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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
the development of new economies and profoundly improve the prospects for those countries. "By starting fresh in Eisenach," Hughes explains, "we were able to introduce lean manufacturing processes to workers... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
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Books - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
mergers and acquisitions, and to support continuous improvement activities such as lean management and benchmarking. Kaplan and Anderson illustrate the TDABC approach with a wealth of case studies, in... View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
is the impact of foreign bank entry on the pricing and availability of credit in developing economies? The Mexican banking system provides a quasi-experiment to address this question because in 1997 the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE
transformation that is as radical as it is methodical, as essential to the company’s survival as Steve Jobs’s iPhone was to Apple’s.” In overseeing the company’s transition to a lean operation more akin to a... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 16 Nov 2017
- Webinars: Career
How to Be Happy at Work
Are you truly happy at work? Or, like most people, do you have some good days but most of the time work is stressful, all-consuming, and not as fulfilling as you'd like? Annie McKee will share that outdated myths and mindsets are a big part of the reason so many of us... View Details
Thomas S. Murphy
At the age of 29, Murphy took control of a nearly bankrupt television station in Albany, NY, that would become a launching point for a media empire worth over $5 billion. Through successfully acquiring and integrating over 30 media... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
John S. Reed
Reed is credited with building Citicorp into one of the most powerful and significant financial institutions in the United States. His command of the operational aspects of the business enabled him to create a View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
Rock 100: The Summit The HBS Rock 100 is a dynamic and highly interactive bi-annual event for our rising alumni entrepreneurs. Catch a glimpse of the energy and excitement of the inaugural Summit in 2014 here. Rock 100: The Summit Video... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Following My Dream: Launching a Venture
practice the Lean Start-Up methodology, I went through the incorporation process, wrote my first invoices, and so much more. I’m certainly working much more than I expected, but with the sole difference that I do not perceive it as work.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- Portrait Project
Adam Gassin
tear down. I open the door to room 512. Madelynn climbs onto the bed, where my wife holds our new baby. Leaning over to see her sister’s face, Madelynn exclaims with a sense of awe and celebration, “Now we get to be a family!” With tears... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pursuing a passion
In addition to her field research on creativity, Teresa Amabile is a keen observer and enthusiastic supporter of the creative efforts of her HBS students. To illustrate her belief that entrepreneurial success is driven by passion for... View Details
- Profile
Michael Farias
health-care industry." After graduation, Michael intends to concentrate on pediatrics and on initiatives focused on improving care for children. "I'm leaning toward an administrative role in... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Parks Management is People Management
same way it would at a lean startup or a large corporation. The transferability of business practices, especially the need for agile thinkers in key management roles, is encouraging. I feel confident that I... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- Profile
Chiedu Onichabor
listening to a section mate's "left field" comment or question that added additional color and context or highlighted a previously undiscussed edge case to our discussion. If you could give one piece of advice to prospective students, what would it be? Be... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ann Chao
developmentally delayed. I fell in love with her immediately. She was beautiful; perfect. Her gentle smile lit up my day. She loved music, and would lean back and close her eyes to the simple melodies on toy... View Details
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Eryn Schultz
me have the confidence to leave consulting and to take an operations job at a Texas-based grocery retailer. Not only would I get direct P&L responsibility, but I would also get to try moving back to my hometown and working in the food... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- News
Lessons from a COVID Survivor
Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) When Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) fell ill with COVID-19, she wasn’t prepared for the physical and emotional rollercoaster that the ensuing weeks would bring. On day 16 of her illness, which she managed from home View Details
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Anthony Martore
do something will always be more impactful than what you do. Additionally, my takeaway is to lean into relationship-building, as people are always the greatest asset of any organization. The classroom setting has given me thousands of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
A Helping Hand
Conducting an independent study project during his second year at HBS, John Rice (MBA ’92) learned that many talented minority college students didn’t know much about the business world, and therefore leaned toward careers View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
“Hang on a second, let me just get my phone real quick,” Meg Whitman (MBA 1979) says midway through a conversation one Friday morning in May, darting out the door of a glass-walled conference room in Los... View Details