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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
point out in our book, the provider group doesn't create any value. Value is not created by breadth of services but excellence in particular medical conditions. Zero-sum competition was a natural evolution... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
Illustration by Peter Arkle KitNipBox is a monthly subscription service for cat owners. Each box contains products designed to keep cats happy, healthy, and fit: toys, treats, health and hygiene products, must-have accessories, innovative... View Details
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
minus’. The ‘A’ is for excellence and the ‘minus’ is for waiting till it affected the company personally before taking action.” CrisisAndRep concurred, saying that, “Walmart was slow to get to its decision.” Was Walmart’s leadership... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?
mail messages with them and checked Bain's "people finder" database for more contacts. Eventually she connected with nine partners and several managers who had developed growth strategies for financial services institutions. She... View Details
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
must expect health plans to direct patients to excellent providers, not those provider networks that offer the biggest discounts.” What to do? The most important single change necessary is for employers to think about health care in terms... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Adventure in China
where she excelled at English and law, Zhang went to work as an assistant and interpreter at the regional railway. She so impressed a visiting Thai bank president after interpreting for him that he offered to pay her way through HBS if... View Details
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- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Making Things Right for Those Who’ve Been Done Wrong
Ariel Zwang (MBA 1990) is CEO of Safe Horizon, a New York–based organization that provides services to victims of violent crime and abuse. “I went to work at BCG right after I graduated. After a couple years, I realized that I did not... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone
generous gifts from alumni and friends that enable the School’s efforts to bring faculty with unique perspectives and experiences to the classroom. “Professor Roscini excels as a practitioner — he has found a way to marry his dynamic... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
cooperation from a powerful person. How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things: Breaking the 8 Hidden Barriers That Plague Even the Best Businesses by Neil Smith (MBA 1984) with Patricia O'Connell (Palgrave Macmillan) The author identifies... View Details
- 07 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands
consumers and create a modern digital experience. I saw how the next generation of powerhouse brands are being built around consumer healthcare, and I saw a need for the delivery of healthcare services to evolve to fit into our lives in a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Jensen Donates Grant
HBS professor emeritus Michael Jensen, an influential expert in the areas of agency theory, organizational design, and incentives, was awarded the 2009 Morgan Stanley–American Finance Association Award for Excellence in Financial... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
and to the institutional excellence to which Harvard aspires; to provide advice to the Corporation; to give formal consent to major initiatives as referred by the Corporation and to appointments; and to bring a long-range perspective to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
High-Profit Strategies in the Age of Techno Service by John A. Goodman (MBA 1971) (AMACOM) These days businesses have more opportunities to enhance the customer experience than ever before. Goodman explains how businesses can design and... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
opportunities for human development are key to regenerating a middle class on which the US Constitution depends, I was surprised that there wasn’t a greater sense of urgency in many of the comments. Alan Levy led the enthusiasts with the comment, “Just an View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
Conference Coverage on the Working Knowledge website. MBA Program’s Entrepreneurship Activities Cited as National Model The scope and excellence of Harvard Business School’s MBA activities in entrepreneurship make HBS worthy of emulation... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
benefit the environment as well as a company's bottom line," Rangan adds. Good examples are the early childhood literacy initiative of PNC, a financial services organization based in Pittsburgh, and the 10,000 Women initiative of... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
50-Plus Years of Entrepreneurship I was disturbed by the June Bulletin's infographic showing that HBS had been teaching entrepreneurship for only 50 years (page 7). As a student at HBS, I took Management of New Enterprises, an excellent... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
CEO of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO), which supports its seventeen hundred members with a range of financial and business-related services for physicians in group and individual practice. The MGPO's mission is... View Details
- 13 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
immediately ahead. “I had to figure out how to set up isolation and quarantine sites for two to three thousand homeless people, sheltered and unsheltered,” he says. “I made epidemiological models to estimate the number of rooms we needed, then helped ensure the... View Details