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- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
more value to Utah businesses and attract other CEOs to relocate to the state. Twelve of the last 14 people I hired were former CEOs. We turned key state programs—like incentives—into a P&L, meaning that if they added jobs and tax revenue... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
energies to worthwhile causes beyond our jobs and our families. That is what's driving a lot of us to branch out into social and community activities beyond our business life. Jerry Ostrov: My impression is that there is a widely shared... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
eventually cut 15,000 jobs from the company's payroll. In ten years of growth between 1982 and 1992, the number of employees had risen from 41,500 to 116,700, and the airline's fleet had grown from 231 to 897 planes. However, in 1991, due... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
that a professional is licensed does not affect the decision of whom to hire.” It turns out that consumers know very little about occupational licensing requirements for the services they need. In a sense, consumers hope that the government is doing a good View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
sources—both large and small banks—has yet to return to pre-recession levels. This has created policy challenges for lawmakers and regulators, and also, I believe, economic challenges when it comes to the tepid job growth we have... View Details
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9889.html Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss Authors:David I. Levine, Michael W. Toffel,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
and subsequent frustration of Red Sox Nation.) Groysberg contends that the "plug and play" mentality about stars simply doesn't work, whether the playing field is a baseball diamond or a trading floor. In addition to an employee's innate talent, View Details
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
behavioral issues. Say you work at an insurance agency. Your job is to devise protection, and you've discovered, as many insurers do, that catastrophic reinsurance is expensive. Meanwhile, your boss has been hounding you for months to... View Details
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
higher than that of its competitors. What accounts for the difference? "It's not one thing," Ton insists. "It's many things all working together. Mercadona does a great job of making manufacturing principles work in a... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
the person show evidence of imagination? Of really knowing what it means to work very hard and persevere to solve problems? And we hardly ever pay attention to intrinsic motivation, which is the driving force that actually makes creativity happen. Does this person seem... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
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Equity Projects and Ecosystems Finance Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top E Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Amy Edmondson Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) General Management, Entrepreneurial Management,... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
site. “We believe that increasing the availability of capital in underserved areas can contribute to a virtuous cycle of job creation, wealth-building and other new opportunities for economic development, while also providing a return to... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
algorithm, with the goal of implementing a version for actual use in the field. In principle, many areas of city operations could be made more efficient through this type of approach, says Luca. Using Google searches keyed to specific geographies, government analysts... View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
creates wealth for some people): The lesson of successes like Iskandar in Malaysia are that real estate follows other activity: population growth and GDP growth. Dynamism and jobs can't be created on a large scale just by people wanting... View Details
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
reviews of dozens or more user-customers," he says. Just as a modern art museum is clearly a modern art museum, so should a firm be clear about what it does and doesn't offer. "Occasionally an organization does a great job of articulating... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jan 2022
- News
HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference
homeless and getting support through the Covenant House of Georgia for their education. Others are adults who are juggling jobs and families, as well as the challenges of the pandemic. Of the 25 mentors, 18 are HBS alumni. The remaining... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
or job descriptions. Every day, new opportunities are coming up at Serena Ventures; we’re thinking of multiple timelines and different lines of business. I might get a text from Serena about a deal we haven’t talked about in a while, but... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
European Computer Driving License, a basic requirement for any IT job in Europe, which otherwise can cost as much as $500 per course.) English language, computer skills, and business management curricula are especially popular. Explains... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
With demand growing, Khan eventually left his full-time job as a hedge fund analyst to devote himself full-time to Khan Academy, bootstrapping it for the first nine months before receiving early support from Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976),... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
quit his job and moved to Boulder to pursue his passion, trail running. He quickly became known in outdoor circles as “fast Dan from Seattle.” When Kim and Coup heard about his corporate background, they hired Brillon to help them put... View Details