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- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
useful and saleable by-product. The term "by-product synergy" (BPS) has been coined to describe this practice. By converting waste into by-product, the firm not only reduces its waste disposal cost and potentially increases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
Economic difficulties need not mean that we lower our standards for leadership. If anything, we should raise our sights. New work by HBS professor Michael Beer and colleagues shows that there is still a place for what they term... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
in? What's our long term vision for why we are here? Just like ancient mariners used compasses to kind of direct themselves, purpose was an orienting scheme. The second was: Purpose became like an operating system. It’s the way... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
the time. I had just come off of two years in investment banking. I had always been fairly active in terms of exercise and running. In fact, I was training for a couple half marathons, which soon turned into marathon training at the time.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
of the most important things Bill taught is that the source of your funding is often more important than the terms and conditions of the agreement," says James A. Goldstein (MBA '94), founder and sales and marketing vice president of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
doing some selective hiring, particularly around design engineering and production control. Our hiring is up over last year; we are seeing about ten times as many applicants per job as we did in years past.” In terms of investment, over... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
interest in social enterprise “is part of a much deeper shift in terms of truly educating leaders who can make a difference in the world,” he adds. Susan Wolf Ditkoff (MBA ’01), a partner at Bridgespan and a member of the HBS Alumni... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
to form the Cleanliness Institute, whose primary function was cooperative sales promotion to teach the American public the importance of keeping clean. The use of the term “institute” emphasized the seriousness, indeed national... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
strong relationships with our suppliers that we easily convinced them to extend us additional terms to fill that first big order. We shipped the product and waited. Day 30 arrived and a check did not. On Day 45 we received another order... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
particular activity from it and is not able to switch quickly to alternative sources of supply, then the counterpart company gets powerful levers of influence. By threatening to exit the relationship, the supplier may then renegotiate the relationship toward more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Cash By Christopher Kawaja (MBA 2004) and Shannon Matthiesen Independently published Most of us know how to balance the immediate needs of a checking account or to invest long term for our retirement plans. But financial advice falls... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
stood at a crossroads. It was, by any measure, the preeminent business school in the world. Indisputably, it was the largest, in terms of MBA enrollment, size of faculty, endowment, and operating budget. Its research budget alone — some... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
end of President Gerald Ford’s term in office and against substantial U.S. domestic opposition, Kissinger’s efforts culminated in Smith’s public announcement that he would accept majority rule within two years. This set the stage for the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
before September 2012 to identify survey instruments used to measure teamwork and to assess their conceptual content, psychometric validity, and relationships to outcomes of interest. We searched the ISI Web of Knowledge database and identified relevant articles using... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
product ("administrative" functions i.e., finance, law, HR) increase with IT investments. Finally, we show that general manager pay decreases as functional managers join the executive team suggesting a shift in activities from general to functional managers-a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Art Nature Business
named this work Solid Geometry , mostly because I like the way it sounds when it’s said aloud. It's poetic. Technically, solid geometry was the term used for the study of three-dimensional objects. Euclid created this system. But... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
feeling like, 'So what?'" someone else comments. * Note: The term "international" in this article refers to individuals who were born outside the United States and are not permanent U.S. residents. According to HBS officials, only those... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- Web
Departments | Employment
Technology Group share the following core values: Adhere to the highest standards of Integrity, ethics, and respect in a manner consistent with HBS Community Values. Foster a culture that embraces on-going improvement, adaptability, creativity, and collaboration.... View Details
- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Byron Wien (MBA 1956) was a Wall Street icon. He had a 50-year career that included chief investment strategist roles at Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, and was well... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
terms of the strokes or putts gained per round relative to the field. Using this metric, we can determine what portion of a player's overall performance is due to advantage (or loss) gained through putting, and conversely, what portion of... View Details