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- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
and Stanford University's Debra E. Meyerson propose a new approach to viewing and solving the women-in-leadership shortfall. Traditionally, three goals for fixing the problem have been considered: fix the women; create equal opportunity;... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
United States, expanding coverage and regulating insurers. However, it was not clear that expanding coverage would resolve a longstanding dilemma of rising costs for insurance and care. As the Department of Health and Human Services implemented the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Turkish Delight
time between Brookline, Massachusetts, and a “base of operations” in Paris that makes it easier for Gadiesh to travel for work. After leaving Bain in 1984, Byford put his entrepreneurial talents to work, launching two electronics... View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
device categories, such as the Apple Watch, the first new product the company had released since 2010? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715456-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 1994
- Case
Intel's Pentium: When the Chips Are Down (A)
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Intel, the largest-selling manufacturer of microprocessor computer chips, finds itself in a brand-threatening situation when a flaw is revealed in its top-of-the-line Pentium chip. The story is front-page news for weeks. The company invested tens of millions of dollars... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Engineering; Crisis Management; Brands and Branding; Production; Failure; Semiconductor Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Intel's Pentium: When the Chips Are Down (A)." Harvard Business School Case 595-058, December 1994.
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
since its creation has been remarkable, spurred by the demand for a high-quality online business education as a tool for career and personal advancement. Expanding its course portfolio with timely new offerings, HBS Online View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
creating an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem can be seen through the stories of four women—two of them Black, one Latinx, and one white—who launched new enterprises in Miami with an eye to diversifying... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 02 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS
is: "Emotionally it's hard. Believing in yourself is hard that's the toughest part." The Right Ideas I've always been the gal with ideas. Some good ones – but mostly not so good ones. I tinkered here and there in my free time but never totally committed to a... View Details
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
before the pandemic, to offer health care to its employees. The take up of that has been poor. Before the pandemic, they bought PillPack for something like $800 million. It’s not clear that PillPack has been able to displace any of the large pharmacies. They had a... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
they buy. And in this excerpt, Toffel and Pal talk about Common’s business model, the market opportunity, and what she’s learned about launching a climate venture. Courtesy Sanchali Pal READ MORE Mike Toffel: So let's talk a little bit... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973
international product development until she was promoted to lead its $500-million desktop business group. Two years later, when IBM acquired the firm, she was recruited by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) to build its software... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
Execution Participant Design new structures and systems to manage the core tensions of strategy execution and meet business goals. I’ve found HBS Online's courses to be immediately applicable to my work, and they’ve made me a more View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
in two major product lines for a large enterprise software vendor to examine the use and success of pricing and product strategies. Regarding pricing, the paper demonstrates that the vendor engages in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
buy your products and why, and predict when disruption will happen. The course equipped me with new ways to think about problems, products, businesses, and just everything in life. Daniella Patrick... View Details
- June 2000
- Case
Lifeline Systems, Inc. (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
Lifeline Systems provides emergency response equipment to the elderly who live at home. The company uses local hospitals to market, sell, and install these units in homes, while the hospital monitors and calls for aid to respond to emergency calls from the elderly... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Product Marketing; Sales; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Service Operations; Information Infrastructure; Age; Service Delivery; Restructuring; Crisis Management; Health Industry; Service Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Marilyn Matis. "Lifeline Systems, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 600-099, June 2000.
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n the 1930s, investments were generally targeted for trusts, pensions, and other conservative funds rather than emerging industries. 32 The urgent military needs during World War II had fostered the rapid creation of View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Introducing the HBS Heartland Club
In the traditional sense of the term, the Heartland has referred to any U.S. state that doesn’t touch an ocean. At HBS, the Heartland Club’s focus is even broader. Our focus is on specific regions in the United States that are underrepresented in the HBS student body.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Toward a Life Well Lived
years after graduation,” explains Perlow. The following year, she led 17 students in an independent study project that asked hundreds of alumni to consider what they wished they’d known while at HBS and what they’ve learned since then. These efforts culminated in the... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
far more attention. In this compelling and authoritative new book, the authors document a rising chorus of concerns about business schools gleaned from extensive interviews with deans and executives as well as from a detailed analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their... View Details