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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
Compare this with the American saying “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” and it’s clear that different cultures teach different values, which often translate into distinct ways of doing business. In today’s global business world,... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
Feickert says. And the things she learned on the basketball court—drive, endurance, teamwork—served her well in the business world, too. The pressure of tax season at Ernst & Young in New York, where she moved after graduation, was nothing View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
Translation? EQ—the hardest leadership skill to build. Many people reading this will be managers of teams or groups. How can they best support these ideas? We did a study when I was at Walmart comparing stores with identical sales, square... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
developed an imaging material comparable to paper, it would need to partner with others to build the display modules, handheld devices, digital content libraries, and e-commerce services to take advantage of it. And before sales could... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
data, Kimble says: “We need to justify the higher prices of our drugs, and we need to do a better job of helping hospitals understand that by using a more extensive antibiotic up front compared to the older generic version that has some... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
financial life. Think of it like a trip to the doctor: The doctor doesn’t just tell you your cholesterol level. He tells you what that means, how it compares to others in your age group, and what choices you have given that information.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
Michael Jensen, a finance expert, how what is happening today compares to what transpired in the 1980s. A decade ago, Jensen explains, M&As; were often associated with downsizing and what he describes as "the freeing of equity trapped in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
college earnings premium, compared to what a college-level employed graduate would get. We originally partnered with Burning Glass Institute in 2018 for the first edition of this work, which was called the “Permanent Detour”. This second... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
School’s Bureau of Business Research—comprised a comparative examination of the costs of operating a retail shoe business. The resulting report helped companies devise strategies to manage inventories, increase profits, and cut waste.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
profitability, and to illustrate the impact, Vail recorded a $2 million loss in the second quarter of 2008 compared to 2007.” Fix: Become an All-Weather Destination. “Vail should... become a recreational center that also offers skiing. By... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
Mexican firms. But Gaia Design has not grown the way that Philippe Cahuzac (MBA 2014) and his two cofounders—former coworkers at an online furniture company in Brazil—had anticipated. Compared with the United States or even Brazil, Mexico... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
Tierney, who moved into this comparatively luxurious setting with his wife, Susan, after he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Chile for two years. But the difference between being a student at HBS and working with farmers in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
down the road?” PE managers can also teach you the value of managing cash. Most PE-acquired firms are capitalized with 70 percent debt, compared with the 40 percent average of U.S. public companies. Thus PE managers know how, in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business
says HBS Online Executive Director Patrick Mullane (MBA 1999). Approximately 88 percent of HBS Online participants successfully finish their courses, compared to percentages in the single digits for MOOCs (massive open online courses).... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check
and ways in which the brewery compares to the competition. Team members then have an hour to digest the information and formulate a new strategy. At the end of eight rounds, industry winners are selected based on their overall... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
decision after taking the reins at Twitter—can sharply reduce peoples’ sense of connectedness. Among employees who lacked flexibility in the Gartner survey, 18 percent reported feeling connected, compared to 53 percent of those who... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
chose to write a comparative book to better illuminate their similarities and differences. Says Khanna: “What China is good at, India is not, and vice versa. The countries are inverted mirror images of each other.” Understanding these... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
at the end of the intensive three-week module, one student compared the experience to running a marathon. "First we stretched, then we warmed up, and then we ran," is how Dwayne Romero (HBS '97) described his nine-and-a-half-hour days... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Can the United States Avoid a Fractured Future?
millennia. Ubiquitous communication is allowing people to rapidly compare how they’re doing with others. When countries promise a lot and deliver little, they end up as brands no one wants to support. How would you describe the U.S.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report
$600,000, or 7 percent from the previous year’s record high — nearly 30 percent of the School’s MBA graduates made or pledged gifts in fiscal 2003, compared with 26 percent last year. The market value of the HBS endowment and current-use... View Details