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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
areas: defining the School's audiences, identifying vehicles for communication, and addressing design and content. The committee's work is predicated on the fact that HBS needs to communicate its services and programs more effectively to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
size fits all' legislation." All of this will take time. Adrian Gonzalez commented that "There's a limit to what can be accomplished ... because today's products, manufacturing processes, and supply chains were not designed with... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
a number of companies have adopted an intriguing approach, which at first seems counterintuitive. Essentially, these companies have abandoned their efforts to understand exactly what products their customers want and have instead equipped them with tools to View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
disciplinary powers similar to those of the stock exchanges. And, like them, it would be overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SRO board should balance members of the accounting profession with a majority representing... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Good Vibrations
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Bone Health Technologies Laura Yecies (MBA 1988), CEO Concept: OsteoBoost, a wearable vibration belt that is designed to treat osteopenia and prevent osteoporosis by reducing bone... View Details
- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
4 Ways to Make Your Company Conversations Count
recruiting, below are four ways to effectively engage with students during your Company Conversations this year. Implement these best practices and you may find you never want to go back to presentation-style recruiting! Post Materials in Advance Company Conversations... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 19 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
The Making of An Internship: Impact
Join HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) as we follow three students throughout their summer internships, and learn best practices for creating a successful summer program. Internships by design are just ten to twelve weeks,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Web
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events - Recruiting
option to facilitate events 1:1 or in a small group in person or virtually, or in a large classroom setting. Here are four ways to effectively engage with students during your events this year. Post materials in advance Organizations should View Details
- Profile
Xue (Ken) Yuan
General Electric’s Advanced Materials division in Shanghai, where he served as a sales representative for silicon resins in east China. When the division was sold off and became an independent business, Momentive, Xue stayed on for six... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Club Flourishes in London
tasting, conducted by an obliging wine merchant, to get ready for this year's challenge." Winetastings are just one of many kinds of recreational and more substantive events designed to reach Weedon's goal of increasing participation of... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
service representatives to handle the majority of calls on their own, without transferring queries further down the line, it is evidence that the company places equal focus on its representatives (so-called... View Details
- Web
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
political risk, and slower growth. Understanding what constitute good institutions and how institutions influence economic and political behavior is therefore crucial. Finally, the course is intended to develop a simple framework linking institutional View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
sponsored concurrent fact-finding trips to the area. Designed both to introduce students to northern California's booming industries and to help them in their job searches, the January trips also included a networking event with HBS... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- Web
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
stumble when tasked with closing the gap between a desired end-state and executing an action plan. LEAP is designed to give students pattern recognition and practice in developing action plans across a variety of challenges they are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Allston Options Up for Discussion
in June a forty-page report outlining design options for the new Allston campus. Of all the issues considered, “effective transportation is the most critical to the overall feasibility of the project,” concluded the report, prepared by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Against All Odds
How’s this for a long shot? Representing a landlocked country in the world’s most prestigious ocean–racing competition, a first–time challenger goes halfway around the globe to the reigning champion’s home port, and without losing a... View Details
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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog
contending with this challenge, the designer of an incentive system—or someone trying to motivate themselves—faces an important tradeoff between inducing high levels of motivation and inducing the right types of behavior. All incentive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Spray Canon
not an aberration. Street and graffiti artists like Banksy and KAWS—the latter famous for his remixes of pop culture figures like The Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants—are rising fixtures in the art world, headlining significant museum shows, View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
throughout the year on four specific areas, and I'd like to summarize each committee's work. Communications Under the leadership of John Hoffmann (MBA '64), this group focused on segmentation, design and content, and delivery. The... View Details
Keywords: John Hoffman
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
presentation that outlines the major initiatives currently under way at HBS. The presentation is being designed so that a club officer or a member of the board can deliver it with ease at club sessions and other meetings. In addition, the... View Details