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- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
lets them make mistakes at those times when they can still afford it. Growth, when it comes, is all the more sustainable as a result. GovWorks's failure is a textbook example of the perils of grandiosity.— Walter Kuemmerle Back in 1987, Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals, a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- Profile
Marla Malcolm Beck
there.” At Berkeley, Beck majored in political economy and was enthralled by comparative economics. After graduation in 1995, she joined McKinsey & Co. where her leadership qualities flourished. On one major engagement with an insurance client, the McKinsey team... View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807175 Turnaround at the Veterans Health Administration (A) Harvard Business School Case 608-061 Investigates the challenges that Dr. Kenneth W. Kizer confronted in seeking to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
candidates for the top sales job: a veteran sales director who has excelled under the old order and a brash outsider who has experience selling solutions but doesn't know the industry. With an outside board director pressuring him to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
Rangan brought together veterans of the retail world to share strategies for cashing in on what could be a new wave of organized retail in India. The discussion took place April 4 at the India Business Conference at HBS. Kishore Biyani... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, a veteran of doing battle with much larger Microsoft, has some words of wisdom on competing against a market giant: "If you want to beat Bobby Fischer, don't play chess." Glaser, president and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
that kid,” she says. “I do still believe that higher education can be a way to propel people into different socioeconomic brackets.” Lew stepped into her new role last November. A 13-year veteran of the Carnegie Corporation, most recently... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
environmental movement. “I spent a few weeks researching and formulating how this could be done. I then discussed the project with my dad, a veteran director, and when he told me he would dedicate time to support the film, I knew I had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
John A. Quelch, Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for International Development, became the leader of the School's Global Initiative last August. A veteran HBS faculty member who recently spent... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
it’s not drug problems or throwing a stapler at the assistant. It’s missing a delivery date. A veteran I worked with told me, ‘Your job isn’t to make it great; your job is to get it in by Tuesday.’ ” Dick’s prime-time résumé includes The... View Details
- Profile
Angela R. Hicks Bowman
becoming a real business, simultaneously opening in four new markets and in need of more veteran leadership. Over time, Angie’s List instituted a basic business model that charged members a nominal annual fee that provided access to the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
service outlets. "When Gerry was hired, it was the company's first deliberate action to view consumer packaged goods as an important growth platform for Starbucks," says Barry Beeninga, a 16-year veteran of the company who worked with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
will have to grow, says NFL executive vice president Eric Grubman (MBA 1987). A 10-year veteran of the league, who in 2013 was ranked the ninth most powerful man in the NFL by Sports Illustrated, Grubman says the league must add millions... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
directors needs to be thinking about it as well. Triple bottom line is coming whether all shareholders like it or not.” When should a board encourage a triple bottom line philosophy? What do you think? Original Column Since becoming CEO of Microsoft in 2014, 25-year... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
POZEN: Offers a plan for overhauling the U.S. financial system to avoid a repeat of the recent market meltdown. Most books about the nation’s financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells us how to fix the system. A... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
Case 116-043 Revitalizing State Bank of India State Bank of India is India’s oldest and largest bank with the government of India as its majority shareholder. Arundhati Bhattacharya, a 35-year-old veteran of the bank, is appointed as its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
not gain access to their diaries; they were told to recall their experiences from memory. After completing the questionnaire, all the veteran interns were asked to provide some advice to interns of the future. Zhang then hired 93 other... View Details
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
Jim. Q: Now, Bill Ford has just put the brakes on his ride as CEO of Ford Motor Company and handed the wheel over to Alan Mulally, who's a veteran of Boeing. How common is it these days, Joe, for companies to turn to outsiders for the CEO... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
continuity. "A smooth transition will be accomplished," the veteran government official vowed. Hui noted that the long-term future looks bright as well: trade with the mainland, now Hong Kong's biggest trading partner, has been growing at... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
through all the research I’ve done is my interest in the inner lives of ordinary people,” she says. A celebrated author of books, articles, and case studies, Amabile, who joined the HBS faculty in 1995, is a veteran of the classroom and... View Details