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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
And number two is just the strength of focus, right? You know, when you're a big company, and particularly a conglomerate, you can get de-focused every now and then. But there's something really inspiring about a company that's trying to solve View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
success.” This certainly makes for compelling reading in our time, and it is conceivable that Shackleton placed the notice. He was searching for men with a specific outlook and orientation, and this ad would have appealed to such... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
Jensen chairs, Organizations and Markets. Each of the unit's five faculty members brings specific expertise to its mission - "to develop a modern theory of organizations and markets that is useful to both social scientists and managers."... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
workers and laid out an expansion of the private sector that granted operating licenses for 201 jobs—everything from the highly specific “flower wreath arranger” and “Benny Moré Dance Team” to the more general “artisan” and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
the donor has been touched—a family member receiving specific services from nonprofits, for example—and they have a sense of empathy and compassion,” she says. “I am able to get to that quickly, tap their charitable senses, and then ask... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
losing their humanity. All Business Is Local: Why Place Matters More Than Ever in a Global, Virtual World by John A. Quelch (DBA 1977) and Katherine E. Jocz (Portfolio/Penguin) Now that businesses can be everywhere at once, they need to focus on what it means to be one... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
SVB Crash Analysis
collapse rocks Washington and Wall Street. More Turbulence Likely Ahead After Bank Collapses Former US Treasury secretary and Harvard professor Larry Summers says regulators have significant tools at their disposal, need to be vigilant of View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
styles are resonating with consumers. By monitoring data such as social media chatter, shared images, and Google searches, Trendalytics can identify specific trends that a brand can then use to guide everything from the product mix to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Orientation Teamwork
specific tasks, ranging from building a catapult to safely launch an uncooked egg to filming a music video, in just over two hours. After each task, the teams huddled to discuss what they had learned. The facilitator awarded points for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Selling Digital Privacy
marketing companies to sell it. Consumers, he asserts, have much to gain — be it money, price discounts, better customer service, or products tailored specifically to their needs. In the current system, information that is gathered about... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
building efficiency products such as heat pumps and insulation. As the specifics of how that can be applied and utilized are formalized, it should create some tremendous opportunities for incumbent players to de-risk scaling up new... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
The Prosperity Project, a nonprofit established during the pandemic to specifically work to stem the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on women, aims to provide Canadian women with advocacy, mentoring, and resources, while also conducting... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Mar 2020
- News
Leading Change
Feldman (MBA 1967), and Club President Higor Sales (MBA 2011). “Each event has been tailored to the specific focus of the alumni in each club. In D.C., policy is a central focus of the discussion around climate change.” Guided by Toffel,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
significantly by country within Asia. How has the business climate in Hong Kong changed since the switch to Chinese rule? I don't perceive any change in the business climate as a specific result of Hong Kong's reversion to a Special... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
text, four HBS alumni demonstrate what they and their companies are specifically doing to promote sustainable development. Their efforts show how environmental strategies can both enhance productivity and help to ensure that the earth... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Delta’s Flight from Bankruptcy
in a service business, selling the plan is paramount to everything else.” Specific actions of regaining employee trust included eliminating severance packages for management, updating an archaic scheduling system, and asking designer... View Details
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
told us who Laure was, had described her as une très belle négresse, a very beautiful black woman. And he had painted her in a way that picked up on a lot of the painting style that ultimately became Impressionism of a very specific... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
line succeed. Aim to be world’s best at one thing, regardless of customer size. Okay, two things, just in case. But not everything. And aim for a very specific acquirer of the company at a time that’s right for you and your lives. Good... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
HBS faculty are actively involved in international research, often working in collaboration with specific HBS research centers to pursue particular avenues of inquiry. In FY20, all of the School’s global outposts helped to coordinate more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
contributed to specific priorities, such as those featured here. Global Activities HBS recognizes that effective leadership requires a truly global perspective and understanding. Generous early commitments from Global Leaders Circle... View Details