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- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
Club of Chicago, the School's faculty, and the event's corporate sponsors, the 1998 Global Alumni Conference was hailed as a roaring success. In the words of Mary Monnet (AMP 149): "It was a phenomenal opportunity to learn from the experts and share with colleagues who... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
In the marketplace, Brand Trump is authentic. It stands for aspiration and success, but more the ostentatious and flashy success that appeals to the newly wealthy, the entrepreneur, the outsider. For these consumers, brand Trump clearly delivers; Trump hotels, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
entrepreneur? That’s the next question: What is it that VCs are actually looking for? You also address another commonly held idea about the VC world: Investments are not always made based on the numbers. PG:... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
with our partnership with Ed Colligan [Handspring’s cofounder and SVP of sales and marketing], one of the most rewarding aspects of the whole Palm/Handspring experience. Did you have any idea that the PalmPilot would become so ubiquitous... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Growing up in a single parent household outside of Chicago, Ami Campbell's (MBA 1997) thoughts on... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
difficult and the number of product cycles are high). It's liberating to be self-reliant and not be hamstrung by the "I need a developer" excuse. There's been a lot of debate on whether business school students are prepared for startup... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
Gaining the community's trust is vital to building a successful business with crowdsourcing, agreed business leaders at the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard Business School on March 30. When Tongal got its start in 2009, some members... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
campus to be a model of best practice for them. On the academic front, in addition to a burgeoning number of technology-related courses in the curriculum, students use technological tools - interactive cases, for instance - in their class... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
news programs were also the most “popular.” But that kind of program will only be popular if consumers place enough value on those attributes relative to others. The “flavors” of news offered at any point in time have View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
I want to raise one who is also an advocate, always using his voice to help others. I want to raise a son who is also a feminist and in order to do this I must strive to be the best role model I can for him.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
but higher than today’s 5 or 6 percent. He finds wisdom in a quarter-century-old article titled “The Answer Is Nine” by Stephen Steppe, who argued that returns on commercial real estate may dip during cycles but will View Details
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
suggested that " doctors rush when the illness is serious managers, when faced with little time and pressure to get things done, fail to think well and so make poor decisions." Itamar Offer, a physician, said that "information is View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
primarily on its projected impact on customers but also taking into account its fit with the bank's strategy and goals and its funding requirements. In some cases, focus groups were conducted to provide a... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
capital firm he opened in 2004 (and closed in January 2013) that focused on the Internet, software, and mobile spaces. The experience taught him some important lessons, among them the benefits of restricting his number of investments.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
has a huge mine of data. Reminds me of the California Gold Rush. The only ones to make money out of it were land owners, shovel vendors, and Levi." Tom Dolembo added: "It's like the financial groundhogs have all come out and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
always faced constraints on financial resources or production capacity, but now more than ever, management's time and attention are the most critical constraints. We have to think much more strategically... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
Working Capital Fund to finance building projects and equipment purchases for labs and scientists. But he quickly discovered a major difficulty with the fund’s model: While projects were receiving full funding each year, it wasn’t always... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
money risk handicapping their venture if money dwindles or dries up completely. On the other hand, founders who accept funding risk losing control of their venture since there’s almost always an amount of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
nonfiction, lots of different genres — which means that I always have lots of strange stuff in my brain. You reflect on the Web as a marketing channel, including the interesting observation that in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
be pleasantly surprised at how much employees would be willing to pay for access to the service. —Richard Ventura (GMP 20, 2016) One needs to be careful since this is one of many different benefits available... View Details