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- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
corporate philanthropy, but it adds something extra: not only does one needy child get access to its play products each time a product is sold, but Uncharted Play also gives access to its Think Out of Bounds educational curriculum. The... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter organized a two-day conference titled "America on the Move: Transportation and Infrastructure for the 21st Century," held at HBS in February. To help spur action on this critical component of US business and... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
phone from those who fear the technology will be used to capture personal information. Bigbelly aims to add digital advertising to its connected waste and recycling stations. While their ads are static for the View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
account for such agglomeration have been proposed. We note that these theories make different predictions about which pairs of industries should be coagglomerated. We discuss the measurement of coagglomeration and use data from the Census... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator D uring the 1930s, in addition to his classes at HBS, Doriot taught at the US Army Industrial College where he trained officers in the preparation of adequate military supplies and equipment. At the... View Details
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman
change; be resilient; and make every decision based on whether or not it's good for the business." If you take the extra time to staff the best people rather than operate in the interests of expediency, you'll save yourself trouble... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers
different aspects of a career that drove my passion. I also reached out to many old friends to discuss these thoughts. After this time of reflecting and conversing with friends, it became clear that a career switch should be my next step.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
who spend a lot of time in their cars. Recently, Chen and Searle began market tests for *CD ("Star CD"), their new cellular-phone service that identifies songs and artists for listeners who call wanting to know more about the music... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decisions managers must make.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Spend at least as much time focusing on people as you do on numbers.” ON LEADERSHIP “Too many of our leaders fail to translate macroeconomic trends into human experience. Increasing... View Details
- 15 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
PART 3: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Getting on the JD/MBA Path
while you are in school, or via study abroad). There are multiple ways to think about them: using a series of opportunities to build your skills and experience towards pivoting into a full-time job that is difficult to get, taking... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
We have been working in Iraq since 1999. I have been 4 times in Iraq since June 2003, most recently last month, traveling all over the country, meeting ordinary people and staying in small hotels, often dining with locals. Things change... View Details
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
generation ago. If you are a global entrepreneur, says Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, "you have to think much earlier and much faster." The new MBA second-year course Launching Global Ventures (LGV), developed by Kerr and taught... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
rationality? Marco Lalama pointed out that "Some people are more rational than others . What do we do about that?" Phil Clark went even further, saying, "We were never created to be rational." Are we objective in assessing rationality? Narendar... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
A New Case at Harvard Business School Highlights the Real-World Issues for Latinx Considering an MBA
president of Ivy Advisers, was then co-president of HBSLAA with Shirley Cardona (MBA 2012); and Alvarez was appointed faculty adviser for the Latino Student Organization (LASO). “Outside of our work, we all help prospective students, so it was natural for the three of... View Details
- 22 Jul 2024
- News
Viral Marketing’s Early Muse
Illustration by John Weber In 2008, Canadian musician Dave Carroll saw United Airlines employees manhandling his $3,500 Taylor guitar on the tarmac in Chicago. When he arrived at his destination, the guitar was in pieces. Carroll contacted United customer service... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- News
Accounting for Real Change
of this moment echoes back to the Wall Street crash of 1929, he writes, when investors realized that they didn’t comprehend the nature of a company’s true profits. By 1933, the US government started mandating that companies adhere to... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- News
How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track
apologizes. He directs her to the location finder on uhaul.com, where she can look up climate-controlled self-storage locations. Later he calls Mike Kinealy, vice president of sales and customer service, and tells him to follow up. Using... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
HBS's Unique Economic Model
of the publishing industry, faces fierce competition and great uncertainty as it adapts to the digital world. At a time when the School must increase its investment in innovation, revenue from philanthropy (20 percent endowed funds... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
“Speed Trap” Can Snare Companies
Nelson Repenning of MIT draws on firsthand observations of the meteoric rise and ultimate bankruptcy of a disguised Web-based company referred to as Notes.com. Using information gathered at management meetings during the company's brief,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Unexpected Advice from Am Ex’s Chenault
Chenault and Dean Jay Light at Class Day ceremonies. Photos by Stuart Cahill Of all the attributes tomorrow’s leaders will need to manage through good times and bad, one took center stage in American Express chairman and CEO Kenneth... View Details