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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
explores the hidden world of statistics that rule individuals’ lives, jobs, commutes, vacations, food, health, money, and success. Statistics are how engineers calculate a person’s quality of life, how corporations determine individual... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
solve the problem, but because if every company did that, there would be a lot of money going into building a carbon-free energy system, and that would make a real difference at scale. So I think there is a way in which these individual... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
it can shorten the time an individual needs to develop some of the traits we look for in a manager. It's often an indicator of a strong desire to learn and grow, because in most cases people have interrupted a career to return to school. View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
firm that cares about good corporate governance.” I believe the way to good corporate governance is to add only the highest quality individuals to boards. In some ways, we used to have an unspoken quota system for boards. It was that men... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
much we can ask individual women to do while systemic barriers still exist. We need to make institutional and cultural changes. Have we moved beyond the need to make the business case for creating more diverse workplaces? CA: The narrow... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
business dashboards, and other tools for clients. The end results are “microweather” forecasts for clients ranging from major airlines to roofing companies to individual users through a smartphone app. “We’re the only private weather... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
mid-19th century. I selected individuals from different parts of the country who became true titans through the relentless pursuit of a vision or mission. My subjects either were inventors themselves or had leveraged technology in a new... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
divides resources to a process-based perspective focused on ways to link and leverage the individual competencies and capabilities that exist within the organization. And," he concludes, "they need to shift their attention from... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
how individuals are impacted by the world that surrounds them. The Fiery Trial, by Eric Foner, is a biography of Abraham Lincoln, who has been a hero of mine since I was a kid. Network Nation, by Richard John, describes the link between... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
Unit at HBS Vinluan’s research examines the relationship between the cognitive processes underlying racial categorization and stereotyping, as well as experiences of encountering stereotypes and discrimination. She examines these processes among View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
those macro trends and present information in a way that can help business leaders make their best choices. The HBS faculty have always focused on managing technological change, demographics, and work skills adjustments, but it’s been mostly View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
The Life Lab will house approximately 20 ventures at a time with high-potential ventures founded and led by Harvard faculty, alumni, students and postdoctoral scholars. Ventures typically would comprise two to five individuals who... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
these curious combinations may have seemed financially attractive at their inception, they were now so functionally ill-conceived that the individual parts were worth more than the agglomerated whole. The M&A; restructuring of those 1960s... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Hofmeyr (43rd PMD), and Peter G. Wrighton (64th AMP) - were key members of the Consultative Business Movement, formed by the business community in the 1980s to facilitate the transition process. "Those individuals were instrumental in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
custom-cut for individual jobs. That fact and the time and expense that would be incurred by shipping heavy steel siding from abroad mean the company’s competition is local rather than global. In addition to pressure created by a swiftly... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
unique training.” That same philosophy, Gardner offers, informs how he runs the company. “We work hard to create an inclusive culture that embraces everyone’s individual contribution. We then try to help them develop their skills.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
teachings of Muhammad prohibit Muslims from accepting or charging interest. As oil prices and the individual incomes of many Muslims in the Middle East skyrocketed in the 1970s, so too did the need for financial instruments that allowed... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
Scott Royster (MBA 1992) believes higher education has the power to transform Africa if only its students have access to it. “Statistics from around the world show that individuals who are able to obtain a university degree earn higher... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
- virtually an HBS case study itself in logistics management. According to one planner, Foundations core design team member Stever Robbins (MBA '91), coordinating 253 individual schedules and the needs of six sets of faculty members while... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
same-sex marriages. It's no surprise that Scher has dedicated her life to social causes. A native of Clifton, New Jersey, she grew up in a family that was "liberal and concerned." "My parents taught me that individuals can make an impact... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso