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- 05 May 2022
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Lesson Plans
schools and universities are closed this week. Shutting down to help stop community spread Across the country, at least 21 million kids, now home from school. Students are often not at high risk, but their parents, grandparents and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
price, high value, subscriptions—that worked in a succession of businesses. Did the class see it? No. Did I see it, in real time? No. Keeps you humble.” The first case HBS Archives Photography Collection, Baker Library Special Collections... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
afflicting a city require a high capability for analyzing problems, delineating strategies, and ensuring implementation," says Austin. "These problems require an understanding of economic development and the capacity to mobilize and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) (Portfolio) The founders of Gilt Groupe reveal how they built the web’s most famous fusion of high tech... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
While perhaps stating the obvious, when you work in socially troubled areas, there is a high risk of failure. Alternatives to achieve the implicit outcome (in this case, reconciliation), as opposed to just the explicit outcome (income... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Inside MBA Admissions
someone from HBS before deciding to come here.” The personal touch doesn’t stop there. Dewey calls or e-mails every newly admitted MBA student. “It’s important to reach out to let them know we’re glad to have them and to answer any questions,” she says. On the View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
says Bailey. “If we lose these, we have nothing.” Accordingly, green technology and sustainability are not just nice add-ons but business imperatives. Yet traditional bottom-line considerations pertain as well: “As is typical in remote,... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
inspired me to reach higher, I don’t think I would have even considered the Ivy League. That’s a trap even the brightest kids in public high school graduates experience even today.” After Penn, Huebner headed to Wall Street for a job at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
Companies run from Estonia don’t need resident directors, and bookkeeping is straightforward because banks can calculate tax liability for their customers. “This is about returning clarity, sanity, and peace of mind to the business world,” Kumar says. Estonia has View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
Support System
To the people of Ghana, shea butter is known as “women’s gold.” Used for everything from stretch marks to diaper rash, it’s a go-to product in high demand. And it offers employment opportunities for women willing to survey shea-nut trees... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
searches and appropriately rewards their efforts." The result of this dynamic has been one of history's great technology success stories. In a second volume of Design Rules, the authors will examine how the interrelated processes of... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
culling its inventory from the excess food other supermarkets and suppliers typically throw away. The Kendall Foundation also supports CommonWealth Kitchen, which offers food entrepreneurs a place to incubate new businesses without the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
my life. Joking aside, getting great press or opening a large account are the entrepreneurial highs that keep us going. The most challenging part of the business is managing inventory. It is easy to be aspirational and to design the next... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
how organizations can create moral behavior using unspoken cues. Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway Why do businesses evaluate candidates solely on past job performance, ignoring the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions officers focus on View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
level of creatine kinase—an enzyme indicative of muscle damage—in a normal person's blood is around 50 units per liter, maybe as high as 100 after a workout. Charley's was 20,000. It suggested muscular dystrophy. Related Links Curing... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
handup, not a handout .” With mentoring and support from Chertavian, Heredia was able to graduate from high school, attend college, and pursue his passion for art. Twenty-six years after they first met, the two remain close friends and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
I've always loved to build things,” Murch remarks. “It's refreshing, especially after years of e-mail, meetings, and working on electronic stuff. High technology is so ephemeral. For all you know, what you... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
watch is the replacement of the incandescent lighbulb. The lighting industry is moving to LED technology at a very high speed. And all the LED lighting companies draw on the same capabilities that emerged in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
actually not true. There are times when globalization takes a step back. From 1850 to 1914, there was a technological revolution: With the telegraph, suddenly you could communicate from New Zealand to London in seconds, and refrigeration... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
(Thinkstock) Prescription drug spending increased by more than 13 percent in the United States in 2014, raising health insurance premiums and the ire of consumers and politicians. The reasons behind the rise are many, including the high... View Details