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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
consumer finance? The household sector in America is huge, representing approximately $61 trillion of assets. And consumer finance businesses are the touch points between the financial system and millions of consumers. Despite its size... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
all, though, he encourages investors to be wary of reentering the market until there is real evidence that the systemic flaws that created this catastrophe are being addressed. — Laura Singleton (MBA ’88) When You Say Yes but Mean No by... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Information; Information
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
traditional Indian greeting. It’s hard for Western observers to fathom, but EMRI’s 108 service is India’s first coordinated emergency response system, similar to the 911 system in the United States. At least for residents of Andhra... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Dean Clark Addresses Journalists
HBS experience. As for the “barrel,” Clark observed that HBS and other business schools can also make important contributions by studying ways to design markets more effectively, reduce conflicts of interest, and build stronger governance institutions. Noting that the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
to get inside the system.” Nielsen decided to run for the Seattle school board and was elected in 1993. For the next eight years, he and other reformers on the board pushed through some remarkable changes, making Seattle one of the most innovative urban school View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Reverses Policy On Grade Disclosure
transition back to our original policy can be managed — with careful consideration of the implementation issues many of you have raised — to minimize any such adverse effects.” HBS allowed students to disclose their grades until 1998, when concern about the two-cohort... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
reach all of the 50 million patients who use the government primary care system in Tanzania. He also sees opportunity in other countries in the region such as Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria, as well as in working with private health care... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fixing What Ails the Drug Industry
with academia; and sharing pre-competitive research, Lechleiter said. He made a plea for federal and state policy support in the form of tax incentives and improvements to the U.S. education system to back up industry action. Conference... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
What’s the secret to the success of the videos? I try not to talk down or be judgmental, I’m not staring over your shoulder making you nervous. I remain off camera—the less distraction the better—so it’s just my voice-over, informal and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
environment." A joint-degree candidate working on her MBA at HBS and her master's in public administration at the Kennedy School of Government, Ballou spent eight weeks in the West African nation, helping local communities rebuild their education View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
doesn’t look like what I thought it would, but I have learned, once again, that people are so much more varied and interesting than what I could imagine on my own,” writes Margulies, who worked on improving health-care systems and rural... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Noted & Quoted
“We need to get the drama out of the newspapers and, frankly, out of the company.” —Meg Whitman (MBA 1979), describing one of her many tasks as Hewlett-Packard’s new CEO. (The Times of London, December 12, 2011) “A lot of people are afraid of selling. It’s a hole in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
their own. The state subsidizes residents who have incomes that meet or somewhat exceed federal poverty guidelines. An independent public authority, known informally as the Health Connector, helps individuals and small businesses choose... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard
curriculum covers topics ranging from programming and data science systems to digital strategy and innovation to data-driven marketing. The course content includes both asynchronous learning sessions and sessions taught by Harvard faculty... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
system of choosing directors to “the old Soviet-style elections” in which shareholders’ real choice is to vote for anointed nominees, abstain, or sell the stock. Of all the nominees put forward by boards, 99.7 percent win election. Also,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
weapon called life experience. Just Change: How to Collaborate for Lasting Impact by Tynesia Boyea-Robinson (MBA 2005) (Advantage Media Group) Equal access to opportunities for all citizens is the key to a sustainable national economy. To address View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
Bernardino, California. Here, McGee and Hsieh discuss the evolution of the case and the conversations it has inspired, as well as the changing dimensions of the economic systems in which tech companies operate. How did this case first... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Faculty Books
sustainability, and develop and execute the systems needed to accomplish both. Based on more than 10 years of research and filled with examples, this book explores the basic structure of a nonprofit. It explains how to build, monitor, and... View Details
Keywords: Utilities
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
likely a company is not going to get a design perfect on the first try," notes Spear. "It needs to have the people within its system capable of making improvements." Spear has now helped apply Toyota's principles to much of Alcoa's... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Books
(Harvard Business Review Press) Drawing on his years of experience studying and advising VC firms, companies, and governments, Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, weighs the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional open and VC-backed... View Details