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- 08 Jan 2025
- News
Mapping Pain Points at the IRS
federal government. NASA sends people to space; the Federal Aviation Administration keeps air travel safe; the Department of Defense protects our country; the National Park Service cares for our natural and cultural resources—things we cannot do without the revenue the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
into poverty during the pandemic, and to prevent firms (especially small ones) from falling into bankruptcy. Federal funds may be absolutely essential for some of these purposes, for mitigating the impact or limiting the damage, and... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
Rothrock’s cell phone rings. Rothrock (MBA 1988) is the CEO of the cybersecurity firm Red Seal, and a higher-up at Sony was looking for his help. After the breach, he told Rothrock, the company essentially hit factory reset on their... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
and paralyzed. Flint: Can you say more about the services you provide at OutshiningED? Ronga: It's a 12-week program, but it's essentially working through what I believe are the top hurdles to finding freedom. And like I said, a big piece... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
seating programs. They see this as an essential revenue stream if the salary demands of top players are to be met and if a franchise is really going to be competitive." Thus franchises - many with roots in their cities dating back decades... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
moral nuisance to a global brand-driven powerhouse offering products essential to daily life is one of the more intriguing stories in modern business history. The origins of beauty products lie primarily in local knowledge of the scents... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
nonprofits, as well as individuals with an annual income of at least $200,000 or a net worth of at least $1 million, excluding the value of one's primary residence.) "It's essentially a form of equity crowdfunding," says Farquharson. "We... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business
Desai, Negotiation Mastery with Professor Michael Wheeler, Becoming a Better Manager with the late professor David Garvin, and a new course, Entrepreneurship Essentials with Professor William Sahlman. Since 2014, more than 5,000... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Breakthrough International Negotiation
Susan Rosegrant urge business leaders to learn from the lessons of negotiators who have helped to shape recent world history. Watkins, who teaches the popular HBS elective Corporate Diplomacy, worked with Rosegrant, a political case writer, to cull the most View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
the conference still acquainting themselves with the basics of "the Net," Ilene Lang (MBA '73), vice president of Digital Equipment Corporation's connectivity software business unit, furnished essential facts and background at a March 21... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
milestone, CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009), told Forbes that the company “has created a new consumer behavior of dynamic ownership and clothing rental has become an essential utility in our members’ lives.” Hyman goes on to say that RTR is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Books
Montgomery (HarperBusiness) Montgomery, the Timken Professor of Business Administration, offers a new perspective on a business leader’s most vital role. She illuminates what strategy is, its importance, and what it takes to lead the effort. She equips readers to... View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
off of sleds. The other concern was having to go across the Norton Sound on the sea ice. It had been stormy, it had been warm, it had been very windy, and that typically creates a condition called overflow on the ice where the wind is View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
outlines—the “theory of jobs to be done”—and how that concept might play out in the auto industry. —Dan Morrell Your theory essentially reframes how managers think about their products or services—as a sort of job that the customer is... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
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Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
women has to meet much higher expectations than I did." But based on her own career, Graham did offer five personal qualities that are essential for enduring leadership: strong personal values; self-confidence; courage and tolerance in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
A New Path for Alumnae
caregivers and because of a perceived difference in earning power. Even among HBS grads, who puts a career on hold is often economically determined. What are some on-ramping tips? It’s essential to clarify life goals as well as career... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
reminds us that creating a great nation and great communities is a task for all of us, together. It reminds us that making a living is essential but not sufficient unless we also see ourselves making a difference. —Rosabeth Moss Kanter,... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Kelp Is on the Way
Petrochemicals are all around us—from ubiquitous plastic packaging to the inconspicuous lining of your takeaway coffee cup, and in everyday products like soaps, deodorants, and toothpaste. But that will change, according to Matthew Perkins (MBA 2009). When industries... View Details
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
took off in 2010 from Singapore to Sydney, Australia. It's an Airbus A380. So an Airbus A380, for those of you who don't know-- and you've probably flown in this before if you've gone from one continent to another-- is essentially the... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- News
Why New England Needs New Ideas
machine,” they write, “but his innovations contributed to the US economy in ways that cannot be overstated.” They also note that New England has also seen the flip side of innovation, represented in the region’s “fading factory towns.” “What’s View Details
Keywords: New England