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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
Immelt had spent his second year at HBS reflecting on his career path, and he decided that he was more interested in being an operator than an investor, accepting a position with a lower salary at GE. Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) Jeff Immelt... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
when they were days away from going broke. Rekhi bailed them out with $200,000—but he contributed more than cash. He helped them decide how to focus the company, and Exodus reached a peak market capitalization of just under $30 billion in... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
commodity, which is far from true, and have focused on lowering costs and improving their competitive position with the gains of one participant coming at the direct expense of others (zero-sum competition). This competition has focused... View Details
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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online
of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I loved the frameworks and the case study model of the course, and I thought the course was very manageable on top of a full-time job." Abby Katz Senior View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
Texas, with Dell computer. And during my years at Dell-- I was there about eight years-- I worked in marketing and e-commerce. I had a couple of overseas assignments but always loved exploring. And in fact, living overseas a couple of... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
twice as much per dollar invested as male entrepreneurs, and Saigal said she felt positive that women founders will continue to attract more investors. Both panelists said finding investors who are supportive and actively engaged can go a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
world needs principled leaders. Business has become one of the most dynamic forces in our society. If you look at what our graduates are asked to do, you will find them holding influential positions on the boards of major nonprofit and... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
competition in a two-sided market that includes buyers and sellers. One of the platforms benefits from a partial belief advantage, in that each side believes that it is more likely that the other side will join the advantaged platform. We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
St. Louis, albeit briefly, since her position was phased out while she was on maternity leave. She then took a short-term consulting job, followed by three months off from working. Now considering the pros and cons of rejoining the... View Details
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
when its market capitalization increased 4,500 percent from about $4 billion to about $197 billion. The sense of, as they say at Intel, of bleeding blue. Q: An Intel way. A: Yes. Oh, very much so, there was an Intel way. They had their... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
rationalized step processes vs. open platform systems. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52466 Firm Selection and Corporate Cash Holdings By: Begenau, Juliane, and Berardino Palazzo Abstract—Among stock View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
downside market risks. Required rates of return in such an equilibrium can dramatically exceed those suggested by traditional models, affecting inference about the attractiveness of these investments. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
Demetri Coupounas (MBA/MPA 1994). “He and I had conversations that made me realize I had a very weak understanding of how traditional capital markets and business worked,” she says. To strengthen that understanding, Coupounas, after... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We moved our research headquarters there from Basel and developed a new, integrated approach to genomics, biology, and chemistry. Novartis is the only drug company with leadership positions in both patented... View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
You're a successful senior executive with 20, 25 years of experience under your belt. You've made your mark and stand just 1 or 2 rungs from the position of CEO. Now what? As faculty chair of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management... View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
position is unreasonable, it may make little sense to be reasonable yourself. But if everyone routinely came to a dispute with a realistic starting position, the offers would be more or less aligned, and any negotiation that followed... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
have today's senior executives, trained in the days when the pyramidal organization and domestic markets held sway, made the transition to a global, technology-driven economy? For three 1971 classmates and corporate leaders, Donald J.... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
could track this by ourselves.” “SmartPak Canine, thanks for being so proactive at a time when all pet owners should be alert,” read another. “Not every pet food company has been as helpful.” The positive reviews continued even after a... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details