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- 01 Jun 1999
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the current system functioning, while leadership should inspire change. "It is possible to have too much or too little of either," Kotter writes. "Strong leadership with no management risks chaos," while "strong management with no... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
study of companies in Western countries. But while innovation was the most important driver of high performance among the corporations in the Western economies, in Asian companies the key element was how customer-oriented firms were. That... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
Leadership and Innovation in a New Global Economy So-Young Kang (MBA 2004) (Awaken Group Pte. Ltd.) Too often, people look at leaders and focus on their accomplishments and successes, but Kang examines the more human side of 12... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
feeling like, 'So what?'" someone else comments. * Note: The term "international" in this article refers to individuals who were born outside the United States and are not permanent U.S. residents. According to HBS officials, only those... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
susceptible to everything from intellectual property theft to uneven product quality. But the novel coronavirus created chasms. “One thing that COVID-19 revealed is the extent to which business systems were predicated on global supply... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
even in 1955, the system was not ‘entirely satisfactory.’ ” Integral to these report-writing courses was the corps of red pencil–toting young women who were hired to assess students’ papers. It was Copeland himself who “in desperation”... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
back to basics," said Bruce Harreld (MBA '75), SVP of strategy at IBM. "Our goal is to increase the efficiency of organizational systems by creating software that remaps how processes work together." Steven Elterich, president of Fidelity... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
decades of his career, he cofounded and ran Brooktrout, growing it to a $150-million-a-year company that designed voicemail systems when everyone else was still using cassettes. After retiring, he became CEO of Groove Mobile, the first... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
in the area. The product had been in development for years prior to the disaster, says Polatoğlu, developed to address a rise in natural disaster–related emergencies caused by climate change. “Moreover, we have designed a special supply-chain management View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
Mulan Chu Chao Center will open where Kresge once stood. Made possible by a gift from a Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and family foundation, it will be a hub for executives and a bridge to the HBS community. MBA Program Innovation Continuing... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
the papers of influential business leaders and the records of innovative companies in the late 20th- and 21st-century global business world,” says Laura Linard, Baker Library’s director of special collections. More recently, that focus... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
leak-detection system can pinpoint holes in the waterproof membrane within a foot, minimizing the need to disturb established plantings during repairs. While it’s hard to imagine today, the thumb-sized seedlings planted in September will... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
Production Board. From 1958 to 1962, Fox was director of research for the U.S. Commission on Money and Credit, which conducted a major study of the nation's monetary system. He was also a cofounder of the Cambridge Research Institute.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Life by David M. Culver (MBA 1949) with Alan Freeman (McGill-Queen's University Press) Innovation Zeitgeist: Digital Business Transformation in a World of Too Many Competitors by Alistair Davidson (MBA 1976) (Eclicktick Consulting) Denial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
www.mindedge.com. Performance Measurement & Control Systems for Implementing Strategy by Robert L. Simons (Prentice Hall) "This book is built around a number of tensions inherent in all business," declares HBS professor Robert Simons of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
media, and we're trying to get youth more involved through the Internet. What can women aspiring to be the first U.S. president learn from the Council's members? They can learn, first, that it's doable; second, that it's going to be hard;... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
says Kendall, executive director of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, his family’s philanthropic organization, which is dedicated to creating a “resilient and healthy food system in New England that increases the production and consumption... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
Greater New Orleans Foundation, which helps with companies working on water resource issues. This outbreak of entrepreneurship is the result of an influx of well-educated citizens to the city. From 2007 to 2009, more people with college educations moved to New Orleans... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors
15–17 in Shanghai. The forum presents a terrific opportunity for alumni to hear from Fortune 500 global business leaders, government officials, HBS faculty, and prominent U.S. and Chinese leaders. Outside the conference, attendees have a... View Details