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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Siebel Addresses HBS Northern California Club
In December, some 450 alumni representing HBS and other top business schools gathered for a talk by Thomas M. Siebel, chairman and CEO of Siebel Systems, Inc., which produces e-business application software.... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Beating Pain with Brain Power
trials, and now - showing that there is a very big economic incentive to train medical teams in Comfort Talk. “One of my big passions right now is the opiate crisis. All efforts now are directed at the back... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
nor would it be limited by the financial restrictions that govern nonprofit electrical cooperatives. Instead, it would have both the incentive and the flexibility to bring renewable power to communities that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Turning Point: Crossover
you’re finding good people, training for the requisite skills, and trusting them to make the right moves. It’s about motivating and empowering people, even if sometimes you... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
infrastructure protection. “In BGIE, we saw the corrosive societal impacts of self-dealing, within industries and within government bodies,” Popik observes. The Resilient Societies mission statement states that the profit View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
lobbyists on a complex foreign-policy issue. Razom handed Jameson its “whip list” of lawmakers seen as ambivalent about the merits of aggressively backing Ukraine. He turned it into a patch-through program that would target 58 members and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Accelerating Research in China
(L to R) Ke Wei, Julia Yang, Will Plummer, Jing Hong, James Qin, Grace Ge, and Tim Wang (all MBA 2005) are contributors to the MBA Class of 2005 Fund for China From his perspective as a business leader in Shanghai, William Plummer (MBA... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
Finally, software can be a breeding ground for security vulnerabilities, and unfortunately, there are developers drawn to the “opportunities” of the dark markets. What, if any, assurance does a consumer have regarding the View Details
- 17 Mar 2020
- News
A Bid for the Future
When the RFP for Amazon’s HQ2 arrived in September 2017, Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) had been on the job as president and chief executive officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) for only eight months. The commonwealth... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
comprehensive, regional planning and as only one element in a complex mix of interrelated socioeconomic factors. "A lot of businesses that are concerned about the problem have concluded that the best way they can help is by supporting the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
but people are the key. Djelic points out that Serbia is offering incentives for talented people to return. And although billions in international assistance and private-sector... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
if it’s presented during a downturn. Tease out the team’s motivations for launching at that moment. Is it because they can’t find a job and this is their plan B? If it’s not their life’s dream, save your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
not going to have an appreciation for the customer. How do you create long-term value? Real value is created by a motivated organization that is pursuing a mission that has a passion for the customer and a... View Details
- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
difficult to reestablish. Still, BCG’s Sirkin is sanguine about U.S. manufacturing. He advises executives considering a new factory in China to export goods to America to carefully consider total costs. “They’re increasingly likely to get a good wage deal View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
practice-first project. One of our principal motivations is to develop a set of loan products that will not only help people grow their livelihoods but also to do so in a manner that is profitable and... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
Companies Drain Women’s Ambition After Only 2 Years
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
$5 billion construction investment. “This is the ultimate opportunity,” Moret recalls thinking at the time. He had been on the job as president and chief executive officer of VEDP only about eight months, View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management
management. “For the past decade, middle management has taken a beating—often portrayed as an unnecessary resource inside an organization,” Serafeim says. “But [this research shows] that when you can motivate this layer of an organization... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Books
examine the ways in which software differs from other technologies in promoting economic development; what motivates individuals and firms to contribute to open source projects; how developers View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) “Everyone deserves a fair start regardless of their zip code,” says Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997). Reforming that start is what motivates her. “The effects of income disparity start early in our society, View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken