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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
director of the MBA and Doctoral Programs. To understand what keeps great potential students from applying for an MBA, the School commissioned a market research study and learned that the most salient barriers to applying are financial... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
line succeed. Aim to be world’s best at one thing, regardless of customer size. Okay, two things, just in case. But not everything. And aim for a very specific acquirer of the company at a time that’s right for you and your lives. Good luck! —Bill Mirbach (MBA 1976) is... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
maintain its predominance once the crisis subsides. Kominers taught the case (remotely, via Zoom) in spring 2020 in the Making Markets elective course. Europe Research Center—To further HBS’s COVID-related research, the center worked with... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
globalization of markets and competition changed American business forever. Twenty years out, over one-third of the class had been fired or laid off at least once. Fundamental practices that worked for most of the century - large staff... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
markets in developed nations. But by the mid-1980s, the Yangs decided the time had come to differentiate themselves. They would concentrate on quality and meeting the needs of the most discriminating designers and retailers in areas such... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
data science (e.g., unbiased data and algorithms), better implementation (e.g., understanding the target audience and market conditions), and better policies (e.g., auditing algorithms to ensure they perform in an equitable manner). For... View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
access capital. “We wrote this case because it not only tells a particular story of two student leaders effecting change,” says Bussgang, a Senior Lecturer at HBS and managing partner at the VC firm, Flybridge. “But it also speaks to larger systemic issues and points a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
Foods Market regularly stocks EARTH’s bananas, dried fruits, and cobranded coffee. Outreach and Impact In his current role, Condo spends about half of his time on the road, meeting with members of the school’s extended community in the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
profitability. McGahan currently teaches the elective Strategy, Commitment, and Choice, which focuses on strategy at the business-unit level. Assistant Professor Kenneth S. Corts studies competition in segmented markets and the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
broadcasting. As for “shelf space,” it might actually increase under relaxed ownership rules. Under consolidated ownership, more TV stations might be viable in some markets because their programming costs would be lower. Presumably, that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
years. "President Bush felt strongly about normalizing relations with China and opening that market to American business," says Franklin. "My mission to Beijing to reconvene the Joint Commission was a win-win situation. The sanction was... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
subscriptions. So it was doing well, but there’d been friction within the family, as there often is in family businesses, over the last few decades. Kind of towards the end of my time at HBS, my dad died in January '87. And the stock price started rocketing up, which... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
management methods in American business," finished fourth, followed by IBM's Thomas J. Watson, whose "computers enabled the automation of well-informed decision-making, allowing business and the work force to migrate from manual labor in a stable View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
chains as well as small retailers on four continents. “People find us—despite very little marketing outside the United States—because everyone has the same problem,” says Kundu. “I see that we’re having an impact. What we are doing is... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
today's top executives must build organizations in which the new can constructively displace the old and where talented employees are encouraged to help formulate company strategy. "Successful e-leaders focus on two things: a new approach to View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
administrators together for lively presentations by colleagues and a panel discussion on “The Market for Management Ideas,” moderated by Walter Kiechel (MBA '76/JD '77), senior vice president and executive director of HBS Publishing.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
says. “It’s all about brainstorming how you can leverage resources and market forces to spin off quality outcomes like affordable housing, new job opportunities, and goods and services that may be missing in a community.” At BCC’s weekly... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
market rarely rewarded his efforts, and GE struggled. In Hot Seat, Immelt offers an introspection of his tenure. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. But knowing what to do is a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
were to decide you’re comfortable sharing data with US government authorities, how comfortable are you sharing the data with the government in China? That’s a huge market for you. How can you say yes to the United States and no to China?... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
support his family. He heard about the I Create program and signed up. Having noticed a growth in agriculture in the region, Samad was intent on finding his niche in the industry. After conducting market research and consulting with a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers