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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
is one of the key reasons why I wrote my book. Back in 2006, Chris Anderson [author of the The Long Tail] got people thinking that new technology would change what consumers would be choosing and, therefore, what content producers should... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
product—your cost in producing the product is irrelevant. While we are often tempted to sell a product at a "reasonable margin," the more intelligent way to price a product is not based on what it cost you to produce, but what the View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
very good at predicting either supply or demand in the oil industry," Stobaugh observes. "A little less than two years ago the price of oil was $10 or $11 a barrel. Now it's up around $30. Very few people predicted that, and those who did... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
call, Masha knew he would be returning home. Ndidi and Mezuo Nwuneli Cofounders, AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd. In a country where 90 percent of processed food comes from imported ingredients, AACE sources its spices from local growers, reducing costs to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
CEOs several decades ago. The airline’s previous generation of leaders settled tough union negotiations, made agreements that allowed them to operate profitably and look good in the short term, and dumped their pension obligations into... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
everyone's life." Dubinsky found Apple's casual atmosphere—where smart people thrived—a good fit and accepted a position as a support specialist. "Apple had real energy. I loved the notion that we were changing the world. To me that was a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
fundamental deterioration in their ability to pay for goods and services from their wages.” Simultaneously, lending standards continued to deteriorate “until we got to the point where we had very lax standards, and we started to see... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
was more physical. A former triathlete, he was invited by his investment firm’s partners to a hot yoga class. “I could not believe how I felt afterward,” he recalls. “That halo effect after a good sweat—it opened up my chest, and I got... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
your classmates’ experiences. That’s part of the value of HBS. It’s huge.” At Morgan Stanley, which she joined right out of HBS, Harris leads the equity private placements effort in global capital markets and covers the retail and View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
were looking at an icon.” Photo courtesy Joan Levitt In interviews with Levitt’s HBS marketing colleagues, all brought up his love of a provocative argument and a good discussion, as well as the powerful breadth and depth of his mind. “He... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
get things done. For quite some time I tried to convince Michelle that we should start something together, and she was not particularly enthusiastic about the ideas that I had. Michelle Zatlyn: And Matthew, if you spend more than five minutes with him, he will just... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
increasingly scarce. How serious is the problem? It's a tale of two Americas, the best of times and worst of times if you're a consumer in the current U.S. housing market. On the plus side, thanks to the 1990s' economic boom, some... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
dominance of corporate icons such as Heinz, Coca-Cola, General Motors, NCR, and Procter & Gamble. Chapters on the 20th century consider how mass production, mass media, and technology have influenced the way goods are marketed and sold.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
good ROI.” Diniz began to brainstorm with Paulo Puterman, a friend studying to get his PhD in biotechnology at the University of São Paulo who also happened to be focused on the highly efficient elephant grass/electricity equation. “After... View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
visibility, to a network of peers. Many of them felt isolated.” Amadio sensed these challenges were not unique to neuroscience startups, and he began looking at the consumer software sector to see how innovation there seemed to happen so... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
operations of their complicated, not-for-profit institutions. "The job of running a museum is much bigger and broader than it once was," observes HBS marketing professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser, an expert on nonprofit management who is a longtime museum observer... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
If you turned to this article only after first checking out the Class Notes for your year, you are in good company. According to a 1995 Bulletin readership survey, 95 percent of all HBS alumni read the Class Notes regularly and have been... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
Workparent answers all your questions and has the feel of a good talk with your favorite mentor. Finally, the handbook you need to thrive as a working parent. Pivot for Success: Hone Your Vision, Shift Your Energy, Make Your Move By Amy... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
the practices that characterize entrepreneurial individuals, families, and organizations and offer pragmatic advice. The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class by Edward Conard (MBA 1982) (Portfolio) Conard... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
analyze budgets for HLW's dozens of programs. She also created a revenue-forecasting model for its residential services. "Finance is an area that interests me no matter what sector I go into, so it was a good way to get direct, hands-on... View Details