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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
They are there to decide. And in business, you must often decide quickly, without complete information or the time to consider every alternative or resolve every uncertainty. Because, of course, to decide slowly is sometimes to decide too... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
up with Margaret Glover, she had just left her position as director of planning and information services for Clean Sites, Inc., a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit involved in hazardous-waste cleanup, to become an environmental consultant.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
The entire process -- from ad to purchase -- might take less than five minutes. In addition to streamlining the flow of information and transactions, Web technology can also help advertisers meet two of the industry's biggest challenges:... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
mispricing in trade imports and exports; country-by-country accounting of sales, profits, and taxes paid by multinational corporations; confirmation of beneficial ownership (i.e., naming the real owners, not frontmen) in all banking and securities accounts; automatic... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
requiring companies to disclose information around their carbon emissions—and also around other efficiency factors such as water,” she said. “As consumers and as shareholders of companies, we deserve more information.” Those in attendance... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
Hacking Health Care
the shape, the volume, and could shoot on it full force. It provided information so patients could have stronger, better treatments without destroying what didn’t need to be destroyed,” he says. “Today, all treatment is done like this.”... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
utility vehicles and tractors for the Indian market in the 1950s. Today, it is a $6.6 billion enterprise involved in many activities, including information technology, logistics, infrastructure development, and financial services, as well... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
to communicate and share information in new ways. "I believe such technologies will lead to ever-increasing global understanding and trust - truly spiritual principles," Khalsa says. photo courtesy Avtar Hari Singh Khalsa Jennifer Faith... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
Heard: “I listen to a bazillion podcasts. One of my favorites is History That Doesn’t Suck.” Competitive advantage: “As an athlete, you have to absorb constant feedback, some of it pretty harsh, and use that information to take your... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
letters that would never be read. “Can you tell me if anything has been heard of from any of the men who were with Holt?” Green’s mother, Daisie, wrote to Lane Rehm, the man who had recruited her son into the OSS. It was May 1945, and the family had recently received a... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
higher than Everest, the same thing was going on here in the Northwest. People would set off and see a mountain off in the distance, and they wouldn't have any information about how high it was or what the route was. But they were just... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
breathalyzer or a rapid saliva test. They also can use phone-based GPS to verify they have attended treatment appointments, and access information and coaching services via text, voice, and video. “The biggest barrier—and this sounds... View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
HBSAB Board Member John Carrier (MBA 2000). “This is a topic that many of our members are very interested in,” he says. “It was such a great case and everyone engaged with it.” HBSAB President David Harris (MBA 1984) adds that engaging and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
and economics who draw on data to inform managerial and policy decisions, they decided to see if they could use their skills to examine gun violence in America. Today, nearly seven years later, research conducted by Malhotra and Luca has... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
In a predawn phone call on October 14, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences informed HBS professor Robert C. Merton that he had won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics. Merton's work evaluating risk has changed the nature of financial... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
that view. As I shared the information from earlier interviews with subsequent interview- ees, they seemed relieved to learn that they were not alone. I started asking them if they would like to meet each other, and they were... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
home. A discussion of world events would follow. "We were very well informed as kids," remarks Wyss, who maintains an active interest in policy and geopolitical issues. That knowledge of the world came in handy in the early years of... View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
1999). She adds that three attendees at a time went to virtual breakout rooms for 10 minutes and then returned to main group for larger discussion. “This was repeated three times and everyone agreed for us to share contact information so... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
perceived to be of equal or higher status of the departed CEO. Without skill-based criteria, and with minimal information due to the cloak-and-dagger secrecy necessary when interviewing high-profile, employed candidates amid press... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
have a business background.” How to Measure Social Good Back at the office, Oakes reheats some leftovers for lunch before meeting with Investor Relations Manager Jessica Brooks and Junior Loan Officer Peter Graham. The three discuss the content and design for a report... View Details