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15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

the easy, obvious answer. This is one reason techniques like point-counterpoint, which requires groups to generate at least two alternatives, are so often associated with superior decision making. Usually, keeping track of the number of... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

19 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

data. But higher costs for materials, manufacturing, shipping and trucking, and COVID safety measures, coupled with unprecedented competition for workers, are testing the endurance of retailers, especially those who rely heavily on cheap imports from Asia, View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail

Profile

Molly Welch

historic but dynamic community. I love the combination of tradition and change at HBS. It’s special to consider how many other sections have gone through the RC curriculum, but also exciting to be a part of important modernization and change at the institution, View Details

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

we're doing," says McEvoy. Today, Queen Elizabeth II wears her Burberry trench coat. But so does supermodel Kate Moss. At Waterford Crystal, CEO John G. Foley (HBS ISMP '89) has brought on contemporary designers like Versace and Vera... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2024
News

Come Sail Away

When Michael Sard (MBA 2018) arrived at HBS, he owned about 50 Hawaiian shirts. “It was one of the few items in a man’s closet that could have a ritual to it around going out, like a tuxedo does,” he says. Purchase options, however, seemed limited to two extremes:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; manufacturing; career path; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

22 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup

the time Conant was recruited, the company's share price had dropped from a high of $60 in 1998 to $30. Conant took a good long look at staff morale and didn't like what he saw. "We had a toxic culture. People were understandably... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

only two short sessions in 1959. At the age of 32, Davis coaxed innovative ideas out of his players—among them greats including John Coltrane and Bill Evans—that took everyone by surprise. He also remade the industry, introducing longer, more contemplative songs View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around the theme of “Energy Security and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

champion Bayern Munich started with a miserable performance in the 2019-2020 season and had lost sight of what it stood for—success and glory. Its season featured missing results, alarming defensive problems, and struggles to defeat even rather small German clubs View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

Washington, D.C. REASON FOR SERVING: Joining the Marine Corps was putting my personal ethos into action. Like many, I had other options after graduating college which had shorter hours and better-looking paychecks. None of these options... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

or from the smokestacks of industrial processes and eliminate it by mineralizing it in peridotite. To do that, we combine CO2 with water and then inject it into seams of peridotite deep underground. There, we can control variables like... View Details

07 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

comment from “The Real Deal” echoes this belief: “If you want real diversity, surround yourself with people from different backgrounds who do not think like you. You could hire 50% women, and if they are clones of your existing leaders,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

Success at the movie box office can be difficult to predict. For every surprise hit film like Crazy Rich Asians, there’s a massive flame-out like Justice League. Unlike television, where a station can test a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

01 Oct 2021
News

From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact

executive—or perhaps founding her own company. “To do so, I knew I needed to hone my managerial and leadership skills,” she says. Harvard’s new joint MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences degree felt like the perfect fit. “I really View Details

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RCS Cheat Sheet - Research Computing Services

size, and number of people involved in the work. If you opt to work in a shared folder , faculty and doctoral students can request one using this form . Transfer data onto the cluster, keeping in mind its data security level . If you'd View Details

08 Feb 2021
Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

own group. “The big story here is that people do favors for other people who are like themselves,” he says. So, Bazerman decided he would meet with prospective students only after they received their admission decisions to avoid... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

"Within two years of meeting him, I had two internships on Wall Street and was accepted to the HBS 2+2 program. It was like a light switched on for me and everything changed." Trujillo grew up in a poor Hispanic neighborhood in South... View Details