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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
processes generally, to more closely track and, when necessary, adjust energy expenditures; and educating citizens that if they want to reduce carbon emissions, they must reduce their energy use.” Without sweeping incentives and forceful... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
United States’ most visible, influential export. But given its uncertainties, what would drive HBS alumni to enter an industry characterized in the best of times as “the business of rejection”? * * * * * In Hollywood, the spotlight... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
Netflix, Pixar, Salesforce, and Facebook. “During the time I was president, we held three in-person dinners, honoring Twitter, Workday, and Yelp, says Susan Hailey (MBA 1984), current HBSANC board chair and former president. “It was a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
discouraged by being left out of recruiting processes altogether or repeatedly rejected from the small pool of coveted roles in venture capital and private equity—despite having the necessary qualifications, technical skills, and networks... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
framework for a discussion of what it takes for a team to produce great results. Unleash Your Inner Company: Use Passion and Perseverance to Build Your Ideal Business by John Chisholm (MBA 1978) (Greenleaf Book Group Press) Chisholm provides an innovative, step-by-step... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
East. “At Endeavor, we believe that real economic change and growth — not just poverty alleviation — happen through entrepreneurs who are doing innovative things in their industry, country, or even globally,” says Ko. Endeavor uses a rigorous screening View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
in China, for example— and take advantage of it being closer to the customer.” It’s part of Eckert’s larger vision for the factory of the future that not only has a proximity advantage, but also is much nimbler—no longer a string of one-job bots tightening the same... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
market so that the venture capitalists can cash out their investments. To have a stock market, you need reliable financial reporting, reputable auditing bodies, and an independent financial press. Creating institutions similar to those we have in the United States... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
batteries, the most expensive component of EVs. GM has already begun rolling out the Bolt, a hatchback that can travel 238 miles on a single charge and costs around $30,000—a combination of range and affordability that promises for the first View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
challenges faced by family businesses. "There can be problems," he said, noting that family businesses sometimes do not move with the times and can be slow to adjust to new competition. However, Chan's copanelist Jaime Augusto Zobel de... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
makes it much more efficient. By moving negotiations online, the process happens much faster; what used to take months, can now take weeks. Due to the complexity of shipping large quantities of materials worth millions of dollars between... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
times in 10 years,” she recalls. In 2001, Herlaut joined Pechiney in Paris, which was acquired by Alcan, then Arcelor (which became Arcelor Mittal) in Luxembourg. Those jobs made her realize how much money companies were investing in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
favorite professors that deals with current challenges facing managers and leaders. Other alumni in your area get the same email, plus an invitation to meet at a local café for a small-group case discussion. That process repeats a few... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
governed by one or the other of these regimes, and Jensen suggests that time is split between them in about a 50:50 ratio. The switch into the PAM regime occurs when we are frightened -- which can happen without our even knowing it. The... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
opportunities," Loughran observes. Working closely with Stephen C. Messner (MBA '80), Loughran also launched "Your Next Job/Your Next Career," a program designed to support alumni during the daunting process of searching for new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
for two years, until Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. “I had my first baby by then, so it was time to go,” says Whitney. After a short stint in Paris, the family returned to Massachusetts, where another son was born. In 1993, Whitney went... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Faculty Updates
also devote time to the Center for Organizational Fitness, an organization he cofounded that helps senior managers enable a strategic change process. William J. Poorvu, the MBA Class of 1961 Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
about capitalism. The lesson not to be overlooked, he warned, is that government interference with this natural selection process could impede the innovation that is the lifeblood of modern capitalism. Taking Part in the Conversation:... View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
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Well Said
personal level that so much time had passed, but that fact of life, that rite of passage, had not changed. And people were really still struggling with it. And you could really tell in a classroom setting. I remember, unfortunately for... View Details
- 06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details