graduation job offers for second-year students haven’t been affected yet, but many Class of 2020 members are still looking for jobs, and about 500 first-year students are still searching for internships. In... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias
specialized expertise to the process—which some worry might create subject-area bias in the decision-making process and affect the quality of research. Assistant Professor Danielle Li takes a mathematical approach to examining this issue... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990)
issues affecting the American experience,” says Clinkscales, who also worked as SVP of content development at ESPN before being tapped for his current post: CEO of Revolt TV. Launched in October 2013 by rapper, producer, and entrepreneur... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Venture: A Welcome Assist
Illustration: Chris Gash Illustration: Chris Gash The internet grew up inordinately fast. It all happened so quickly, in fact, that it blew right by the accessibility guidelines that would’ve made digital tools available to everyone, regardless of their age or ability,... View Details
- 22 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles
sharing that research with students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public to affect meaningful change. Addressing society's rapid move to digital platforms, Dean Datar said, "As you look at some of the challenges that... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
the Bridge program—and affected its hard-built reputation. In addition to reputational consequences, there are negative financial ramifications resulting from handling a layoff badly, Sucher notes. “Companies that use layoffs actually... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
got to do a lot of stuff on that project and literally brought the print with me for my first trip to Sundance in 1997. That was a real aha moment, because I realized I had always wanted to affect the cultural conversation through the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
political and economic influences and domestic and internecine dynamics affect the management of a state-controlled company. “Reinserting itself in the energy sector, the Russian state has installed a world-class, market-oriented... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
his own. Working with single moms Mercedes and Jennifer helped me realize that during the recession, I had become withdrawn and detached, affected by difficult business decisions. They showed me the importance of getting back in touch... View Details