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- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
and experience level would have in competing firms. It actually increased the number of contacts that the employer had inside those customers. The key personnel risk of a senior partner leaving and bringing their customers with them... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics
of Starbucks, agreed that ethical actions formed the foundation of good relationships with suppliers, customers, and employees. “An important portion of our customers cares what kind of company we are,” noted Smith. “If they hear we're exploiting farmers, we View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
sidebar, next page) also underscores the opportunities for business and investors in a newly climate-conscious world. Efficiency has become a bottom-line imperative and sustainability an organizing principle that companies can use to reinvent themselves in operations,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
worldwide, the two-day event opened with a special interactive presentation by HBS professors Joseph Fuller and William Kerr called The Future of Work—And Managing the Impact of COVID-19. Fuller and Kerr serve as co-directors of the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
although from the beginning it has been closely affiliated and supported by Bain & Company, where Tierney was worldwide managing director before leaving in 2000 to cofound Bridgespan. Over the years, Bain’s support has been instrumental... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
moment, they would appreciate what we’re trying to do and laud it versus feeling like something was taken from them: They would see their parents managing people and striving to accomplish things. I believe all those things that matter to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
you do can be put in three boxes: one, manage the present; two, selectively forget the past; and three, create the future. Box 1 is competition for the present, and Box 2 and Box 3 are competition for the future. Both are important. The... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
new brands, revitalizing existing brands, and managing brand portfolios in the rapidly evolving modern marketplace. Integrating academic theories with practical experience, this book covers fundamental branding concepts, strategies, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Case Study: Citizen Buffett
need to design a financial strategy that supports your business strategy. Media General is a real-life example of topics that we cover in our finance curriculum such as valuation, financing, and risk management, and it brings together... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
cross-disciplinary investigations over multiple years that would not otherwise be possible. It also enables faculty to pursue novel, experimental studies, giving them the opportunity to take risks and shape the intellectual agenda in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
thrown across the cabin and broke one or two ribs. For twelve hours I couldn’t even reach the satellite phone to call the race doctor because it hurt so much. We do have painkillers, but I didn’t want to take any strong stuff. So sleep was a problem right from the... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)
engineer Bob Stobaugh decided to pursue his true vocation: teaching. "As a manager in the oil and chemical industries, I often needed to explain complex business problems to my coworkers," Stobaugh says. "I found that I enjoyed the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Reverses Policy On Grade Disclosure
overall student experience at HBS.” The students maintained that grade disclosure would lead to decreased cooperation and collaboration and less willingness to take risks in second-year course selection. In his letter to students, Light... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
philanthropic foundation, it struck me how much we could benefit from importing in that community, the management skills, and rational decision making, and the logic that I had been trained in, in the business world for the first 18 years... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
relocate. "There are big risks involved in moving out of an established market," notes Robinson, who in 1995 successfully negotiated to keep the NHL champion Devils in New Jersey after the team had been courted by Nashville, Tennessee.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Mahindra (MBA ’81), vice chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, a $3.2 billion manufacturer of cars and farm equipment with divisions in IT, infrastructure, auto components, and finance. He cites a confluence of factors... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA ’84) and W. Scott Gould (Brookings Institution Press) The authors argue that the federal government can achieve the same gains as the best private-sector and military... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
was taken with the opening of Fab 3 in Livermore, California, in April 1973. It was here that the now familiar “bunny suit” was introduced. “The bunny suits and the whole routine were a huge joke around the company for years,” according to manufacturing View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Illustration by Jon Krause What percentage of managers do you think steal from their companies? Your answer to that question can tell a financial institution a lot about your creditworthiness, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and... View Details
Keywords: April White