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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
at a valuation of more than $100 million?” Turns out, it can get very big. At the time, we completely misunderstood the unit economics and network effects of the business—in other words, the “winner-take-all” dynamics in a category as... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
widely used would reduce the amount of fossil fuel we ultimately burn. Taken together, these developments perhaps serve as a snapshot of the environmental landscape today. On the one hand, scientific indicators continue to warn of the long-term View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
New weather patterns brought on by climate change will require updated farming practices, effective water management, and innovative pest and disease management in the Midwest and around the globe. Increasingly, the business community is... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
would have allowed a United Arab Emirates–based company to operate key U.S. seaports. “I support the President when I think what he is doing is right for our district,” Edwards says. In a sure sign of Edwards’s broad appeal, two pro-business, conservative-leaning View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
"blockbusters" will disappear. Recent developments suggest that doctors will eventually be able to treat patients more effectively with medicine tailored to their genetic makeup, including, in some cases, gene replacement therapies. "The... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
of Education Arne Duncan, who first attended PELP in 2003 when he was CEO of Chicago's public schools. The popular program engages eight-person district teams in an intensive learning experience that includes analyses of education- and business-based cases, View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
“an incredibly dedicated and brilliant group of physicians, as well as patients with such courage and grace that I knew I wanted to do something to get more involved in their battle.” This year she is on a “working sabbatical” at... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
reaching a high of $243 amidst much media fanfare. But like many early dot-com success stories, Perry, who has been called a founding father of the business-to-business online marketplace, has experienced the effects of gravity lately.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
improvements. The Recent Graduates Committee, chaired by Eric Turner (MBA '82), is addressing the School's relationship with current MBA students and Executive Education participants and the best way to inform them about the services and programs available when they... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
America.” In addition to Reficco, HBS professor and ISE faculty chair James E. Austin, Senior Lecturer Diana Barrett, Professor Allen S. Grossman, and LARC executive director Gustavo Herrero provide support to partner faculty as they research and develop new cases.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
emeritus Walter Salmon. “I miss him.” When she came to HBS, Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner (AMP 90, 1983) had read all of Ted Levitt’s books. “There were 132 people in my class; 2 were women. Naturally, the guys in my living group decided that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
some were not. I have seen firsthand union threats and violence against employers and their property. Worse yet, I have seen unbridled coworker intimidation to and by union wage earners. In my opinion, if ever there was a group that must... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Book Group Coping with cancer is hard. It’s an emotional ordeal as much as a physical one, with known and somewhat predictable psychological responses. And yet, patients often feel isolated and alone when dealing with the stress, anxiety,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
product that you launched to allow a new group of investors to get in, but I’m interested in how else you think about developing products for underrepresented groups. How do you actively seek out their needs? I think we have to build... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
other half ranges to more than $50 million a year. To get the most from this wide range of experience, participants break into small groups and present a challenge currently facing his or her organization. "In our study group, there was a... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
promote, in word and deed, the salutary effects of entrepreneurship. In keeping with that objective, in October 1945, Professor Sumner H. Slichter, the first HBS-based professor to be named a University Professor, wrote an article for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
social impact. And the way to magnify that impact is to give away valuable knowledge to anyone who can use it. Bridgespan is unique in another equally important way. It is a pioneer in the application of data-driven strategy and consulting services to enhance the View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
look at those quarters, I mean from market approach, they're not all monolithic, right? So how do we think about effective segmentation for those groups. And what does it look like in practice? Who's been doing it well? SWG: So... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
plant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to introduce a new pilot project designed to enhance the motivation and performance of a group of 200 employees. A rare female manager at Frito-Lay, Johnson finds that her youth, inexperience, and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
note. Nohria explained his belief that people’s life stories deeply influence the way they conduct themselves as leaders. In his own case, he described the profound effect his father, the CEO of a large electrical equipment manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson