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- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
Do future MBAs emerge from the womb with business card in hand? Greet their preschool pals with a firm, not fishy, handshake? HBS alumni so frequently mention the lifelong benefits of connections made at Soldiers Field that I’ve always assumed their networking skills... View Details
- 19 Feb 2010
- News
The MBA Oath Debate
After months of glowing press accounts, the MBA Oath, a voluntary HBS student-crafted pledge that asks graduating MBAs to commit to the creation of value “responsibly and ethically,” has hit a media rough patch. Critics now see little value and much potential harm in... View Details
- 03 Mar 2010
- News
Last Look - March 2010
Our thanks to Ron Demer (MBA ’64E), who identified his male classmates in the photo as (top) Jon Plexico (E, now deceased) and Joe Collins (B); (bottom) Bob McNitt (E) and Konrad Ulbrich (F, now deceased). Demer added that “nothing was going on; just a few students... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
important initiatives. BULLETIN: There have been a number of obvious manifestations of progress on the technology initiative, including the shift to an Internet-based communications system at the School, the availability of full-motion video in electronic cases, and... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
industries remain infinitely focused on creating and selling the next generation of our fast changing technologies, and thus we have not taken the time, effort, or collective resolve to develop a set of industry-wide electronic business... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- Web
Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog
jagged frontier of AI capabilities replacing and enhancing MBA skillsets. We will construct the short, medium and long-run potential for the organization of consulting services and the role of the newly minted MBA. Module 4: Negotiated... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
comes from ticket and concession sales, compared with the standard 50 percent of most performing arts organizations. With numerous public outreach programs, the Big Apple, adds Slifka, "is both an incredibly successful performing arts endeavor and a very successful... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
product and so-called paper competitors who have intellectual property rights but aren’t involved in the industry in any real sense. This abuse of the system certainly wasn’t what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they gave Congress... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
managed to alter the competitive environment within their industries and even across industry lines.1 The need for a formal approach to corporate strategy was first articulated by top executives of M-form... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
upon which to dramatize the advantages of the American system of free enterprise." Foremost among the more than forty company exhibitors was the nation's largest industrial corporation, General Motors. Still smarting from the... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
be a skill I could use in my career,” Amed says by phone from London. In fact, Amed has developed a worldwide following by employing those very same qualities. Launched in 2007, his website The Business of Fashion attracts more than 200,000 visitors each month for its... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
acquisitions, and exploring literature on thought leadership. But many didn’t realize they had access to Baker and wanted to know how to navigate all that it offers. The webinar showed participants how to find information on any business topic, including trends and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
influential, and industry less influential, than we commonly assume. How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth—Until Now Authors:Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract Societies that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
of tomorrow's innovative new products, arguing that companies must reinvest in new product and process development in the U.S. industrial sector. Only by reviving this "industrial commons" can the world's largest economy build... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
had suggested—and if so, who should be charged how much and for what? Could YouTube charge users for downloading content, a model it was now beginning to test? Or would it be better for the online video giant to continue to pursue an advertising model, but perhaps... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
2020 is this is the time to be creative. What's needed right now? There are things that are standing out that the world or that the economy needs because of this crisis. And there's opportunities to build businesses to address those needs. Or go work in the View Details
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
sector, taking what we had learned about name selection and availability and making it accessible inexpensively to everyone, everywhere,” says Master. Say you have a name in mind for a financial planning service firm. Type in your name... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Incentives and Operational Excellence
was rented out and at what price. Rentrak monitored the scanner data and performed audits and spot checks to monitor compliance with the revenue-sharing contracts. Fifty years ago, Narayanan added, the movie industry did almost the same... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
adopted radical candor between principals and teachers but also between teachers and students. A lot of very large, industrial companies all over the world are starting to use the principles of radical candor and roll them out to help... View Details