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- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
learning, for change. After graduating from Yale and Harvard Business School, I knew that I had to get into the industry that had impacted me as a young woman, so I could ultimately use media to impact other women like me. “I subsequently... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
policymakers in a way that leads to improved choices and decisions. The more analysis informs this debate, the better, so that we can more easily understand and model the outcome. When we make changes to immigration policy, what is the impact on GDP View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
(MBA ’82) (FT Press) Companies that cannot change in response to market disruptions die. Other companies that respond eventually survive but see their profits squeezed, their growth flattened. The long-term winners are companies that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
Administration Harvard Business Review Press Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani show how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes traditional constraints on scale, scope, and learning that have restricted View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Nelson Mandela’s Right-Hand Man
In addition to conducting research, the HBS Leadership Initiative engages in other activities as well. Last November, for example, along with the HBS Africa Business Club, it served as the host for an event featuring African National... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A taste of home leads to jobs creation and community improvements
created jobs and improved his community’s water system. Focusing on efficiencies to fuel growth and create jobs, Scharfman’s Specialty Cheese has doubled its workforce to 100 people over the past five years. By partnering with government... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
related to growth and efficiency. In a variety of case studies, students in the MBA elective Managing the Future of Work consider technological trends reshaping today’s workplace and actions business leaders... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Workout: The Complete Guide to Asking Better Questions to Get Better Answers for Running Your Business or Your Life by Bennett McClellan (MBA 1981) XLibris McClellan outlines several stages to answering important questions: fully... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- News
DreamBox Learning Breaks New Ground
popular adaptive learning companies, specializing in math .Across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, DreamBox serves nearly 3 million students and 120,000 teachers. Today, the company is announcing $130 million in growth equity funding from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
argues that it is not the business plan but the personality behind it that counts. Behind the Mask: Embrace Risk and Dare to Be Better by Don Hastings (MBA 1953) and Leslie Anne Hastings (Xlibris) In this memoir, Hastings relates how, as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
business partner. The other was her microwave. Day was in the habit of cooking all her meals just as her mom had done when she was a child, but she had to believe in her own product—which meant that every plate of kale ricotta ravioli or... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
with each successful convert. Many startups run out of runway before getting there, so founders need to be particularly scrappy in gaining the most learning in the shortest period of time. That means fast product iterations unlock the greatest growth. But therein lies... View Details
- 18 Sep 2014
- News
Room to grow: global expansion in the middle ground
Israeli companies have pursued novel and successful growth strategies that provide valuable lessons to others. In his research, Elie Ofek, the T. J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of Business Administration,... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
How to Start a Tech Company Without Tech Experience
(photo via Twitter) (photo via Twitter) Rob Biederman (MBA 2014) and his fellow HBS cofounders didn’t have any tech experience when they launched the online freelance marketplace HourlyNerd. Three years later the company, now known as Catalant, has a global network of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
but also the patent system serving as a real drag on innovation. LC: You’ll see a shift in innovation to other countries. But you’ll also see continued growth in patent issuances in the United States. If I’m a company that is worried... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
systems. What does it mean to be globally competitive in today’s economy? From a business fundamentals perspective, you win through innovation, low cost, or better customer service; in my opinion, innovation is the most sustainable... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
to help them understand and overcome the barriers women face is seeking governance roles. “It was painful to hear their stories. I hate any inequality,” Groysberg says. “I said, ‘If it bothers me so much, I should teach and make a difference.’” Jeanette Gorgas... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Fostering financial freedom for low-income individuals
1998, and the “Love Our Local Business” program, which encourages growth for small businesses by giving grants to entrepreneurs. In India, Intuit’s free mobile application, Fasal, has connected 1.5 million... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- News
A Winning Formula
that says a lot about what drives his company: “Life is too short to work in a dysfunctional organization.” Dashboard specializes in analyzing why an organization’s growth may have slowed, and then works with management to institute... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
in the Philippines, Jaime “Jim” Ayala (MBA ’88) decided to put his considerable business experience to work improving the lives of some of his native country’s poorest citizens. Explaining his 2009 decision to leave Ayala Land, which had... View Details