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- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Stress Test
Andrew Kelley, III (MBA 2002) Andrew Kelley, III (MBA 2002) 2020 was the year everybody learned what a supply chain is. The first lesson came in the form of a toilet paper shortage in the earliest days of the pandemic. The most important... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Making Eco Easy
recyclable, compostable paper for shipping. Because the lightweight bottles contain no liquids and the tablets are nickel-sized, the environmental impact of delivering the products to consumers is lessened. “We’re fortunate to be building... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
that will clearly define and equalize both private and social costs. In addition, he urges firms to take a hard look at their own operations and develop measures for pollution control and natural resource preservation as well as for profits and investment. Alumni may... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Torras (MBA '50) established Preco Corp., a pulp and paper operation, creating more than one thousand jobs. In consumer services, David S. Paresky (MBA '65) opened Crimson Travel Service in Harvard Square a few months after graduation and... View Details
- 07 Feb 2019
- News
New Charter School CEO Debuts Colorful Changes
“The last quarter of the year, quite frankly was the toughest in my life,” Jones told the Sun-Times. “I’d never been in this situation before, but I knew that something needed to be done, and I don’t regret doing the right thing.” At 37, the View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
all, say Professor Krishna G. Palepu and Assistant Professor Tarun Khanna, authors of "Corporate Strategies for Business Groups in Emerging Markets," a working paper slated to be published (under a different title) in the July-August... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
titled "Foundations of a Theory of Organizations," students gain insights into human behavior through reading Daniel Goleman's popular work Emotional Intelligence. They expand their perspective on the use of knowledge in society by reading a 1945 View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
headquarters is named after him, for instance—attest to his many contributions to the world of business, as do his outside activities, including presenting papers on entrepreneurship, venture capital, and democracy throughout the world... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Faculty Books
of globalization continues today. Business Solutions for the Global Poor edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton (Jossey-Bass Publishers) This book, edited by HBS professors and associates, presents the View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Hair Today
precious: In addition to her studies, Winters was guardian of her sister, who was 14 at the time. “I remember thinking, ‘This is absolutely crazy,’” she says. After writing a paper about Drybar and its disruption of blowouts, Winters... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Extra! Extra! Newspapers Miss the Story
their high-margin business of print classifieds with the lower-margin business of online classifieds,” Gilbert told Editor & Publisher. “If that's all they're doing with their online operations, we'd suggest that they shut them down tomorrow.” Instead, he advises, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Research Brief: The Power of Could
dropped into the plot of Breaking Bad, might ask himself what he should do. Walter White is not an aberration: Most people facing ethical dilemmas reflexively ask just that, according to a new paper coauthored by Ting Zhang, a doctoral... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Research Brief: Cultivating Creativity through Competition
Creativity is often considered a mysterious, impossible-to-harness force. But a new working paper by Assistant Professor Daniel P. Gross suggests that it can indeed be nurtured with the right incentives. Gross studied the question in the... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
Women of Wall Street Tell Their Story
notes. “It’s a great drama that is also an honest, accurate portrayal of Wall Street that happens to be from the women’s point of view.” That isn’t just Munger’s opinion, either. The industry trade paper Variety described Equity as a... View Details
- 28 May 2021
- News
Unspent Love
of paper origami fish to swim across the ceiling of the family dining room, Kingston writes. “My mother, who put her business degree to use running a small nutritional beverage company with my father in Santa Rosa, Calif., while raising... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
we have for conducting research and addressing a topic are not well-suited for the dynamic, multidisciplinary nature of leadership. Leaders change as they lead. Nonetheless, we did reach some basic insights through the papers that were... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 08 Jan 2025
- News
Mapping Pain Points at the IRS
transformations in government in a generation. We have to invest not only in the traditional channels through which we resolve taxpayer issues, but also new channels where taxpayers can self-serve 24/7 in a convenient way without having to mail View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
it took centuries for paper currency to evolve from a concept to reality. Meanwhile, bitcoin has been around for about a decade. Can you help situate us in the lifetime of this technology? Scott Duke Kominers: One of the points we make in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
In a working paper presented at the June colloquium, HBS professors Michael Porter and Nitin Nohria consider the CEO’s role in the large, complex organization that is typical in today’s global economy. An excerpt follows: “CEOs must... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
paper was the basis for an article, "The Coming Battle of Customer Information," in the January-February 1997 issue of Harvard Business Review. Catchy Pitches Individuals seeking to start a new business or simply develop contacts often... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross