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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBS Celebrates Launch of New Legacy Society
Named in honor of the late John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947), a visionary business leader, government official, and philanthropist, the society recognizes alumni and friends who make legacy gifts to HBS by including the School in a will,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
Harvard Square retail community, the Coop's number was almost up when Murphy arrived on the scene. As an old-style department store that carried everything from refrigerators to intimate apparel, the store was struggling to compete in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
for itself.” Let all political leaders worldwide pledge to end government subsidies that promote the overconsumption of hydrocarbons. Stephen M. Batty (MBA 1977) Newport Beach, CA Spangler Tribute The September Bulletin article “The... View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
Rye Barcott (MBA/MPA 2009) Rye Barcott (MBA/MPA 2009) “You don’t ask the guy next to you in your fighting hole what his political affiliation is,” Rye Barcott says. He should know. Barcott (MBA/MPA 2009) served five years in the Marine Corps, including tours in Bosnia,... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Markets’ Moral Limits
Economics has lately “wandered” from its traditional study of phenomena such as business cycles and is now about commoditization, incentives, and “principles by which people make decisions,” declared Harvard government professor and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
programs. “Local governments already are running deficits, and they are getting worse,” said Abrami. Foreign competition that further weakens local enterprises and erodes the tax base could trigger a WTO backlash at the provincial level,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
"Of course it would be a different story entirely if we could extract crude oil from stem cells." © Jack Ziegler/The New Yorker Collection/www.cartoonbank.com In light of the latest developments of the on-again, off-again, on-again View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
we have a rich set of finance electives, including courses on behavioral topics, investment management, financial markets, private equity, venture capital, financial engineering (which I also coteach), and a host of other topics. Retail... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
algorithms to analyze radiology scans, applying quantitative analytics to marketing movies, and analyzing sales data from an online flash retail site to develop a better pricing model. The teaching and research of HBS faculty reflect the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
markets,” says HBS professor emeritus Walter J. Salmon, a specialist in consumer marketing and retail distribution. He cites “cultural sensitivity” — the ability to know what consumers will want before they know it themselves — as a key... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
a possible future profession: risk accounting. J.P. Morgan's Mendoza followed Merton's remarks with a brief discussion about specific structural changes currently taking place in the banking industry. Some institutions, he said, are consolidating around a single View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”
the homeless transition to affordable housing, and expanding behavioral health services and substance abuse treatment programs are all part of the plan; when it comes to its implementation, however, Keller will draw on tactics he picked... View Details
Keywords: homelessness
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
financial services companies as it determines its stand on a matter of increasing public prominence. Oberholzer-Gee teaches the case in Strategies Beyond the Market, a second-year elective that focuses on the interplay between business... View Details
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
own businesses and is now director of the Auckland International Airport and chair of Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company. “Measuring performance in charity is as important as in a commercial... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
becoming the victim of its own success, according to the leaders of the Marketing unit at HBS. "Advances in technology and fundamental changes in how products and services are delivered are enabling other disciplines - such as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
authors, HBS professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, found reason for hope, arguing that continued erosion of US competitiveness is not inevitable. While there's much that government can and should do, they strongly believe that the... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
GOP Elite Fundraiser and Former Marriott Honcho Fred Malek Is Dead at 82
Keywords: Hospitality
- 10 Feb 2014
- News
King of His Castle
Renaissance fair vendor, began in 2009 to formulate a business plan to open a fair in Austin. Less than a year later, Sherwood Forest opened, and ancillary businesses—a summer camp, a sword and armor retailer called Eternal Arms, a Celtic... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
An Excerpt from The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
“The current health-care system generally is modular. Specialized companies operate hospitals, process paperwork, negotiate blanket service contracts, and manage outpatient and retail clinics. Most doctors’... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
drove productivity in the IT sector. These entrepreneurs, and so many others, have fundamentally improved our economy by making goods and services better, cheaper, and more accessible. But can you name any innovators in our bloated,... View Details