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- 05 May 2017
- News
Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO
challenge is the sales performance; that’s no secret,” Parneros told the Times. “We’ve got to figure out ways to change things up a little bit and increase traffic.” Parneros told the Times that he sees strengths in the company’s expansion in educational products and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pursuing a passion
Amabile explains. “They licensed the rights to the series and used DVD technology to update the concept and make it interactive by today’s technological standards. The company they founded as HBS students is now up and running and doing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Key to Innovation: Flexible Funding
innovation—such as the new required FIELD course, the Harvard Innovation Lab, and the U.S. Competitiveness Project—during the experimental phase. Once a concept is proven, the School can solicit the permanent funding needed to bring that... View Details
Keywords: Robert Steven Kaplan
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation
through YPO, and now through a number of other initiatives, in getting people past this concept that they know everything about the other. We realized early on that probably the most dangerous four-letter word in the English language is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Giving Tree
that legacy, one branch of which is shown below. William H. Draper III (MBA 1954) Founding Cochair, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation “The case method was a brand-new concept to me. I was on a very steep learning curve, but it was... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
The idea of human cloning is controversial, but cloning a successful business concept remains as desirable as ever. For HBS assistant professor Steven J. Spear, this pursuit led him to Toyota, whose perennial leadership in quality... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
From One to Many
be implemented to foster the desired culture. Some key things to consider when selecting the initial practice are that: It should be a concrete, actionable practice that team members can start doing immediately, rather than a high-level View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Jennifer L. Scott
design one of the most innovative student-driven initiatives to hit the HBS campus in years. The contest provided students with the opportunity to develop a business idea from concept through execution - an experience, Scott notes, that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
management education as a way of achieving that goal.” Over nearly two decades, SEI has developed from a visionary concept to a mainstay in the School’s mission of developing business leaders who are concerned not only with the bottom... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Releases
players, and the external environment. He describes how the game works and why it works the way it does. Poorvu also explains the five phases of direct investment: concept to commitment, commitment to closing, development, operations, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The HBS Show Must Go On: "STARt-up WARS" Continues Tradition of Smash Hits
scripts, and others working on sets. Even the spouses of the cast and crew helped. This is one event on campus that draws the entire HBS community together. It's easy to get hooked." Marino drew many comparisons between the show's production work and the basic business... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
understand how the world works, I'd better get a crash education in management and finance." HBS professor Jonathan Tiemann's class in finance changed everything. "I was a total idiot, with absolutely no experience in finance," says Merkl. "With his great humor and... View Details
- 09 May 2022
- News
Green House
In the Observatory Hill neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Betsy Harper (MBA 1984) has built an oxymoron: a brand-new, historic home. The recently completed structure combines traditional architecture and the latest in high-efficiency building science. It is a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan
Warburg, Egawa has also worked for Salomon Brothers in New York and Tokyo. "Although Japan has experienced major economic problems since the 1990s, it is still a significant economy, and many Japanese companies are major global players," Egawa comments. She notes that... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
off—reflect a very personal perspective on what that word "balance" means, with some rejecting the concept outright. Also included? Some very practical tips and insights for anyone juggling a full schedule of commitments at work, home,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)
a statistic. I was determined not to be a statistic. I fell in love with finance. I fell in love with the concept of being able to take a dollar and make it into two. You can have a great vision, but if you don’t have your balance sheet... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose
Duane Highley (AMP 177, 2009) is president and CEO for the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. In this interview, he explains how the organization is united behind a common purpose—the concept of energy efficiency as a benefit to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Dean Clark Addresses Journalists
Declaring himself “appalled” and “dismayed“ by recent acts of greed and wrongdoing in corporate America, Dean Kim B. Clark told a National Press Club audience in Washington last February that “we need solutions that are driven by a broader View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
manages to combine sophisticated concepts of physics with high fantasy in a marvelous way." Heartlight was followed by the equally acclaimed The Ancient One and The Merlin Effect, contemporary mythic tales featuring an adventurous young... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
The article helped catalyze the thinking of many in the nonprofit field and illuminated and encouraged the evolving concept of "venture philanthropy." Drawing on the expertise of HBS faculty in finance, negotiation, and entrepreneurship,... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh