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- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
software and approach to organization-wide data management and integration. “We help organizations develop a holistic view of their customers and operations by tracking and analyzing data gathered at multiple contact points, including... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
ROOFTOP GARDEN: HBS project manager Kevin Ruby surveys Shad Hall’s newly planted perennials. Photographs by Neal Hamberg When it came time to replace the leaky roof on Shad Hall — runners joked of dodging buckets placed on the indoor View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
companies, complete and accurate patient data would help in screening participants in drug trials and make it possible to track and troubleshoot unexpected problems that show up after a drug is introduced into the general population, like... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
NGOs, on the ground. In addition, the company is releasing a new app, called Plus, that will increase customer engagement by tracking everything from production to distribution of the product they’ve sponsored. If they choose, the... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
it worked. "We saw an opportunity to bring the fragrance to the United States and to create a new innovative category—a fragrance with a function for the outdoor-chic lifestyle. Once we tracked down our supplier, we learned that the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
how to develop sustainable processes for finding great ideas, driving them toward commercial success, and tracking their impact in the market and on the firm's resources. Your factory needs four building blocks, the authors tell us: a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
fund, with no proof of concept or track record of success—and the competitors he sought to disrupt are already sweeping over him. Hubris gets in the way of hitting singles and doubles; you hit the home runs when you have already swung at... View Details
- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
members—and its search for someone to lead the Endowment. “Activision wanted to take a different, business-minded approach to a growing social problem, one where government assistance wasn’t succeeding,” Goldenberg says. “We actually have a Professor Simons–inspired... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
The Prosperity Project, a nonprofit established during the pandemic to specifically work to stem the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on women, aims to provide Canadian women with advocacy, mentoring, and resources, while also conducting research and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
study that has included people like JFK and others in it over the years where they’ve tracked families across generations and they looked at both Harvard students and people from neighborhoods of Boston and found that the most important... View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
Home underway, Bob Ryan realized a shiny new building would not solve the business’s other challenges. He tracked cash flow, collaborated with an employment law firm to iron out personnel issues, and helped Estes secure financing for... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
the scope of the economic emergency. For a related research paper he was coauthoring with Ben Iverson of Brigham Young University and David Thesmar of MIT, Greenwood marshaled a unique array of data—including airline ticket sales and restaurant tabs—to View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
(MBA 1977) Yes, Gold Rush Vinyl should take risks and eliminate supply bottlenecks to speed delivery times. “Rush Vinyl” is two-thirds of the name, and speed is vital. Ever-volatile college radio playlists now track song plays daily. This... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
crimes after they occur. They are phenomenal at that, as in the way they tracked down the Lockerbie perpetrators, to cite one case. That’s a very different role from preventing terrorist attacks before they occur, which is their top... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
with a successful entrepreneurial track record and a Boston address. “I am a tech CEO.” With so few women in leadership roles in the information technology sector and a dramatic gender imbalance throughout the field, Kraus’s title is more... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
life. As long as we can establish a track record of kids impressing employers in internships and going on to college, the money will be there." The bedrock of Shackleton's educational philosophy is leadership, and when asked about his own... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
business conditions has become an essential CEO survival skill. "The challenge of change has given rise to a CEO labor market that places a premium on a person's track record in leading change," write HBS professors Michael Beer and Nitin... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
runner-up status in the 2013 Social Enterprise Track of the New Venture Competition at HBS. “I didn’t expect to be a social entrepreneur when I came to HBS, but our team viewed the problem as a ticking time bomb,” says Rewane. “We started... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
crunching. Acxiom, say analysts, has constructed the world's largest consumer database. Nearly 25,000 servers track data on 700 million consumers worldwide, including most US consumers, assembling approximately 1,500 data points per... View Details