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- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
atrocities in her birth country, among them her Norwegian-American best friend, a magnanimous Catholic nun, and a gifted young man from her past. Bent on justice, Maya isn’t prepared for the unexpected twists and turns, and confrontations with a nemesis that will View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In 2018, Bill Crawford (MBA 2006) founded Righteous Slice, a pizza restaurant in Rexburg, Idaho that has been steadily earning critical acclaim. It has... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
achieve.” Mikitani expected that the initial global English-only conversion would be difficult. “This is going to be a long-term effort for us,” he states in the case. “Starting this month, my own speech will simply be in English.” All Rakuten workers were required to... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
to help them answer really important issues they’re faced with, but which also enable us to do research that advances the knowledge frontier. But the only way we will be able to do that is with a proper digital infrastructure. Our work with the OneTen Initiative is an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
That being said, why not move the ball forward with both strategies at the same time? An affiliate partnership usually doesn’t require intense resources to stand up, so it shouldn’t overburden you to test different acquisition techniques... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
look at leadership in American public life. If you spend as much time as I do around politicians, you hear a lot about leadership. They all promise to offer it, in different shapes and forms. Strong leadership. Bold leadership. Tested... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Nigeria hopes to regain its ability to one day become a major exporter, its success will depend on testing its supply chains on the local market. That's how agricultural economies work out the kinks that accompany building up large-scale... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
ten thousand new units. An additional $1 million will go to housing groups to research and test solutions to the affordable housing problem. Cambridge Mayor Francis Duehay and City Manager Robert Healy, Harvard President Neil Rudentine,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Entrepreneurs’ Fund
month. Said Rumennik, “The Minimum Viable Product Fund, or MVP Fund, alleviates the daunting financial barrier preventing students from building initial prototypes or test products, and encourages them to connect with like-minded peers.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
score 1600? It is the top score. There are 138 questions on the test. You can miss one or two and still score 1600. What percentage of students score 1600? Each year, 2.3 million kids take the test and 650 score 1600 — that’s .03 percent!... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
in enterprise development through our incubator units in South Africa and Chile, which support over 220 freestanding businesses providing jobs to some 13,500 people. In South Africa, I’m also very proud that we have the largest workplace HIV View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
develop across cultures, West was seeking a different science-driven commercial realm in which to test some of his semiconductor observations. In 1998, he began looking at the life sciences. “People in the industry were crying out for a... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
self-sustaining if it was going to be successful.” Another family lesson, about taking the long view, was first put to the test soon after Fisher, a standout field hockey player, entered Ursinus College. The small liberal arts school,... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
case studies used in the course came alive instantly, and the classroom visits by some of the cases' protagonists were enthusiastically received. Furthermore, the program's structure - two three-week units (one in March and one in May) - enables participants to... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
of another current topic of debate: "People worry about privacy issues concerning the Internet, but we all use it because there are benefits." Whatever influence biotechnology hopes to have on the future of human life, all agree that one of the industry's biggest View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
20, 2007, while Gisholt, Minard, and their three young daughters were waiting in line for Test Track, an auto-testing simulation that advises riders to “Strap yourself in to race up bumpy terrain, roar through hairpin turns, speed into... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region
Takeuchi’s decision to embark on the inaugural Japan trip involved a realistic assessment of both the logistical challenges and educational opportunities of the experience. But taking students to a disaster area entailed unprecedented planning. “It was an amazing... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A bold experiment in education
college acceptance rate and sent the highest percentage of its graduates to college in the city, excluding selective-admissions schools. Most recently, in 2013, NOCP took over the operation of the lowest-performing elementary school in New Orleans and achieved the... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
for one, is using Khan Academy on an experimental basis. It’s early, but test and learning results are promising. Here’s what happens: Students spend part of class time—and some time at home—working at their own pace on videos and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
into account a lot of different inputs. Once you’re able to identify what you’re building and who you’re building it for, then you can focus on execution. We consider a few things when we’re executing, including asking ourselves: Have we truly listened to our customer... View Details