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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
material rewards of business. They will come if you first take care to match your abilities with the opportunities that are available." CURRENT READING When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, by David Maraniss When Joe... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
she says. “I provide the annoying discipline.” Both CEOs, they find raising three daughters in New York City “a little exhausting, sometimes unnerving, but always sheer joy.” Family dinners—technology free—happen most evenings; weekends... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
at the financial results. So the sales, the guest counts, and the gross margin cash flow implications. And in all cases, this was really a very positive impact. The business case was relatively straightforward. Morrell: So you get this... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
designed an innovative field-study course called Consulting and Management Practice. The course provided student teams with intensive faculty coaching on projects with actual clients. Turner cites the course as his "most View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
background, and they have a good idea of what they want to do with that experience when they get here." The flexibility and freedom of academia has an entrepreneurial appeal that is extremely rewarding for those who want to set their own... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
by Gabriel Wisdom (OPM 26, 1998) (Wiley) Wisdom shows how to capitalize on value plays where the fundamentals are strong but the “general wisdom” about the security has turned negative. Most promising are the stocks Wall Street has marked down without regard to their... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Creating a sustainable world
of the work fuels her. “I like to create, and I like to do things that are relatively unusual and sometimes difficult to deliver.” The reward is in the results, which have taken the form of support for Ouicar, a French car-sharing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Noted & Quoted
“To use economic terms, there are diminishing marginal returns to data-dumping in your answers.” — HBS professor emeritus John Kotter, author of Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down, on avoiding overuse of facts and... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- News
Alumni Capture the Essence of Pokemon GO Craze
locations and retailers to provide ‘real world’ ($) rewards to players.” Many alumni see possibilities and potential in other areas: “Augmented reality can definitely revolutionize e-commerce and... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 08 May 2015
- News
Ubiquitous digital connectivity is now essential to competitiveness
rethink their business models to identify new opportunities for creating and capturing value. The fundamental properties of digital technology (exact replication infinite times at zero marginal costs), along with cloud computing, have... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
goof around. We have to publish very robust, well-thought-out ideas or else we’re hurting our readers and our legacy. To tell you the truth, there’s a very small margin for error in what we do. What keeps you awake at night? I have four... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
cofounder and president, Deena Malkina (MBA 2008), offered this case study query to alumni: “KitNipBox is laser-focused on differentiating its brand by sourcing the most unique, high-quality products on the market, committing to healthy and natural goods, being... View Details
- 22 Feb 2017
- News
Funding Solar’s Future
later stages, with a model that rewards in the longer-term. The article also lays out the current challenges for solar, including the falling price of fossil fuels and the potential lack of political appetite for clean energy. But the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
affairs. Enron’s approach to compensation and incentives included many perverse features, such as encouraging growth over profitability and rewarding employees for closing commodity deals and power-generation projects without concrete... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform
quality of care. Traditionally, doctors and hospitals have been paid separate fees for their services, an approach widely criticized for rewarding overuse of diagnostic tests and procedures while providing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Becoming a VC Insider
made at the top. “It’s a reasonable question to ask and will provide revealing insights into the partnership’s culture and division of decision-making authority.” A full chapter is devoted to creating “the pitch” that will make your... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
financial need who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to serving Black and African American, Latinx, and other marginalized communities of color prior to enrolling at HBS. The School’s Doctoral Programs is committed to build a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Faculty Books
A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter (Harvard Business Press) Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his 1996 book, Leading Change, Professor Emeritus Kotter revealed why change is so hard and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities
"a growth-enhancing and stable macroeconomic framework that rewards productivity and creativity." Susan E. Rice, U.S. assistant secretary for African Affairs, was the distinguished luncheon speaker. Citing indicators of Africa's "improved... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
sell-through, then you may not fully understand the situation you are in. If you are really getting great sell-through and your margins are strong, the angels should be lining up to invest. There are plenty of people out there, both large... View Details