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- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
Wall Street has left the caffeinated powerhouse virtually untouched. The price of Starbucks stock has climbed steadily over the past ten years, gaining approximately 2,200 percent on the ten-year anniversary of the company's 1992 IPO. Net... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
2002) to research and fight Parkinson’s, which afflicts some 5 million people worldwide, including 1 million Americans. Not only is the MJFF acknowledged to be the driving force behind Parkinson’s-related R&D, it is a benchmark View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
terms. The technical problem is that any two applications are virtually guaranteed to contain dissimilar data and execute dissimilar business processes. One might store dates as DD/MM/YYYY and put the date first in the purchase orders it... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
use gatekeepers to impose stringent controls on care—were resisted by patients and physicians. In response, the managed care organizations began relaxing their controls, allowing patients more freedom to see specialists and out-of-network... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
enabled everyone to say, 'Here's what we're doing to improve things.'" Rossotti dramatized the scope of the agency's IT problems by taking key congressional staffers on a bus trip-first to the virtually paperless office of a credit card... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
As much as some employees will crave the return of in-person social connections in the office, they have become accustomed to the flexibility that comes with virtual work—from less time to commute to more time with family and pets. I... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
subsidized by the organizations employing the executives that participate in them. To understand the ongoing transformation of the industry, we use a large database of interviews with participants in executive development programs at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
early venture capital funds and leading intermediaries in the industry—such as law firms and data providers—began as organizations oriented to the SBIC funds, and then gradually shifted their focus to independent venture capitalists.... View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
diversification into the technology intensive TFT-LCD flat panel display industry. Because the diversification is far away from its core competence in petrochemicals, it is an opportunity to examine how the firm was able to become a global leader in the relatively... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
return from the program. Angella says SPNM participants represent a broad range of organizations championing arts, theatre, education, health care, addiction recovery, food security, climate resilience, and much more. “SEI’s partnership... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
in history. Most firms act as if false negatives don't exist because they don't have processes for managing them. In their own industries, many companies might have missed similar opportunities. Although smart organizations have... View Details
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting
are just like them, that they are comfortable with, that look like them, that act like them, and talk like them.” Why Addressing Unconscious Bias Benefits Your Organization Making choices that are unconsciously rooted in bias is... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
into a much-needed windfall for a host of cash-strapped nonprofits. Since cofounding Working Assets in 1985, Laura Scher has helped the company channel nearly $20 million to organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam America, Amnesty... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
Danish labor market across time (the data tracks when a person enters a company and when he or she moves between periods of employment and self-employment), Nanda and Sørensen found that rates of entrepreneurship are higher in View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
one surprising finding from recent research done by HBS professor Amy Edmondson and her colleague, Professor James Detert from Penn State. Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism A values-driven organization poses unique risks for its... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year
and target audience. Resolve to stay abreast of new trends by listening to podcasts on the future of work, reading an industry blog at lunch each day, attending conferences, or joining a professional organization in your city where you... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
leadership, BlackRock’s Retirement Group, which manages $1.3 trillion in retirement assets for some 35 million Americans, has taken steps to address these issues. In 2020 they held the BlackRock Savings Summit, a virtual retirement... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
to finish in the black. Practically everyone who came to Atlanta loved the Games. Virtually all the corporate sponsors signed up again for Sydney in 2000. For the athletes, I believe that the venues, the Athletes' Village, and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
You’ve Been YouTubed
Art by John Weber Related Links Virtual Learning Series: Understanding Users of Social Networks Career Webinar: Leverage the Power of Your LinkedIn Network Tweets are in the air we breathe. Most of us know that “friend” can also be a... View Details