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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
environmental activist and ran for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (he lost). HBS attracted Massie after he realized that business could be a powerful agent for shaping public policy and creating social good, “the most potent force in our century.” Corporations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Turning Point: Addiction’s Impact
articulate and eloquent writing by an addict about the conflict they go through in treatment.” I kept finding more notebooks. They were hard to read, but helped me better understand the six tumultuous years she was sick and her underlying emotional pain. I knew Amy had... View Details
Keywords: Melissa Weiksnar (MBA 1982)
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
seasons in memory for the region. “It used to be hard to convince people climate change was going to be a problem in our lifetime,” Payne observes. “Now it is a serious problem in our decade.” The Arctic Ice Project is in pursuit of what... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
destroying individuals and families. In recent years, as the opioid crisis swept the country, the organization shifted to a broader focus, re-branded as the Georgia Prevention Project. Now Langford wants to stem the spread of opioids with those same weapons he View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
instance, would be something to bridge the gap, to try and upregulate, to make use of the silenced part of the gene. To use those, you have to be very specific and very targeted. Knowing where the mutations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
served as head of R&D in the Office of the Quartermaster General during World War II, rising to brigadier general. BETTMANN/CORBIS In 1921, Doriot left war-ravaged France for America, where he intended to enroll at MIT. Using a letter of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
killed. Industry analysts and advertising experts told us that Tylenol was finished." As several HBS case studies point out, Tylenol was the country's best-selling over-the-counter pain reliever at the time of the poisonings, with 35... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
treatment of disorders and diseases, including pulmonary nodules, COVID-19, and brain injuries. “AI has improved workflow through higher efficiency and has helped us deliver more personalized care, leading... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
some $10 billion in annual revenues, the NFL wants more—lots more. Its goal is to boost that number to $25 billion annually by 2027. Getting there may not be easy. The league's focus on expansion relies on gaining ground with new US fan... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
understand that our connected style can help us win all the deals we want and get all the business results our shareholders want, that’s really the broad concept here.” Nor has growth stymied the Vision Community exercise. It remains... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
drug he has ever taken that directly targets his DMD, a rare degenerative disorder in boys that weakens the body's muscles, usually putting sufferers in wheelchairs in adolescence and shutting down their heart and lungs in their 20s. For... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
intelligence, and marketing. It doesn't take much investment, just a lot of creativity, smart data analysis, and agility. It has now emerged as the new word for growth used by start-ups and entrepreneurs in India and across the world.... View Details
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
Okay. I do my best thinking during yoga. It's a time when I quiet the mind, and I think a lot of other times my mind is constantly going with “How do I manage my three children, and my life, and the logistics, and the work, and the eating View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Making Lives Better
course. "I think every parent whose child is diagnosed with autism becomes an advocate to some extent," she says. "Everyone goes to the walks, but there are a handful of people who want to take their professional training and use their... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
part was creating a crisis intervention team to partner with police patrols in neighborhoods where substance abuse, mental health issues, and homelessness are chronic problems. “The goal is to help first responders better assess... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
cheerleading team free of charge. “Not unlike a startup,” Swearengin says, “a new nonprofit uses a significant amount of duct tape to hold things together,” including, in the early days, stacking parents and children in an end zone to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
purchasing, had just been notified by the contract manufacturer of SmartPak’s dog food that the weight-control formula might contain melamine. The substance, which has been used by Chinese manufacturers to spike protein levels in certain... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
Development as being particularly influential. “Professor George asked us to examine who we are and how our life experiences shape our view of the world and influence the type of leader we become.” One such experience was coming to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
to your life, this combination becomes highly combustible. So, for instance, we can learn about the spike proteins on viruses, and then we can use that knowledge to create a vaccine to counter these viruses. One, two, bang. That’s how it... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters