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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
It is difficult to conceive of any policy that would be more destructive to American business innovation. Given global competition, it is not in anyone’s interest to force a union bureaucracy into businesses that must be innovative and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
at Soldiers Field.” The chapter on Organizations and Markets (O&M) opens with an example of McArthur's ability to find innovative solutions to knotty problems. In the mid-1980s, the Dean was able to lure O&M expert Michael C. Jensen, then... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
well as leading thinkers and decision makers, to discuss ways to make the US savings system more secure and inclusive. Ackerley’s group, in partnership with insurers, also announced an innovative investment... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
innovations like ticketless seating and online reservations, as well as snacks-only food service. This has not, as critics predicted, precluded Southwest from introducing a coast-to-coast service with the same simplified product. To keep... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
industries for decades. And even though Mustapha and his sons had earned a reputation as hard workers, there was only so much they could produce within a system that left farmers either chronically undersupplied or dealing with bags of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
occur differently in countries around the world. In his research, West investigates how a nation’s institutional systems may either facilitate or retard the development of biotech as an industry. Labor and capital market structures and... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
in an innovative loan program: “If you look at your crystal ball, and it looks like you’re not going to execute? Okay, fine. We’ll loan the amount of money that you’re not going to execute to another division that needs it,” says Stuckey.... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur
Management Professor Robert H. Hayes and Associate Professor Marco Iansiti Global Financial Systems Professor Robert C. Merton and Associate Professor Peter Tufano Organizations and Markets Professors George P. Baker III, Carliss Y.... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
Unlike the industry-standard AC power grid — the “local” — Clean Line’s system uses direct-current technology, which transports energy long distances with less energy loss. Wind power is cheap to produce — as low as 5 cents per... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
different could things be?” It’s only been thirteen years since I graduated from HBS, and we in the Class of 1988 were remarkably forward-thinking about technology. Ours was the first class to have a subject called Management Information View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
executive director to build the processes and systems to enable us to onboard and serve these organizations. Know any HBS alumni interested in jumping on board?!” What inspired the creation of PowerUP? MGA: “Austin’s profound impact on my... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
manage technology in their subsequent careers. BULLETIN: How would you assess the state of the School today? CLARK: This really is a great time to be part of the Harvard Business School. There is a spirit of innovation and enterprise that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
series. —Mike Graffeo (MBA 2006) This is not a plant, but The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter. It explains how and why our View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
an added feature that enables it to remain powerful even as it is transformed. “When it’s advantageous,” Quelch explains, “the U.S. system can be very ecumenical, flexible, and open to new ideas and people. It learns from best practices... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
back to basics," said Bruce Harreld (MBA '75), SVP of strategy at IBM. "Our goal is to increase the efficiency of organizational systems by creating software that remaps how processes work together." Steven Elterich, president of Fidelity... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
began to chip away at LEGO’s market share with its construction blocks, including a popular line of warrior play sets. “Their products are based on a building system very similar to ours,” explains Moynihan. “They’ve done a really good... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
System for Growth by Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) and David Kidder Currency Most established companies face a key survival challenge. Operational efficiency and outdated bureaucracy are at war with new growth. Legacy companies are skilled... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
at Harvard designed to foster student startups. In 2021, the company was a finalist in the HBS New Venture Competition’s social enterprise track and participated in the Harvard i-lab’s Venture Program, where it was named a semifinalist in the President’s View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
book based on their expertise. Les chantiers de ma vie by Claude Lefebvre (OPM 10, 1985) with Hélène-Andrée Bizier (Cyfbel) An autobiography of an engineer and entrepreneur from Québec. Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
comprehensive playbook for business leaders and people on their way up to give the best presentations of their lives. More often than not, the best intentions and most innovative ideas get lost in a poorly executed presentation. With... View Details