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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
recently in terms of public perception. We need to restore confidence through effective and proactive communications, through openness and candor, and through accuracy and conservatism in financial reporting. What are some of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
offer too good to pass up. Under terms of the deal, Dreyer’s will remain unusually independent for a wholly owned subsidiary, and Rogers will continue as chairman and CEO until 2007, when he turns 65. (Cronk retired in 2003 when the deal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
Refined metals like gold and silver have a standard quality and are priced on global exchanges like the London Metal Exchange. But concentrates vary widely in terms of quality—some rocks have more copper than others, some come with... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course
the term for the shipping of unsolicited goods, a practice not unfamiliar to contemporary record clubs. "We really set the bar as high as possible," says Koehn. "It was a big gamble, but it worked. The students rose to the occasion... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
whether it should be fed to children, and the credibility of European research indicating raw milk has important healing powers. It answers them in nonideological terms by focusing on real-world data and taking issue with wild claims on... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
ancestral home of Messinia in parliament for 14 terms and counting. Here he offers a holistic, very Hellenic view of what balance looks like for someone who has persevered through the inevitable ups and downs of over four decades in... View Details
- 12 Jun 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt to Retire as GE CEO
Internet” — a term GE uses to describe how to use software and data to make machines smarter and more interactive. “He was miles ahead of the world in terms of redefining us as a digital company,” Flannery... View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
standpoint. What will HBS do in terms of innovation to provide models and learnings where businesses can ensure everyone can be more secure and prosper and allow for significant wealth creation? —Clayton Chan (MBA 1996) Given the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
companies today. Few companies, however, are prepared to continuously innovate because they focus on the short term and do not emphasize the wisdom needed to make sure that their interests are aligned with those of society. Practical... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
planet." "There are certain images that come up with five-star service that I just don't like: telephones, swimming pools, valet service," Evanson says from his 500-acre island. "It's a way of differentiating our product, which is unique." "Product" seems too workaday... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
“completely revolutionized our business in terms of operations and streamlining,” Cleary says. With a relatively small $20 million in robo-advised accounts, “the effect on the revenue side was minimal, but the positive effect on the cost... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
effective in terms of getting the right information in a financially sound way. The problem is that the current structure incentivizes employees to report issues where the penalty is high. For a workplace safety violation, the penalty can... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
treatments, testing and vaccines, and all of the structural and systemic barriers that are impeding progress. “In terms of diagnostics, scalability is critical and must happen in weeks, not months,” he says. These revelations have sparked... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
determined to revive Serbia's economy and one day see his country join the European Union. Not so long ago, Djelic, as a partner at McKinsey in Paris, was enjoying what he terms “a charmed and privileged existence” in the French capital.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
important to surround yourself with the best people who are different from you; diversity matters not just in terms of gender or ethnicity, but also in how people think about problems and their solutions. HBS taught me to nurture healthy... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
connected me because of her venture capital position to a startup role. And it was a hard left in terms of my career direction, but actually my HBS sectionmates convinced me to take the interview and I eventually took the job. And I think... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
further in the near term and/or increase domestic borrowing vastly. An expanded federal role in the economy will crowd out financing available for productive private investment and diminish growth and job creation. The future of American... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
and loan crisis, followed by a rash of bank failures in the early 1990s that forced the government to recapitalize the FDIC’s Bank Insurance Fund. Long Term Capital Management, a largely unregulated hedge fund, came perilously close to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
kid-pleasing category of electronic toy. The LeapPad took the dusty, flash-card connotations out of the term “educational toy” and launched a new, highly successful product line of “smart toys.” LeapFrog did what no other new player in... View Details