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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
Long before HBS professor Karim R. Lakhani used crowdsourcing to develop pioneering research on the science of innovation, his experiences working at General Electric and the Boston Consulting Group piqued his curiosity about how such View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
company share prices. However, scholarly studies suggest these are not reliable indicators of companies' true economic value. In a similar vein, the late Paul Samuelson said financial markets are "micro-efficient and macro-inefficient."... View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
company concentrating on operational excellence based on an assumption of continuity, is included in the sample but otherwise not cited. It has quite likely done a better job of outperforming its industry for a longer period of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Selling Digital Privacy
If regulation won’t stop privacy invasion, what will? HBS professor John Deighton has an answer that involves convincing companies to pay us consumers to use our private information. Instead of relying on regulators to protect our privacy... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
African-Americans, to help them to manage their money,” she recalls. “These were people like Oprah— people who are on the Forbes list of wealthiest African-Americans. “I got to know some of them, and at the time we did this there were a... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Len Schlesinger Returns
says Schlesinger. He will teach Field 3 in January. This is the third time you've come back to HBS. You must like it here! There is no place like this anywhere in the world. The embarrassment of riches in talent and intellect...when it... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
the survey at alumni.hbs.edu/skydecksurvey. Beyond the survey, if you ever want to drop us a note, you can find us at skydeck@hbs.edu. We’d love to hear from you. Ok, now for today’s show. Cloudflare is a web performance and security View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
financial sponsors to help them think about the right time to take a company public or to raise equity capital, the right valuation for a stock, and which investors to target. I also help the View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
My Pandemic Year
recruitment, it was a challenge. Opportunities narrowed as companies cut down on recruitment. There were the lucky ones who got their job of choice, but there were many others who struggled to find one, had opportunities rescinded, or... View Details
- 27 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
2+2: Building on Business Basics at HBS
what made you interested in applying?In undergrad I studied business, and one of the star students at the school my freshman year was a senior who was accepted into the inaugural 2+2 class. I later went on to complete summer internships at a large View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
which he's proven adept: The company has raised more than $45 million during his tenure as CEO. As fond as Giler is of his previous ventures, something about WiTricity is different. "This time I get a chance... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
reporting in helping companies to both create and communicate sustainable strategies, Eccles says, “I’ve been studying and trying to change corporate reporting for over 20 years, and I’ve never seen a better View Details
- 07 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience
retaining and hiring talent in the tech industry. Companies have reached a point where they must all become tech companies to keep up with the rise of the digital economy, and talent demands continue to... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
many diversified media companies viewed entry into cable as a hedge: they believed that their newspaper readership and broadcasting audiences might decline over time due to competition with cable, and wanted... View Details
- 11 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact
Although internships have long been a staple of an HBS education, today’s MBA candidates have different expectations – with a new set of challenges for interns and employers alike. Students are interested in working in a variety of organizations, with many seeking... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 27 Jun 2016
- News
Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy
the company since 1922. A piece in Fortune notes that the appointment “could trigger a series of acquisitions by the Swiss food giant to further its ambitions in nutrition and medical foods.” Schneider comes to the foodmaker from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forum
Feedback The “Assets” department in our March issue featured some of Professor Joe Fuller’s flying pigs and a call to share what’s in your office. Keep Pulling “My time at HBS overlapped with Professor Fuller, who graduated from HBS the year before I did. While he was... View Details
- Profile
Malcolm Little
funds collapsed. "I watched waves of lay-offs as the company tried to right itself. Even the best performers were vulnerable. But I noticed that an MBA provided some job security." A time to look... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
compelled to focus on protective legal processes and box-checking exercises rather than on formulating company strategy, identifying risks, and evaluating executive performance. The increasing time... View Details