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- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
First, there was no standard to evaluate the CIP managers at the division level, so a 60 percent execution rate, for instance, might conceivably seem “good enough.” Second, the way the money was being distributed at the headquarters... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
Weighted Accounts (IWA) Project has set about tackling accountability, a major hurdle on the path to an impact-driven economy. While the number of firms reporting their own ESG data has grown exponentially, and companies of all stripes are now articulating their... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
Blau (MBA 2001), Baupost CEO Seth Klarman (MBA 1982), Standard Hotels CEO Amar Lalvani (MBA 2001), General Assembly CEO Lisa Lewin (MBA 2003), and Jeffrey C. Walker (MBA 1981), among other HBS graduates) who issued a statement supporting... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
remarks, Porter noted two potential threats to America in its current role as the standard bearer of global commerce: U.S. capital markets could get too near-term oriented, and basic research might not receive sufficient investment. In a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
comes from ticket and concession sales, compared with the standard 50 percent of most performing arts organizations. With numerous public outreach programs, the Big Apple, adds Slifka, "is both an incredibly successful performing arts... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
feet at all may rank among his greatest achievements. The simple acts of standing and walking represent triumph for Massie, as does the fact that he is even alive today. Fittingly, his life's work is all about “standing up,” as he forcefully advocates for higher View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
“The Globalization of Markets.” In it, he described “a new commercial reality — the emergence of global markets for standardized consumer products on a previously unimagined scale of magnitude.” In a world made much smaller and more... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Entrepreneurship at HBS
in this area in both our MBA and executive education programs. For a quarter of a century, our Owner/President Management Program has set the standard for educating entrepreneurial managers for leadership positions around the world. The... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
through software, and I “write” on it as the lesson develops. Actually, my cousins have told me they like this “virtual Sal” better than the real-life me. They can start and stop and repeat me at will. How does Khan Academy change the View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
location-which lies about 1,800 miles north of Toronto—a destination for ecotourists, will offer an economic boon to the area, and will forever alter the way the world thinks about the Arctic. “It turns people’s eyes to the north,” Balsillie says. Subtle changes in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
Illustration by Mengxin Li After years of speculation, 2020 was meant to be a big year for the implementation of 5G, the fifth generation of standards for broadband cellular networks. And somewhere between a pandemic and a mountain of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
what matters most; facing conflict, adversity, and ambiguity with decisiveness and confidence; setting uncompromising standards for behavior and performance; and selecting and developing great people. Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
better than the real-life me. They can start and stop and repeat me at will. How does Khan Academy change the standard classroom we all know? The nearby Los Altos school system, for one, is using Khan Academy on an experimental basis.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
fundamental deterioration in their ability to pay for goods and services from their wages.” Simultaneously, lending standards continued to deteriorate “until we got to the point where we had very lax standards, and we started to see... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
defer gratification forever. We can sacrifice as much as we need to, to be perfect or to match what standard somebody has set for us. And so, I have a feeling about my speaking career that is both very grateful for the skill and for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
and we made believe that the sponsors, the biggest money center banks, had zero risk of loss. They did not fully disclose what was happening, and they did not put up enough capital to cover potential risks. Now, the FASB Financial Accounting View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
means for the future of the School, as well as the need for HBS to educate leaders who will help solve the complex challenges facing the world today. The Campaign Nitin Nohria: The Harvard Business School Campaign offers us an opportunity to think strategically about... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
companies and nurtured numerous leading-edge products in a wide range of areas, including information technology, health care, telecommunications, and software. In achieving all that, it has also set the standard for integrity in every... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
the energy industry is far more important than the ups and downs of the Internet." Oil Lingo 3-D Seismic: A technique to acquire a three-dimensional image of the earth's interior by projecting sound waves from geometrically spaced points at the earth's surface. Barrel:... View Details