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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
CANDICE CARPENTER has led some high-profile enterprises - Time Life Video and Television and the electronic retailing enterprise Q2 Inc. among them. But nothing, she says, has prepared her for the rocky... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
reach wealthy and technologically savvy consumers fed up with gridlock and delay. At the heart of each business: a vision to change how Jakartans navigate the city’s congestion... View Details
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
breach that resulted in a 45-minute terminal closure during peak hours, a potential threat to traveler safety, and travel delays across the U.S. O'Reilly considers the impact of her decision on a shifting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
of the mediation and enforcement values, providing several general results on the value of correlation as captured by these concepts. We also present a set of results for the more specialized case of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
with internal design work, and then manufacture using the company's leading edge manufacturing facilities. Initial implementation challenges led to delays and additional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
reliable, branded beauty services in office parks and hotels, but she focused first on the high-visibility airport market, where customers in transit needed the services she could provide—and might relish them as an alternative to waiting... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
assets and support the development of fossil fuel–free infrastructure globally, especially in Africa, Latin America, and China. Even approaching the 12th hour, alumni participants seemed ready to address... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
delayed for 20 days a shareholder vote on the sale of Del Monte Foods Co. (Del Monte) to a consortium of three private equity firms. In his opinion, Laster was critical of Del Monte's board, noting that the directors may not have properly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2010
- News
The Concerts in the Chapel
movie sound tracks from the 1940s and ’50s), gospel music, a duo concert by the She-E-Os and Heard on the Street (HBS’s own student a capella groups), and jazz. Rishi recalls... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
Purchasing directly from producers instead of relying on a middleman lowers the cost of sourcing, for instance. Relying on its own fleet of trucks enables the company to pick up produce just before shipping, avoiding the cost and View Details
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
were measured by asking people how frequently they felt nervous, anxious, or on edge and were “worrying too much about different things.” To measure presenteeism, participants were asked how often they were unable to concentrate on their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Web
BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
emissions, decarbonization and sustainable energy technologies, and incentives for climate action. Conor Hickey Research fellow in the Climate Research Programme at the University of Oxford's Environmental... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
didn’t even work—and sent him digging into the larger challenges posed by the pandemic. He soon discovered a gap he knew he could fill: While there was a good deal of clinical research underway, 85 percent of testing, drug, and vaccine... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
principles to help counteract this trait: seeking truth persistently, accepting personal responsibility, and delaying gratification (i.e., accepting present pain for future benefit). These ideas, he... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- Portrait Project
Irene So
First of all, I want to buy my dad a big, fancy new car. When I was growing up, he always wanted a Lincoln Continental. Year after year he tooled around in his old Plymouth Reliant, dreaming that it was a Lincoln, and year after year the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundswells
1980–1995 tenure of Dean John H. McArthur—the Class of 1959 Chapel and Shad Hall—were actually elements delayed from the original master plan. Other McArthur-era projects, such as infrastructure improvements... View Details
Chandler’s Legacies
wagon roads were adopted by firms and governments. A common thread of my findings suggested that transport adoption was delayed not so much because geography made unprofitable entrepreneurial entry, but... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
care system into a consumer-driven model. What, in a nutshell, are the advantages to your proposal? And the risks? Herzlinger: The pros of consumer-driven health care: Unlike today's cookie-cutter insurance policies, under consumer-driven... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
from investors in Japan, and in November 2019, with Nakamura and some friends, he presided over a mostly successful “Yasu & Masa’s Ramen” pop-up event in Cambridge. “Everyone ate well, View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
countries won medals than ever before, befitting the record number of athletes and nations that took part. What were the problem areas? For an event of this magnitude, perfection is elusive. Transportation View Details