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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
Michael Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, is an authority on organizational theory, organizational strategy, and finance. He is codirector of The Monitor Company Organizational Strategy... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
was that: ‘Five hundred years ago, it was generally accepted that only 10 percent of people had the mental capacity to read and write. We look back and think that’s ridiculous. But if I asked you today what percent of the population has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
Chappell Russ Wilcox (MBA ’95) was two years out of HBS, married to classmate Gina Wilcox and working as a strategy consultant following a stint as a product manager at a Boston-area technology firm. But he had always wanted to launch and... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
skills for a lifetime of social impact. "Rather than lamenting the forced 'gap year' so many are facing," says Falik, "let's seize this moment for what it can be: a historic opportunity to launch the generation of leaders our world needs... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
the threat, with analysts predicting it will grow to $170 billion by 2020. (In his proposed fiscal 2017 budget, President Obama requested a $5 billion increase in federal cybersecurity spending, up to $19 billion annually.) Money is one thing, View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
passenger can create his own climate zone. We customize our music and then implant the made-to-order entertainment directly into our ears. And what bigger marketing success have we seen in the past generation than the coffeehouses where... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
strategy to get us through this period of uncertainty, both with the Eclipse and with the broader economy. I see this as an interim step that will allow us to level off and get to the point where we can start climbing again.” ALL ABOARD:... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
card company that was licensed to use Disney images, and for the next three years she stayed put in Paris. With the help of a nanny, Dodi says she balanced work and family quite well, settling into the French rhythm of long midday breaks at home, reasonable working... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
start-up approach applicable to the health care sector? For heavily regulated drugs, diagnostics, and devices, a 'launch early and often' strategy simply isn't possible, although entrepreneurs can still run lean tests to gauge the level... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
uncertainty — not just the uncertainty surrounding the survival of their own firm, but that of the industry itself. The implications of this are that pioneer-entrepreneurs have to adopt specific strategies to overcome the uncertainty with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
fallen prey to skyrocketing rates of opioid abuse. “Every single one of my staff members has been affected in one way or another,” Marietta says of the opioid epidemic. “It’s wiped out an entire generation of people aged 20 to 45.” By... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
“Crush it!” I was test-driving a Tesla Model S 75D under the watchful eye of Kristin, the “owner-advisor” tasked with accompanying me while I took one of Elon Musk’s battery-powered luxury cars for a spin on the Far West Side of Manhattan. Among their many virtues,... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
working with consulting clients—Wilson was able to move on to his studies with Raiffa and others who were developing a new approach to using economic theory and mathematics to drive strategy and management decisions. JH: And tell me what... View Details
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
games. It was all part of a long term strategy to improve the franchise by getting better draft picks. And it necessitated a short term strategy of losing. Throughout, though, the 76er CEO Scott O’Neil (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
balance with such a demanding work life? I bike or run to work most days. It helps me to step back and see things in a different way. I’m home at 6:30 on weekdays to have dinner and generally don’t go into the office on weekends, with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
revolution — with its enormous implications for all of business — is well under way. Only days before Enriquez’s grade-school visit, for example, scientists announced plans to create synthetic bacteria that would generate hydrogen (a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
McCraw and I (with our coauthor, Linda S. Doyle PMD 49, 1985) summarized that style in eight points: Don’t give direct orders. Instead, listen, persuade, and cajole. Build consensus on the institutional mission. Embrace a strategy and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
senior partner at the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. He offers advice on generating valuable introductions, nailing interviews, negotiating compensation, cultivating a mentor, and knowing when to change jobs or industries. Sunset... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
"Rather than defining spirituality for people," says Whiteley, "I ask them to think of a time, be it at work, volunteering, playing on a sports team, whatever, when they were totally absorbed, when everything was cooking for them. They View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso