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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Rolling Stock in Baker Exhibit
Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism, an exhibit in the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, confirms there is still much to learn about railroads, whose scale and complexity spawned modern business’s management model. Recent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice
senior associate dean for research. “That’s the promise of HBS. The world’s problems are becoming increasingly complex and don’t lend themselves to one type of research. Our faculty employ constantly evolving methodologies to address... View Details
- 20 Nov 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
only thing missing was ominous John Williams theme music playing in the background. CollaborateUp specializes in bringing corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations together, to take on big, complex issues,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
An easy-to-use glossary and over sixty charts and diagrams define and illustrate complex financial terms and concepts. The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History’s Best Investment Strategies by John P. Reese (MBA ’79) with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
S.F.’s New Museum
populated the world. It is a humbling challenge to present humanity’s complexities in ways that are informative, entertaining, and motivating for a broad range of audiences, but we’re eager to do the job.” View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Ideas
Poor’s—controlled 97 percent of the credit ratings market. The status quo was disrupted, however, by the 2008 global economic recession, an event that the Big Three contributed to by giving overly optimistic ratings to highly complex and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Multiple generations of computing
computer-memory system modeled after the human neocortex. The first product, Grok, detects anomalies in IT systems by automatically finding complex patterns in streams of data. In reflecting on her career trajectory, Dubinsky says: “It’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
first-year required Technology and Operations Management course (TOM), the case offers valuable takeaways for future managers of any complex service organization. “It’s a good TOM case in that it includes hard numbers and rigorous... View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- News
Howard Stevenson Faculty
HBS Professor, Emeritus Howard Stevenson (MBA 1965, DBA 1969) talks about his involvement in helping solve complex social problems in health, the environment, and the news media. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)
at the School, John H. Davis, coined the term "agribusiness." The two men wanted a word to describe the complex value-added chain that begins with a farmer's purchase of livestock or seed and ends with a product ready for the consumer's... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
Do You See What I See?
In the second-year elective The Moral Leader, students read and discuss a wide selection of literary sources, confronting complex moral challenges and developing the analytical skills and judgment that will be required of them as business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Profiles from the Class of 2002
those of their classmates, and eschewed the assertion that strong leadership necessarily means “having all the answers” — there emerges a conviction that the Class of 2002 will approach the complex challenges of today's business world... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership
One key to becoming more integrated into the global marketplace will be southern Africa's ability to respond to the radical economic and social changes taking place in its own backyard. "This not only poses complex challenges for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Chances Are
Understanding complex odds relative to something more universal—say, a baseball game—makes math and probability more palatable, he argues. "The world is increasingly dividing between those who understand this kind of math and its... View Details
- 19 Jun 2019
- News
Connecting Patients and Providers
sharing medical records: “Can you fax them? Can you FedEx them? It’s incredible,” Jarzabek says of the complexity of arranging a consultation. As a son, Jarzabek saw patients with urgent needs waiting too long for care; as a businessman,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
new working paper, "How Promotions and Stockpiling Affect Brand Competition," HBS assistant professor Samuel S. Chun looks at the ways in which retailers influence competition among manufacturers when they take advantage of special deals by stockpiling goods. In... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 28 May 2019
- News
Impact: Toward the Greater Good
Recognizing that business is an important driver in creating prosperity both for individuals and for communities around the world, Harvard Business School educates leaders who have the capacity to address complex challenges and help... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers
colleges to develop programs to meet specific needs. There is still some distrust on both sides: Higher education institutions see their mission as instilling skills for lifelong learning, not to pursue a good salary, and businesses can be daunted by the View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Business Environment in the 21st century
broad questions facing the business community. To the extent that they become involved in working on these issues, business leaders will discover that they are often viewed as lacking legitimacy and authority. They will also learn that these problems are extraordinary... View Details
- 08 Jan 2025
- News
Mapping Pain Points at the IRS
Initiative is a project I’m particularly proud of. Our ambitious goal was to redesign the long, complex notices we send. We made simple but high impact changes like putting a headline up front, converting paragraphs into action-oriented... View Details