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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
forward. Rob Kasameyer (MBA 1976), Woburn, Massachusetts NN: I always find it helpful to return to our mission statement: Harvard Business School educates leaders who make a difference in the world. What has made HBS distinctive, since... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
Crypto-currency expert Santiago Subotovsky (MBA 2009), principal at Emergence Capital Partners, fields alumni questions on Bitcoin—a digital, virtual, and unregulated currency that allows for anonymous transactions and has quickly moved from the tech underground to the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash The New York City–based startup Wellthy began with a personal challenge. Lindsay Jurist-Rosner (MBA 2009) has helped arrange care for her mother, who suffers from a progressive form of multiple sclerosis, for 26... View Details
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
votes to more popular candidates, a phenomenon often called strategic voting. For other parameters, the model predicts "vote-stealing" where the addition of a third candidate robs a viable major candidate of electoral support.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
Guthrie’s “The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd”: Yes, as through this world I’ve wandered I’ve seen lots of funny men; Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen.  Sam Heffner (MBA ’70) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Squeaky Clean... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
outstanding work. Rob Huckman's done a lot of very interesting work on adoption of new medical technology and how competing technologies—how the organization of hospitals influences the uptake of competing technologies. He did a wonderful... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
haven’t been able to close their funds,” says Breyer. “I think that 2005 and 2006 will be bellwether years in terms of firms closing.” Cash-starved funds are victims of the post-meltdown “flight to quality,” explains Rob Chandra (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
people while visiting 34 diverse countries—places without available medical care, where corruption and poverty have ruled, and where armed people are part of the daily scene. In the Philippines, strangers tried to kidnap me. I was robbed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Here? What It Takes to Create an Authentic Organization by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones (AMP 184) (Harvard Business Review Press) The authors make six key recommendations leaders should follow to transform their organizations to attract... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
think he tracks it more than he alludes to. That’s a good question. I mean, at the end of the day it’s his life, right? I’m scared for him, and fear is a really good motivator and a better motivator’s love. At the end of the day, he wants to live and he should. He’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
of management practice Rob Kaplan, a former vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs who served recently as acting head of the Harvard Management Company, observed that the financial crisis is symptomatic of another very serious issue, a severely... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
because it’s about the process of assessing someone else: How do you do that structurally? How do you do it as an individual? And it shows that your history plays a huge role in how you behave. Rob Parson believed in his bones that if he... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s Impact on Europe The article about General Georges Doriot in the June issue is quite informative about his great accomplishments. Left without mention, however, was the first venture capital firm in Europe, called European Enterprises Development (EED).... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
being transformed by technological innovations and new student achievement standards. This case chronicles how CEO Rob Waldron and his team bring Curriculum Associates (CA), a traditional supplemental publishing company, up to date amidst... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
result of a collaboration between students, faculty, and the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI). As part of a student sustainability associate project last spring, Rob Self (MBA 2021) and Lauren Buchanan (MBA 2021) found a high... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
rebuilt at the new team.” Is there a way to reduce the performance risk associated with changing teams? Yes; bring your teammates along with you. Tom Brady signed a two-year, $50 million deal with Tampa Bay on March 20th. One month later it was announced that Brady’s... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711414-PDF-ENG Product Development at OPOWER Thomas Eisenmann and Rob GoHarvard Business School Case 811-075 OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Rule Them All: Lord of the Rings Online and the MMO Market Hanna Hałaburda, William Collis, Rob McKeon, and Ivan NausiedaHarvard Business School Case 712-434 Turbine Inc. is releasing a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, The Lord of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
to try to keep the bad guys out completely,” says BrightPoint’s Bonaparte. “No one runs a perfect shop. Detection and response are equally important to prevention.” There are too many ways in, too many holes to cover. There’s no absolute peace. “Do people still carry... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai