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- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend. Testing—due in no View Details
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Lisa Cousins
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I grew up in a very small town – you could call it “the middle of nowhere” – and have always been a bit of a dreamer, with aspirations to be a leader in the travel industry from a very... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
percent) that President Nixon (that laissez-faire Republican) imposed wage and price controls, to a world where each of our kids has more computing power on his or her desk, and each of us on his or her lap, than all of Harvard had in its entirety (or certainly all of... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
interview didn’t work for me.” A stint as a New England business correspondent for the Associated Press was a better fit. “Suddenly I was interviewing CEOs and covering banking scandals, and I thought, ‘Wow, this is where it’s happening,’... View Details
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
accomplished to date that you are excited about? Paul: We have established a mentoring program between alumni and current students. We’ve created a panel event that takes place annually where a small group of alumni spanning decades at... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
Bill Falcon for a few issues before Ted Anthony assumed the job in 1962. Anthony, who had publishing experience in the military and at the Small Business Administration in Washington, kept the Bulletin on a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
business judgment rule, directors must have “knowingly and completely failed to undertake their responsibilities” or had “an actual intent to do harm” — a standard that has let thousands of failed boards off the hook over the years. While... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49544 November 2015 Annual Review of Economics Peer-to-Peer Markets By: Einav, Liran, Chiara Farronato, and Jonathan Levin Abstract—Peer-to-peer markets such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb allow View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
Drawing on lessons from the battlefield is common practice for business leaders seeking tested strategies to succeed against adversity. Today, the battle against COVID-19, an invisible enemy, feels to many observers like a military... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
a factory in a low-cost location in Asia? Such a move over the next five to seven years would be full of risk, especially considering LEGO has had a checkered history of expansion—one such effort almost led to bankruptcy. So Harvard View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Now, the former Air Force officer is drawing on his military, White House, State Department, and humanitarian aid experience as cofounder and CEO of Executives Without Borders, an organization that matches business leaders who volunteer... View Details
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Learning Curve
president and handled the business side of the growing school, from learning to write a budget to scouring used furniture stores for inexpensive desk chairs and finding ever-larger classroom spaces (the school moved three times in its... View Details
- 15 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem
When Apple introduced the iPod, it had a simple but compelling tag line for music fans: "1,000 thousand songs in your pocket." The company sold 300 million of them. On the eve of debuting its digital payment system, Apple Pay, two Harvard View Details
- 23 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Status: When and Why It Matters
like to believe that people pay for status for purely symbolic reasons, but the empirical evidence for that has been weak at best," says Harvard Business School's Daniel Malter, an assistant professor in the Strategy unit who studies... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Action Plan: Role-Play
investigator trying to suss out other employees who are guilty of committing fraud, theft, or some other workplace misconduct. Before her career path took a turn from the business world to private investigation, Carson had no prior... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
Business School professors Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine argue that while robust governments must play a role, leadership by business is essential. For enterprising companies—whether large... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
growth countries also tended to show worse performance on a number of business environment and governance indicators. From this analysis, lessons are drawn for Liberia. We conclude that with a continued inflow of aid, foreign direct... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
television divisions. "I'm responsible for nearly $2 billion in revenues," he says. Previously, Zelnick held prominent positions in the movie industry, including a stint as president of Twentieth Century Fox. He decided to try running a View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
their own. The state subsidizes residents who have incomes that meet or somewhat exceed federal poverty guidelines. An independent public authority, known informally as the Health Connector, helps individuals and small View Details
- 31 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World
eyeballs," says Zhu, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. "Content providers are serving advertisers rather than the audience, and consumers with niche preferences will be out of luck because the content they're... View Details