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- 01 Jan 2002
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Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
among the many essential ingredients for success in a business where product life cycles are measured in months and where "new-and-improved" is a mantra. Dubbed by Fortune magazine last year as one of the most powerful businesswomen in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
has been so limited. I can make an argument that the market may be overreacting to the problems, but I can make an even more persuasive argument that the government is underreacting. The ideas put forward by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson MBA ’70 are good, but they... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
on financial history or indeed any kind of history. Finance is often taught as a branch of mathematics in a rather technical way without adequate reference to past experience. I think HBS is actually in the best position here because the case method is View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
part to this cumulative “HBS effect,” entrepreneurship became understood nationally as essential to the U.S. economy, an inspiration for managers in large corporations, and a breeding ground for new jobs. Entrepreneurship was embraced by... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
to talk to Wasserman and started the conversation by saying that he was never going to be a founder. He wasn’t there to talk about how to get his great idea off the ground. The Founder’s Dilemmas course, he said, had changed his marriage. He was View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
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Research Brief: So Many Sites, So Little Time
Shane Greenstein (photo by Russ Campbell) Shane Greenstein (photo by Russ Campbell) Understanding how people spend their time online is essential for any organization hoping to capture and keep consumer eyeballs—yet what we know about... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
a rapidly changing landscape that presents increasingly complex management challenges, leadership skills are even more essential to a venture's success, Pisano said. "A good business model is necessary but not sufficient," he stated.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
to weeding bias out of banking and lending, essentially removing from the picture human beings and their inherently biased decision-making processes. He understood that his father, a Black business owner in the Deep South, was repeatedly... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
all levels, in different formats that they can choose from, and so our faculty and staff are constantly working to update our offerings to that end. Lifelong learning is essential in a world where technology is constantly evolving.”... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
perspectives of others, “This is a dialogue and I have to be a part of it.” She was also interested to see what was the baseline of her classmates’ analysis of this conversation, especially the international students. That kind of dialogue is View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
overlap, into four areas: competitive strategy, corporate strategy, global competition, and technology strategy. The largest of the subgroups, competitive strategy - essentially the core of the unit - looks at the techniques a firm uses... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
corporate auditing and financial reporting. "Integrity and high ethical standards are an essential part of the process." Reforms such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are making a difference, continues Franklin. "We don't want to go too far with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
that become essential to the economic success of fashion designers in the marketplace. (Her research on the market for modern and contemporary fine art in India also bears out this phenomenon.) “One of the most well-accepted axioms of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
growth and with the top tiers in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) as a viable and essential market. Indeed, it is only in the last decade, thanks in... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
during my time at HBS here, I started two organizations. Essentially the theme is, let’s take as many shots on goal as possible. Let’s get capital from as many places as possible to take those shots on goal. And so I started both a... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
An Experiment in Online Education Reaches 50,000 Learners in Five Years
entrepreneurship, and finance and accounting. One of its first offerings, the Credential of Readiness (CORe), remains its flagship. This unique program provides an intro- duction to essential business concepts, including financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students
leading-edge R&D, Novartis considers community outreach an essential part of its mission. It offers some drugs at a discount or free to needy patients; a new malaria therapy will be available at cost. Greylock, one of the country’s most... View Details
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
here. Gallatin was designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1927 as a collection of what were essentially linked townhouses on a U-shaped plan. The building was no doubt charming but a bit of a warren: Some students had to leave their... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
post-secondary education, yet only 51 percent of the state’s population has any post-secondary credential. Community colleges are essential in addressing this disparity. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, an educator at Northern Virginia... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
stores are a newer concept. These days you could be an upscale, middle-income individual and still need to stretch your dollar. Just this week our sales flyer featured a ten-pound bag of potatoes. That’s a pleasant surprise for a lot of people. So we see ourselves as a... View Details