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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
example, there are roughly 1 million jobs connected to the beef industry—from companies that grow crops for animal feed to slaughterhouses. And the USDA reports that meat producers created more than $66 billion in added value to the US economy in 2008. All of that... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
information systems tend to mirror the traditional, functionally oriented organizations that they are supposed to help transform. While purchasing the right technology is part of the answer, Coote declared, "There has to be something... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
better. To this end, they offer a set of management tools drawn from best practices in successful companies, the military, and government agencies. After showing why the federal personnel system needs reform, the book presents specific... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
no longer being used as just a tactical resource, it's now fundamentally influencing business strategy and competition," says Richard L. Nolan, MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, who teaches in the School's Management Information View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he holds a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management units. He is the author or coauthor of... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
medications. We also realized that the failure of health care systems in more fortunate countries meant that those systems would fall further in most of our markets. The challenges involved in View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
haven’t they been solved? My answer, in part, is that we need new approaches and new solutions. We need advanced leaders who are focused on the entire ecosystem, not one organization. We need people who think outside the building. Systems... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
communities that are still very rooted in their local systems and are likely to remain rooted in their systems. How has HBX—the School’s online learning platform—impacted the way that you think about education? FO: We think online... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
her House of Bread was soon doing a brisk business. “Frankly, the first bakery was successful from day one, and I just thought everything was so easy,” says McCann, who also invested heavily in an information system that tied cash... View Details
- 04 Dec 2020
- News
Hour by Hour
familiar with your systems and your culture,” notes Morris. “And we’re trying to get people who have had that training, to be able to use it to earn additional income.” Syrg also specializes in improving retention rates, surveying... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
prison. Studies by the US Bureau of Justice Statistics show that nearly seven out of 10 former inmates reoffend and return to prison within three years. The Reset Foundation tries to break that cycle by diverting people from the penal View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
Curriculum. To address this need, the School piloted a new daylong program, Viewpoints, this past spring. “Our goal was to help students understand how they need to think about the broader social context in which firms operate and how the... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
Bernardino, California. Here, McGee and Hsieh discuss the evolution of the case and the conversations it has inspired, as well as the changing dimensions of the economic systems in which tech companies operate. How did this case first... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
what would be best for each student. That in itself is a complicated operational challenge. On top of that, you have hiring demands and the need to create a culture in which teachers feel enabled to develop professionally. You also need... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
running the market research firm Geosegment Systems Corporation, which he founded in 1991. In addition to its advocacy before the NRC, Popik’s group has become a regular at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the obscure... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
future fleet, Henderson and cofounder Mike Carter, graduates of the US Merchant Marine Academy, have developed a marine battery system based on a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery. Called the Leviathan, it fits inside a shipping... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
James McKenney Remembered
MCKENNEY: The first information systems expert at HBS, he led its early IT efforts. HBS professor emeritus James L. McKenney,an expert in management information systems and the use of computer View Details
Keywords: Information
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
is a big misconception a lot of people have. People assume that because, the United States, we have high school, college basketball, then it leads to the pros, that the same system is in effect pretty much throughout the world. Well,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) to manufacture battery systems for the Chinese market presents its own questions, Vietor notes. For one, the joint venture is considered a foreign subsidiary, so A123 can only report its... View Details