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- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
chapters so that students are prepared for the rewards and challenges they will face in the professional cost accounting world of today and tomorrow. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53893 forthcoming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
Growing up in Sharon, Massachusetts, Andrew W. Kendall (MBA 1988) developed a natural affinity for the outdoors from family trips to the beach and from hiking, snowshoeing, and camping in New England's mountains and forests. It wasn't until the Amherst graduate went to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
The Next Big Swing
MLB Advanced Media’s new Statcast system provides measures for every play, arming analysts like Tippett with a wealth of new data. (Courtesy of MLB.com) Tom Tippett’s love of sports data began at age seven, when his mom bought him a stat-tracking book so that he could... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Clark; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Carry It On
Glassman: A helping hand for deserving HBS students. Courtesy Robert Glassman Related Links MBA Fellowships Bob Glassman’s (MBA ’69) longstanding support of HBS—particularly the HBS student fellowship he established in 1984—is rooted in his commitment to society,... View Details
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- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
Mahesh checks in from the factory floor. Courtesy Krishna Mahesh Related Links Alum startup wins HBS contest New Venture Contest: Call for entries Upcoming webinars for entrepreneurs HBS New Ventures group on LinkedIn “I am still amazed by our win,” says Krishna Mahesh... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
programs. “Those funds,” says Cox’s Camargo, “are drying up.” The Chinese market is evolving quickly in the face of sun-setting subsidies. Shen, for example, is using technology developed by a German firm he acquired to produce two basic... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
the school paper, the Daily Texan - I just loved the reporting. It became clear to me that this was what I wanted to do." She got her professional start in 1977 at her hometown paper, the now defunct San Antonio Light. After six months of... View Details
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
providers to improve services to Americans. Source: gpointstudio In 2015, there was an average of 6.9 plans to choose from in each state. This fell to 6.5 in 2016, and even before Aetna's decision, the Kaiser Family Foundation projected... View Details
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
ratings to convey information of product or service quality. But don't expect Yelp to change its review system any time soon. "I've talked to Yelp and other review companies," Luca says. "Yelp isn't necessarily interested in changing the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
almost forty years with J&J, he quickly found a new mission as chairman of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA), a coalition of communications professionals dedicated to persuading children to reject substance abuse. The result... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
of a choice helps trigger consumer purchases, and any company whose unique mix of product or service features is competitive can win sales often enough to succeed in the market. Simply put, competitors can do a lot for you. But you'll... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 26 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?
all time. Data analytics firm Similar Web reported that in its first week alone, the app had been installed on nearly 11 percent of all Android phones in the United States, and surpassed Twitter’s daily usage shortly thereafter. Pokémon... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- What Do You Think?
Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
In it, I compared data collected from the offices of a large marketing services firm to which I had been given unusual access. Here are some data from employee engagement studies, human resource reports, and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
employees, rapidly rising health-care costs, and the likely loss of existing protection against lawsuits for pain and suffering from medical events. She then disclosed the results of a 1999 KPMG survey of CEOs and consumers about consumer-driven health care. The View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
What Motivates Tomorrow's Leaders
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- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 717-473.
In January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and... View Details
Keywords: Facebook; Fake News; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump; Algorithms; Social Networking; Social Networks; Partisanship; Social Media; App Development; Instagram; WhatsApp; Smartphone; Silicon Valley; Office Space; Digital Strategy; Democracy; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Controversy; Tencent; Agility; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Messaging; Monetization Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; United States; California; Sunnyvale; Russia
- Profile
Arthur Rock
secured the financing, doled out shares in the new venture, and Intel was born. This iconic firm heralded a coming technology revolution. The golden age of the microprocessor was underway and the world was being changed forever. With this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
Illustration by Dan Page In a company as large, complex, and prestigious as Lehman Brothers, one would expect to have found seasoned, astute, well-informed directors to oversee the managers and the risks the firm undertook with... View Details
- Web
2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Nation, HuffPost, and The Atlantic. In 2017, she was the co-recipient of the Newhouse Mirror Award for Best Single Feature of 2016 for an in-depth investigative report on free speech and the internet, and a Wikipedia Distinguished Service... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
what important groups of customers say they need in the way of products and services of increasing capability (as well as prices and margins) expose themselves to competition from innovators who create alternatives with limited capability... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett