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- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
breakthrough in] the biotech industry takes a lot of time; it takes a lot of money; it's complicated science." And it takes a lot of people—from scientists to executives to board members. Bancel admits that people see the potential fairly... View Details
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Emily Schlichting
At age 19, in the spring of 2009, Emily Schlichting was diagnosed with Behcet's, a rare autoimmune disease that introduced her "to the realities of U.S. health care firsthand." Although the disease has proven manageable, her treatments led her into the belly... View Details
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
of death. His own task for Enron is complicated by the fact that the patient was constantly evolving long before it collapsed. Its business model, control system, and culture were in continuous motion, and by 1997 these factors were... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld
includes materials, like steel and cement, as well as energy to support the building process. RMZ has a target to reduce embodied carbon by 44% in new developments, but they expressed that the path to this goal is complicated by lack of... View Details
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
London. We managed to cure her underlying condition on immunity. But many years later, 14 years later, she developed a complication with her lungs. We discovered, unfortunately, that what had saved her life ended up taking her life and... View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
wisdom, rather than my influence about their admission decision, I’m probably more useful to them after schools have made their decisions,” he notes. While Bazerman knew his actions weren’t going to resolve the broader, complicated racial... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Mar 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO
company. Good CEOs come in all shapes and sizes. Even deified leaders have weaknesses. No one is good at everything. For this reason, good CEOs surround themselves with strong executives who complement their skills, help analyze View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
analysis and deep probing, individuals tend to leap prematurely to unfounded conclusions and misunderstand complicated problems. Some understanding of system dynamics, the ability to see patterns, statistical process controls, and group... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
affair was an expression of rebellion, his doctor says, “I tell you, Carl, nobody will ever be able to measure all the human misery that is the indirect result of the inescapable boredom and sense of purposelessness that derives from a civilization so mechanized and... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
companies’ individual circumstances. Companies that have more complicated capital structures with a larger number of, and more heterogeneous, creditors, might be better served by restructuring in Chapter 11, despite the higher costs.... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
switching costs, multihoming is hard, which makes it complicated for firms or individual users to switch from one platform to another. The next criterion we identify is relatively homogenous products and a lack of identifiable niches. The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
social media, and 99% own smartphones. This pervasive usage complicates the task of regulating screen time. Adolescents often experience FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and FOBLO (Fear of Being Left Out), which drives frequent smartphone... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Small Club, Big Impact
entrepreneur who founded an IT solutions company before coming to HBS, will return to Nigeria after graduation and hopes to launch a business there. The decision of whether or not to return is complicated and deeply personal, Osawaye... View Details
Gustavus F. Swift, Jr.
Despite the antitrust complications that had arisen during his brother Louis’ term as president, Gustavus attempted to keep the family business together, doing all he could to maintain Swift and Company’s position of leadership in the... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 28 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 28
externally hired CEOs increase the likelihood of providing guidance. Complicated Firms Authors:Lauren Cohen and Dong Lou Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We exploit a novel setting in which the same piece... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Mourns Professors Christensen and Vernon
As this issue of the Bulletin went to press, we learned of the deaths of two of the School's most distinguished emeriti faculty members. C. Roland Christensen, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Emeritus, died on August 28 of View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
Lima toll road in Peru. In Buenos Aires, despite Argentina’s economic difficulties, the team found a model transit system—including a new bus rapid transit system to alleviate congestion—that residents have embraced for its convenience and affordability. In Lima,... View Details
Arde Bulova
Profoundly influencing the art of watch making, Bulova is credited with establishing numerous manufacturing processes that permitted the standardization of parts and movements. Bulova also designed a considerable number of special tools, gauges, and View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
business guys, you need 1 union guy.’ So they let me in. All I’ve ever done is try to work on complicated problems involving multiple stakeholders in large manufacturing companies that are important to the country and that are in trouble.... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Mar 2017
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools
In this webinar, Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker will discuss the themes from their Amazon-bestselling book, Blended. Using the theories of disruptive innovation, Horn and Staker reveal a practical guide for designing an education system that can help all students... View Details