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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Arnon Mishkin (MBA 1989)
analytic problems, where you need to think not just about the data but also its implications and the question you’re asking. I was recently in a meeting about redesigning a poll to give an indication—not an absolute conclusion—of which party will View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Ruling the Waves
in their early stages, to threaten governmental control and authority. While aspects of its power may indeed be diminished, government inevitably survives these apparent challenges, Spar observes, because the state provides "the property... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
manufacturer, including the farming of long staple cotton in northwest China. "When I control my materials, I control my own destiny," she says matter-of-factly. Since the state wasn't rewarding farmers for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Action Plan: Rapids Growth
you’re basically wearing it and using your entire body to control it.” Learn from a pro. “Lessons are vital. It’s tempting to look at someone kayaking and say it looks easy, but knowing what to do if you lose your balance, if you go over,... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
capital by foot, subte (subway), bus, and bright yellow bike-share bicycles. Pedestrian-only Florida Street in Buenos Aires. (Photos courtesy of John Macomber) Professor Macomber and students at the new electric power and water desalination plant in Chilca, Peru. The... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Park City before we manufacture. Having that added measure of control is huge. Is control an elusive goal in such a fast-growing company? Being in a growing company can be uncomfortable sometimes, because... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
At the PSA Corporation’s Pasir Panjang container terminal in Singapore, the cranes operate automatically: no drivers, just operators remotely controlling up to six of the lifting machines with a single joystick. Welcome to the most... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
The conventional wisdom is that Asian businesspeople tend to avoid confrontation and take only calculated risks. Edwin Yu is clearly breaking that mold. Last April he came out on top in the first boardroom proxy fight in South Korean history, winning View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
today goes to telecom, high tech, or software,” said Mahesh, founder and CEO of Sundaram Medical Devices in Chennai. Mahesh trained at Stanford as an engineer and worked for McKinsey and Toyota before attending HBS. He plans to apply engineering and cost View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
users control of other computers remotely is priced as low as $20. And business is booming. A PricewaterhouseCoopers survey found that global security incidents rose 38 percent in 2015—the biggest jump in the survey’s 12-year history.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Things Everyone Should Know How to Do
Control and Prevention. Were there any topics that you had to omit that you wish you could have covered? There was a chapter on how to fall in love, which I really wanted to include, but my editor thought it was too subjective. — Deborah... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
Motor was turned around by Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn was sent from Renault, the French auto company, which acquired management control of the financially distressed Nissan in March 1999. Ghosn motivated Nissan’s middle management and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
to become a center for making mobile phone components and handsets, especially products using CDMA technology, which is widely used in South Korea. Controller board MADE IN CHINA REASON U.S. companies long ago outsourced the manufacture... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
shortage of FemTech companies, but there’s “a funding issue. “We need institutional money. We need the people who control capital to make it a priority. We want to see universities set aside some investing capital for more risk, for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Revolution: Spirit, Land, Energy by Charles-Edouard Bouée (MBA ’95D) (Palgrave McMillan) Beyond the Corporation: Humanity at Work by David Erdal (MBA ’81D) (Bodley Head) When the Penny Drops: Learning What’s Not Taught by R. Gopalakrishnan (AMP 115, 1994) (Penguin... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
tools are usually just a way to get something online quickly, provided it fits one of the use cases that the tool covers). But Bubble is very open-ended. It requires some learning, but it lets people build exactly what they want, as they can View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
every level, and effectively manage risk. At Honeywell, for example, the Automation and Control Solutions business relies on a homegrown Velocity Portfolio Manager software program for managers. At a glance the user sees a list of current... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Understanding the Digital Frontier
LI AND BERNOFF: Executives can’t afford to turn their backs on social networking. Nothing gives CEOs and marketers instant heartburn more than seeing their hard-won brand equity hijacked by forces beyond their control — too often by... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
how ideological foundations of violence were rooted in Victorian-era calls for punishing recalcitrant “natives,” and how, over time, its forms became increasingly systematized. Elkins makes clear that when Britain could no longer maintain View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
emphasize a shopping experience that includes spacious aisles, comfortable seating throughout the store, sophisticated climate control because their customers “tend to get warmer faster,” larger dressing rooms and mirrors, and a sales... View Details