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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Father of Modern Management by Bob Buford (OPM 2, 1977) (Worthy Publishing) Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care by Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997) and Stephen Baker (Portfolio) Bush, the cofounder and CEO of... View Details
- 09 May 2022
- News
Green House
so little energy, the solar production will far exceed the annual energy demand. Many high-performance homes are boxy, modern structures. But an energy-efficient house can’t leak air where walls meet, as typical houses do, making more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
the data in question removed. Retraining can be incredibly costly for modern generative models, and so they develop techniques that can efficiently “unlearn” a target set of training examples, without having to retrain from scratch. The... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
able to bridge science and business,” says HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. “We aim to provide graduates of this new program with tools to understand the most modern biomedical science issues, as well as knowledge of scientific methodologies and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Sep 2016
- News
The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards
skills (cyber security, technology, global, social media, modern HR practices, etc.) versus a long-standing board member with dated experience. This can help activate the difficult discussions about board member retirement, which in turn... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
for running and raising modern families, who previously founded the Y Combinator–backed Poppy and spent a decade building consumer businesses at P&G, Adidas, and Starbucks. View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Class Day, Commencement Mark New Beginning for Newest Alumni
students for teaching excellence were Professor Joseph Lassiter (The Entrepreneurial Manager); Professor Jan Rivkin (Strategy); Professor David Moss (Creating the Modern Financial System); and Associate Professor Noam Wasserman (Founders’... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Driven
ranging from neuroscience to political science and paleontology to economics. In the first of the book's four sections, Lawrence and Nohria consider the evolution of the human mind, including the "Great Leap" in intellectual development that occurred a hundred thousand... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
mandate of modernizing the IRS was Rossotti, who was recruited by then U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin and other top government officials because of his experience in running a major service- and technology-oriented business.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
institutions existed even before the repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999. The truth is, large financial institutions are probably an unavoidable feature of modern life. Even many of the most ardent opponents of big banks favor the creation... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
would not be on the modern woman's birthday, Christmas, or wedding-gift list. This change certainly looks permanent. But is it? Just note the popularity of Downton Abbey!" The book project became a big part of Wilson's life. "For several... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Next Lessons
organizations such as the Museum of Modern Art, Stanford Medical School, and the Brookings Institution to contribute educational content on the visual arts, medicine, and health care, respectively. “We’re also launching some... View Details
Keywords: William Weber
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
services they produce more expensive, which in turn makes the overall economy less competitive in a global business environment." Where the Heart Is Along with food, shelter is perhaps the most basic human need. In modern society, stable,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
nature of promising start-ups, the evolution of fledgling businesses, and the societal implications of new businesses. Using a thorough, analytical approach, Bhidé applies more than ten years of intensive research and modern theories of... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
University Press) Walter Friedman’s Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America documents the history of salesmanship, from the days of peddlers to the creation of modern sales forces at companies like National Cash... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Pearson Hunt Remembered
Hunt: an influential figure in the shaping of financial management practices. Courtesy HBS Communications Professor emeritus Pearson Hunt, an authority on corporate finance whose research helped shape modern financial management... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
people to use them.” In one study exploring the country’s high birth rates, 1,031 women were randomly chosen to receive a voucher guaranteeing free and immediate access to a range of modern contraceptives through a private appointment... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices
provider behavior.” To that end, Ashraf has designed and conducted numerous field studies, including several in Zambia. One study targeted Zambia’s high birthrate with an experiment based on improving access to modern contraceptives. In... View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
Cushing, considered the father of modern neurosurgery, was operating at Harvard Medical School nearly a century ago. And even with all the activity Amadio describes, the bench-to-bedside time for new treatments has averaged more than a... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley