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01 Oct 1999
News

The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change

advertising a $2.46 charbroiled special. Most of the class and even some of the faculty sported long hair, and noting the large percentage of single men in the class, the paper's lead article announced that we would provide "a rich vein... View Details

Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

model." “The markets for everything from cars to books to food benefit from customers who are informed about the price and quality of products before making their purchases. While such consumerism has been slow to make its way into the... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Apr 2002
News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

Ward - once synonymous with out-of-control crime rates, gang warfare, antiquated public housing, crumbling schools, and degrading poverty - have begun to show indications that there may be a way out of the hopeless downward spiral. In their 2000 View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

01 Sep 2009
News

E Ink’s Wild Ride

former professors if they’d heard of a new technology that could be the basis of a start-up. Faculty member Jeff Rayport threw out a few ideas before Wilcox got specific: He was looking for something that would change the world. So in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

without greatly expanding its staff. As part of the initiative, and with the support of Goldman Sachs, Tierney is working on a book with Joel L. Fleishman, faculty chair, Center for Strategic Philanthropy... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2008
News

A Force for Good

many other matters that should be possible to handle easily becoming intractable.” For Bok’s benefit, McArthur reviewed problems with the School’s appointment processes. He listed faculty areas that had grown unproductive and suggested... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

30 Apr 2025
News

A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

also serves as the SEI’s faculty chair, and in that role, he organized and moderated the panel discussion, which featured Rosie Allen-Herring (SPNM 2015) the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way of the National Capital... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

26 May 2022
News

Bidding Up

management science. It was intended to use a lot of mathematics and probability, statistics, and so on, dealing with risky decisions. And in 1956, he had written this book with Duncan Luce called Games and Decisions, which was the... View Details

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