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- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines what the high-commitment, high-performance organization looks like and provides practitioners with the transformation process to help them get there. Starting with leaders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
they teach. Once a week, a volunteer takes the donations, which manage to cover the $1,200 monthly rent, to the bank. Ironically, Vaccaro has had other studios seek him out about emulating his business model. He’s even been approached... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
again. April: When we think about these type of big structural social changes, we're often thinking about federal government action. Do you think there's also a place for the business community to lead this... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
since 1955. We haven't budged. So, then I think about, look, we want it more than anything else, we don't got it yet, so what do we do? And then, we look at a lot of the emerging positive psychology research, in particular, there's a piece of work I'm really a View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Yla Eason (MBA 1977)
would be difficult. But the toy business is a serious, cutthroat industry. Later, my experience building Olmec Toys would be documented in an HBS case. I was working as an editor at Standard and Poor’s when I started Olmec. I had no... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Technology Making HBS More Accessible
Deborah (MBA 1987) and Steve (MBA 1986) Quazzo Deborah (MBA 1987) and Steve (MBA 1986) Quazzo believe in the mission of Harvard Business School. “Educating leaders who will have a positive impact on their communities throughout the world... View Details
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
the same numbers of two decades ago. Levy's genius, says Harvard Business School's Allen S. Grossman, was in not only recognizing the problem, but also bringing together resident organizations and board members to start solving it. “I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
in part, by how much it gave away. If that seems counterintuitive at best and downright crazy at worst, think again. The Bridgespan Group, the consultancy they created, has turned the standard business model on its head. While consultants... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana
to an on-demand onboarding process instead of a big onboarding day or a two-hour set time on day one. The Graduate Program Manager designs a day for each intern that allows them time to set up their computer, meet with colleagues, and... View Details
- 19 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Black History: Elevating the Voices of Our Student and Alumni Communities
Melcolm Ruffin (MBA 2020) is among one of four HBS alumni named to this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 List. Melcolm is co-founder of the nonprofit Sports & Entertainment Equity Network (SEEN), which aims to "close the diversity, equity, and inclusion gap in the View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
in Sales Management. Earl and Ben may not have been impressed by my originality, but at least they'd have to give me credit for choosing good role models: Gary is now chairman and CEO of Polaroid, and Walt teaches business at sunny... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
the hallways, patients and their families mingle with physicians in loose-fitting scrubs making their rounds, earnest administrators with armfuls of files, busy nurses, and other hospital personnel who team up to make MGH a world-famous... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
allow seamless liquidity of assets. So it's quite a big wave. Going back to what I said about the Homebrew Computer Club, it struck me that I knew all these people all around the world working on crazy interesting technology, but it... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
markets is a sector notorious for its lack of differentiation between players. Once location has played out its magic, retailers tend to get squeezed in a business characterized by the infernal duo of low margin and high fixed cost. In... View Details
- 02 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS
partnerships. There, Yoonjin was part of the strategy team collaborating with government entities. Discovering a big opportunity with a smaller startup Yoonjin applied to HBS with the express intention “to continue exploring View Details
- 30 May 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Sound Society
had some pretty big names on campus — artists like The Chainsmokers and Alison Wonderland. We spoke with them about the business of being a musician, how digital technology was impacting how they make money... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
expensive performances,” says Hodges, noting that last year’s new production of Swan Lake by Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen proved the perfect test case for dynamic pricing. “A big takeaway for the team was that people are... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
there in the daytime but had to be moved (for reasons unknown) to a big parking lot behind Baker Hall no later than 9 p.m. To augment my 25¢ a week allowance, I organized many of the residents in Harvard Way Extension to save their... View Details
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Jennifer Hurford
Jennifer's search for reasonable answers, she had focused her attention on microfinance, "which led me to impact investing. How do we grow small- and medium-sized businesses that can have greater impact?" During her summers at... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
Company Authors:Michael Beer and Magnus Finnstrom Publication:Leadership in Action, November-December 2009 Abstract Traditional leadership development programs often fail to achieve the desired results because they don't focus on learning linked to the company's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace