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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
relentless pressure from various political parties,” he says. “But that has not happened, in part I think because my team moves so fast. It's important to be in the driver's seat when you propose measures and set the economic policy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
to be among the best hospitals in the country, even though it had scant evidence to benchmark its performance against others. But data co-collected by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation instead showed that the outcome for the clinic’s juvenile patients View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry
when they leave; the restaurant will do whatever's necessary to ensure that. A qualitative experience measured quantitatively - it's a case study in successful customer service and service management. What's the most memorable meal you've... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
database on consumer behavior—where lenders can find a new way to measure creditworthiness—that could upset the entire credit scoring industry. As for the banks that spurned the little guys? South Asia banking giant DBS of Singapore has... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
moments when I am a good leader and there are moments when I am not,” he admits. Having devoted his entire career to Corning—both the company and the small town where it sits on the Chemung River—Weeks’s success is hard to miss, whether View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
yet another networking retreat. It's about fixing the organization—recognizing a diversity of skills and attributes, measuring them in a concrete way, and rewarding people accordingly. Recently, I found myself requesting a favor of one of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
company’s product throughout its Seattle headquarters. Other customers include NASA, the Ritz-Carlton, Starbucks, Whole Foods, Amazon, Disney’s Epcot theme park, and Google. IceStone has come a long way since Magagnini’s dark day, and not only by traditional View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
sweet spot; designing the offer to create customer value and secure differential advantage; integrating to serve the customer; and measuring what matters. Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me about Management by Gordon... View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
investors equally interested in the impact of their investments, there’s a similar lack of data—in part because of a lack of tools to measure it. Bannick says an increased focus on measurement has brought... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
The Pursuit of Impact
actually doing the job that they ran for. And you’ve got to remember, the skill sets to run for office have nothing do with the skill sets to do the job once you get there. “I'm not obsessed with numbers, but we always have a saying at Bloomberg, “If you can't View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
necessary but no longer sufficient. Nonprofits need to show that they are making systemic changes.” For their part, some participants expressed concern that the push for business-like practices, while necessary, put too much emphasis on quantitative View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
School's and alumni visibility in the community while providing a substantial educational experience to its members. The amount of preparation that goes into these conferences is staggering - even by HBS measures - and appropriately might... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Alumni Books
Big Data to Your Advantage by Kaiser Fung (MBA 2001) (McGraw-Hill) With advancements in smartphones and computers, huge amounts of data are being collected, and more and more things can be measured that previously could not be. Fung... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
furthered at the conference, last fall HBS researchers started work on a case with the Beijing-based Cosco Group, one of the world's largest shipping companies. By this measure and many others, the conference achieved its goals. — Laura... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
to the employer. Later governmental measures protected workers in the event of unemployment and provided for security in retirement. Today, the government protects citizens from an array of hazards ranging from defective products, to... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
centuries, and in recent decades in parts of Latin America, East Asia, and China, were fueled in no small measure by the urban migration of undereducated and under-productive farmers seeking better opportunities. That’s exactly what is... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
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Joy to the World
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, spent time in foster care as a child, living in more homes than he can remember,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
billion of the excessive costs of U.S. health care while all too many quality measures have worsened. Patients learn — sometimes the hard way — to bring along an assertive, intelligent loved one to protect them during a hospital stay.... View Details