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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
upsetting the West's conventional wisdom about the reasons for Japan's success, Porter and his coauthors emphasize that Japanese practices such as total quality and continuous improvement were valuable additions to U.S. industry. But, as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
been so much at the heart of the School throughout our existence, is alive and well. And I’m encouraging that as much as anything else. What value does FIELD add to the first-year students’ experience? We all agreed that there were three areas in particular in which we... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- News
Defining Flex Work
companies understand their employees’ needs and best respond to them. There is no a one-size-fits-all solution to the flexibility question, says Auerbach. Werk assesses each employee and recommends a schedule most likely to maintain View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
shareholders. Having the protagonist in the classroom brought these challenges to life when Vodafone’s then CEO Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990) attended the case discussion in February 2018. Colao spoke about the company’s key goals: using big data to personalize customer... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Alumni Books
why the MBA Oath is necessary and shows how it can be applied in the real world. Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles between Vision and Reality by Scott Belsky (MBA ’08) (Portfolio) After interviewing hundreds of especially View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
employees. But I was also reminded that the enthusiasm our guests feel about our parks won’t rise any higher than the enthusiasm of our employees. And it is my job as their leader to be our employees’ champion — to ensure their well-being and remove obstacles so they... View Details
- 21 Nov 2024
- News
Mother Nurture
year working on different iterations, getting feedback, and leaning on all the resources at HBS,” says Keshani. Those resources included the Rock Accelerator program, which helped the trio fund their minimum viable product (MVP) research.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
that means core elements such as water, transportation, and roads, as well as access to seeds, fertilizers, and new training and technology. But any funder will be confronted with a situation where a potential grantee says, 'We'd like to pursue this activity—such as... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
secondary leukemia caused by myelodysplastic syndrome, a group of diseases in which the bone marrow makes few healthy blood cells. The doctors changed the woman’s therapy plan, and her health improved considerably. She was discharged from... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we're going to highlight another one of the great podcasts here at HBS: Managing the Future of Work, hosted by professor and visiting fellow at the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
manufactured, or improve the way doctors perform surgery. HBS Takes Root in Silicon Valley While the Il Fornaio staff serve up French toast and fresh fruit, the patrons volley the big ideas that have turned Silicon Valley into a global... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
A New Platform for Alumni Engagement
to disrupt the financial sector to materially improve financial services, including expanding access to financial products to underserved communities through the use of new technologies. Salas, who studied... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
inspires the innovative products and superior services that create lasting shareholder value. Did we expect too much from CEOs over the past decade? During that period, we saw the rise of the imperial CEO. They were treated like rock... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
a product or service, any business can improve its innovation track record, creating products that customers will pay premium prices to bring into their lives. Entrepreneurs in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
pressured to move quickly to improve its products and attract more buyers. Snow adds that in their factories, the Japanese often prefer to customize existing systems and equipment rather than installing the... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
communication technology that works with the same cellular spectrums that telecommunications companies use. Since that first experiment four years ago, Project Loon has improved balloon steerability, connectivity, and stamina—the balloons... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
Economics, Harvard College, 1961 On Leadership: “Create a big dream. Keep it simple, easily understood, and measured. Attract the right people who work well together. Measure results consistently. You can create, run, or improve anything... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
world was so different then — no cell phones, software, biotech, or espresso. It’s sure to change as much for today’s graduates, with opportunities to create products and services not yet imagined. When I graduated I took a job consulting... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
product attempts that missed the mark on health outcomes—including a prototype of a smart bike and apps for fitness and calorie tracking. “In order to have a healthy outcome, our users need to adopt a healthy lifestyle—daily,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley