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- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
requiring folks to come back. I’ve been talking to the largest technology firms about this: They’ve created task forces to think about how they want to bring people back to the office, when, and why. Based on my own research, especially... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
Secondly, we thought we would run it better. The California biotech firm famously failed to produce enough flu vaccine for the U.S. market in 2004. And thirdly, we saw that there was a significant growth opportunity due to new vaccines,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
A Wonderful Whirl
Mounted atop the Soldiers Field Park Garage, two wind turbines — 40-foot towers with 11.5-foot blades — represent Harvard’s biggest wind-energy project to date. Weighing more than 1,000 pounds each, the turbines are expected to supply 5 to 10 percent of the seven-story... View Details
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- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
orders and have them delivered to their tables—a service often performed by managers. “Now when I see a customer talking to a manager, it’s a good thing,” says Karavites, smiling. Traditionally, the bank of cash registers that separates... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
Business on the Internet." Peter Granoff, whose company Virtual Vineyards sells wine exclusively over the Internet, and Steve Kirsch, president and CEO of the Internet search service InfoSeek, were among four panelists who discussed... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
didn’t pay off. But generally, the New Bedford whaling industry of the 1800s thrived using this investment model, averaging over 14 percent annual returns, says Alex. Holding up the high end of that average was the firm Gideon Allen and... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
in ways that are easily defined and rewarded by society,” says Steven Carpenter (MBA 2004). “But as you get older, you learn that the line between success and failure is razor thin, oftentimes invisible.” Currently executive-in-residence at venture capital View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
have machine guns. But to our generation, the dream was to have access to professional printing equipment.” In the fall of 1977, Maj attended a meeting of the growing student opposition. To this point, Maj had been careful. Although he... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
piracy strategically to improve its market position? From a managerial perspective, these are significant questions. If it turns out that OSS will incontestably displace traditional software, software firms need to adapt as quickly as... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
development," which was carried out through advisory services to health sector organizations. Among CGH's key competitive strengths vis-à-vis professional service View Details
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
based at HBS, Christensen's influence and legacy extend well beyond the banks of the Charles and transcend the study of business administration. When he received the School's Distinguished Service Award in 1993, Christensen was honored... View Details
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Martin November
Marty (HBS '98) is an MD/MBA and practicing OBGYN physician who has broad expertise in the healthcare sector as the former Medical Director for Patient Safety and Risk Management at Atrius Health, Harvard Medical School teaching faculty and hospital division director,... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Program 26 times, and daytime program twice. Both are records. He has taught in Africa, Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Philippines and Vienna. Before becoming a professor, he owned and operated two manufacturing View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
of the largest users of petroleum products.” Robert Tichio (MBA 2005) Principal, Riverstone/Carlyle “I’m partner and managing director at Riverstone Holdings, one of the world’s largest private equity firms focused on the energy sector.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
pharmaceutical companies. Avon bought health care companies and nursing homes. It turned out, however, that beauty and health had diverged too much from their common origin in the past to be reassembled . The two decades after 1990 saw frenetic change in the beauty... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
applying to business schools. And not just any business schools, but Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and Kellogg. I was working anywhere from 80 to 95 hours per week in private equity. I was the only female at the firm of three offices. To... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
classmates Alex Stratoudakis and Emma Taylor. In 15 minutes they present their plan for AfterSteps, a Web-based end-of-life planning service that offers advice and secure storage for legal, financial, personal, and funeral documents. For... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
Rothrock’s cell phone rings. Rothrock (MBA 1988) is the CEO of the cybersecurity firm Red Seal, and a higher-up at Sony was looking for his help. After the breach, he told Rothrock, the company essentially hit factory reset on their... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
When working professionals were shifting to home offices a year ago as COVID-19 was spreading, comedians and pundits predicted that people would no longer need bras and pants that aren’t stretchy. Instead customers would make room for... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
the Air Force's Exceptional Civilian Service Award. Christenson also participated in the development of the U.S. Army's first cost-based budgetary control system. His publications include Strategic Aspects of Competitive Bidding for... View Details
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