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- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
women who apply to them; they assume that all schools and all applicants are basically the same. In fact, business schools are quite different from each other, and Harvard probably is even more different than others. So at one level, rankings are no more than an effort... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
firm credited with creating the first mutual fund in 1924. (In 1959, Robinson was featured on the cover of Time, with the magazine proclaiming, perhaps somewhat prematurely, that the mutual fund was "a household word.")... View Details
- Web
Instant Photography Is Launched | Baker Library
across the nation, and Life magazine featured Land’s Polaroid portrait as “Picture of the Week.” It would take another year and a half before the system would be ready for commercial release. In February 1948, Land received a series of... View Details
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
decision to transform her blog into an online lifestyle magazine and to build its positioning as a high-end brand. It meant that "The Blonde Salad" envisaged to only cooperate with a limited number of luxury fashion advertisers,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
Publishing Many companies make disruption their goal. They believe that if they develop the right innovation, they will disrupt their markets forever and drive the kind of growth worthy of a magazine cover story. But as bestselling author... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
around show business. Q: What are you working on next? A: I just released a new case on fashion magazine Vogue, which I can't wait to teach later this month, and have a few other exciting case studies in the pipeline. I am also thinking... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
McArthur My son Joe, then four years old, approached the burlier of our two dinner guests. “Bet you don’t pillow fight.” This was odd. Joe was shy and didn’t usually approach strangers. “Bet I do,” John McArthur replied. He arched an eyebrow provocatively. “Oh, John,”... View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
a short magazine article about Shouldice in 1982, and it nicely illustrated excellence in the delivery of a service," explains the case's author, HBS professor James Heskett. "I knew we had a good story, and when I learned that... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
transformed the magazine from a more academic publication to one that targeted business managers with relevant, accessible articles. He shortened articles and even added cartoons, a decision that appalled some. His aim, Levitt told... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
of dried bananas, peanuts, and magazines from hawkers; rattletrap buses belch black filth; and all notions of right-of-way are wishful thinking. Average round-trip commutes of about 50 miles take four hours, prompting some to keep... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
magazine article about Shouldice in 1982, and it nicely illustrated excellence in the delivery of a service,” explains the case’s author, Professor James Heskett. “I knew we had a good story, and when I learned that Shouldice management... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
focused on true mental health from a young age. Not in the sense that we often talk about mental health—of it being kind of treating mental illness, but really how do we flourish? And so thought a lot about the things that matter most for happiness, for joy. My sister... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
management expert L. Paul (“Jerry”) Bremer III (MBA ’66) was named Administrator of Iraq’s Coalition Provisional Authority last May. His responsibilities include overseeing virtually every detail of life in Iraq except military operations, an assignment Fortune View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
Individual Donors Enrich Fellows’ Experience As a beneficiary of the HBS Leadership Fellows program, I was excited to see the June cover story about the program and the profiles of several colleagues associated with it. Â As the article suggests, the program provides a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
has suggested that it happened in the early 1970s, when the postwar order of relationship capitalism showed its first signs of impending collapse. Jensen pointed to the publication in the New York Times Magazine in 1970 of an article on... View Details
- Web
2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
cutting-edge research on stress and workplace culture. Her research has been featured in media outlets such as the New York Times, Fortune Magazine and Scientific American. Dr. Purdie-Vaughns currently serves as a consultant for a variety... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
impoverished Mexican families to build their own housing; or in Brazil, with Kodak’s no-frills camera/film packages, or the department store Magazine Luiza’s (see page 42) merchandise, payment plans, and customer service, all designed to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
review of his company's impressive sustainable development efforts over the past five years (which fill a twenty-page brochure) quickly reveals why Fortune magazine has dubbed Johnson "corporate America's leading environmentalist." Since... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
centuries, not decades. The ten years that it took to conceive, plan, and build the East Building were well-spent, judging by the superb reception the I.M. Pei-designed structure has received, including its recent designation by Architecture View Details