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- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
think he tracks it more than he alludes to. That’s a good question. I mean, at the end of the day it’s his life, right? I’m scared for him, and fear is a really good motivator and a better motivator’s love. At the end of the day, he wants... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
motivated by the team’s sustained stamina today and throughout the week. “I feel pretty energized to come in and contribute,” she says. “If you were thinking this much at work you wouldn’t be as energized or want to keep doing it.” After... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
a variety of measures, including tolls, to shelter local enterprises from competition. They are motivated by the need to protect the local tax base. Without it, local officials stand to lose a major source of revenue needed to pay their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
distribute products, this is how you price them, this is how you brand them, this is how leadership is optimized, this is how you design organizations, and this is how you motivate people. Take any subject, they were all grounded in... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
it looks like, we don’t know how it’s going to manifest itself. That’s called being resilient: I’m ready for whatever comes at me. That’s what motivated me to write the book, because it’s a new way of thinking about our cyber universe.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
flow, husbanding resources, and hiring and motivating staff. "Small companies are so vulnerable," notes Bowen. "The margin of error is very narrow. Dealing effectively with these operational issues is a matter of survival." Many of the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
are dramatically different and quite exciting. Working in civil society, you are surrounded by people who are deeply passionate about the calls that they serve. And issues around motivation and organizational focus are relatively easier... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
30, 1975). “In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer — the best attributes and the best price sells the product. From that day on I focused my attention on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Then jobs are lost, and the unions blame someone else. Ron DiLiddo (PMD 50, 1985) Rochester, MI Document HBS’s Role in Crisis I was happy to read in the March issue that the financial crisis has motivated HBS to write cases on the topic... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
popularity of this case about an unglamorous product in an obscure industry. “I think its durability comes from the opportunity to discuss the basic management issues it raises — the value of Lincoln’s clear and consistent approaches to strategy, organization, and what... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Given success of this magnitude, why aren’t for-profit managed charter schools like Sabis in high demand? The authors rebut the charge that for-profits running charter schools are in it for the money, not the kids, and they explore the View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
our business, we get a lot of emails and we deal with a lot of emails. And so being able to chart that and almost be able to celebrate as you able to just make small dents in the size of that inbox and get it down as close to zero as possible just helps keep myself... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
the Student Association (SA) and began one of the most active tenures of any SA president in recent memory. "I was motivated by the people at HBS and wanted to make a positive impact on the community," explains the friendly and outgoing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
Mosul. We supported the infantry soldiers who were securing the smaller towns on the roads leading to Baghdad from Kuwait. I didn’t get to fly, but I was given a leadership role. There was a lot of gratification in knowing that I was able to View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
person you couldn’t take your eyes off for a minute. He got me motivated to start a business.” His lectures were so memorable and controversial — he once lectured his students on how to pick a wife — that many former students who have... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and the costs sometimes associated with implementing "green" strategies - strong government regulation at home and abroad will continue to be necessary in order to motivate many businesses to become more environmentally accountable. He... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
Steve Belkin suggest that the strongest common threads in their class may be the need for independence and the desire to parlay professional success into something beneficial for the community. "When I started out, undoubtedly, financial success was a strong View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
back to the studio to use as they wish, giving the creators ownership of their IP. “When HBS writes the case about Quibi, one of the things I’m sure they’ll talk about is this decision to not compete with our suppliers,” Toubassy says. “It means that the creators are... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
Jennings was reduced to ending the show by acknowledging “our new computer overlords.” At IBM, the mood was euphoric, but Ferrucci had always had an ulterior motive for developing Watson. “I actually was pre-med in college and aspiring to... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details