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- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of ‘what is my calling?’ It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to work on problems that mattered to me, that I could have fun doing,... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of ‘what is my calling?’ It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to work on problems that mattered to me, that I could have fun doing,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
systems. What does it mean to be globally competitive in today’s economy? From a business fundamentals perspective, you win through innovation, low cost, or better customer service; in my opinion, innovation is the most sustainable... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
between the software giant and its closest challenger, IBM, while younger alumni put Microsoft well ahead of Big Blue.) It was IBM that first gave business "the ability to process information that has... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
faces a variety of challenges in launching an innovative investment management business in the rapidly evolving ETF space. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/211031-PDF-ENG Kyruus: Big Data's Search... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
Some companies have begun relying more on computer-administered tests than human interviewers to find the best applicants. New research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Danielle Li and colleagues suggests that in this case,... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
Editor's note: Now 10 years old, Facebook's growth is starting to slow. That's one reason it purchased What'sApp last month in a jaw-dropping deal valued at $19 billion. What might the next decade be like? Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
MIT, she grew deeply interested in “spending long periods of time living with and living like” the people she studied, “trying to understand the world from their perspectives.” In her new book, Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
The occasion? The company, a leading supplier of cloud-based services for electronic health records (EHR), practice management, and care coordination, was expanding. In a big way. Founded in 1997, athenahealth now serves about 44,000... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
dalliances of leaders, a kiss is never just a kiss. “A board’s oversight over culture and respect in the workplace has become much more important than it was prior to #MeToo.” A series of Harvard Business School case studies unfurls the... View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
had their own, I don't want to say excuse, but their own reason. And probably for their own platforms at that time when they were commissioning, they were probably the right reasons, but you just kind of keep going and keep going. And it's exhausting, right? This View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
three MIT scientists founded E Ink in 1997. “I was the business guy,” says Wilcox, who over time has held senior leadership roles at the company in areas ranging from sales and marketing to finance to R&D. Twelve years later, the company... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
petition that calls for greater transparency in the global financial system and stronger enforcement of international money-monitoring laws and regulations. For Baker, this is the latest salvo in a long campaign that began in Nigeria, where, as a recent HBS graduate,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
Last month HBS Working Knowledge offered an excerpt from Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, by Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg. The U.S. healthcare... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
naming rights of Macedonia. Political Spring gained 10 seats in Parliament in its first year, but that number shrank to two seats in the next election, with the party ultimately disbanding in 1999. A failure? On some level yes, but not when you consider the View Details
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
together” "By unpacking the costs, you have the opportunity to explain everything you did for the customer in putting that product or service together," says Bhavya Mohan, a Harvard Business School doctoral student in marketing. "When... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
of medicine, work with our leadership team to design our strategy, and then partner with staff across the agency to execute on our priorities.” Dhar: “Most recently, I ran the store-in-store business at b8ta, which drove about 60 percent... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines what the high-commitment, high-performance organization looks like and provides practitioners with the transformation process to help them get there. Starting with leaders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
they teach. Once a week, a volunteer takes the donations, which manage to cover the $1,200 monthly rent, to the bank. Ironically, Vaccaro has had other studios seek him out about emulating his business model. He’s even been approached... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
again. April: When we think about these type of big structural social changes, we're often thinking about federal government action. Do you think there's also a place for the business community to lead this... View Details