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- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
its impressive learning base defined the evolution of consumer electronics in Europe. The evolution of the consumer electronics and computer industries has been historically unique.— Alfred D. Chandler In the late 1960s the remaining four... View Details
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
to American management practices with the increasingly global nature of business. Today, there’s a clear sense that this will be a global century in which economic activity and business innovation will be much more widely distributed... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
gained broad support from a wide range of influential economists, lawmakers, and interest groups. In March 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (MBA ’70) proposed that the Federal Reserve be empowered as a super regulator to seek out and View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
concluded with four separate breakout sessions in HBS classrooms, each lead by one of the guest CEOs. “It was a fantastic evening,” says Sharon Lewis (MBA 1983) the HBSAB’s Vice President for Programs. “We’re giving our members direct access to some extremely View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. In the discussion, conducted last August in Mumbai, Kapur reflects on some 50 years in the advertising industry, starting in the “Mad Men” era of the 1960s, experiencing the dawn... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
LEVITT The details differ slightly, but the story, in its telling, is always the same. Ninety or so MBA students sit nervously awaiting the start of their first Marketing class. At the appointed time — not a minute more or less — a slight man with bushy eyebrows and an... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
class. READ MORE April: I'd like to start where you do in the book—in and around Yamhill, Oregon. Yamhill is Nick's hometown, but you grew up in New York, so I'm wondering what your first impressions were. Sheryl: Yamhill and New York... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
In April 2008, the School will mark its Centennial birthday — 100 years of history and achievement. To be sure, that’s an impressive figure, but consider also the combined years at HBS — nearly 160 — of emeriti professors Charlie... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
implications for anyone looking to impress others, for those who are tasked with forecasting consumer behavior, or for salespeople who consult with customers on prospective purchases. In short, it’s dangerous to predict what others will... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
unheard of to a time when women shape decision-making at the highest corporate levels. With the arrival of women students in the 1950s, when the School partnered with the Radcliffe Management Training Program, Associate Professor... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
managers' ability to put this new technology to effective use, McFarlan stated, "Making it happen is very hard. The major challenge in 1996 is much less the vision than it is the messy, complex problem of implementation." For the next two days, conference-goers would... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
business. These essential insights for enduring and optimizing the middle miles will outfit managers to find their way through the messy middle of any bold project or new venture. Denial: How Refusing to Face the Facts about Our Autism... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
said yes. Once Rovell recruited a celebrity, that person often would cheerfully give him another star's direct line. Rovell quickly built an impressive Rolodex. You can succeed without explicitly swapping favors. Tapes of the show... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
long-term impact on the practice and thinking in this field will reach its full potential. From Counting Risk to Making Risk Count: Boundary-Work in Risk Management Author:Anette Mikes Publication:Accounting, Organizations and Society... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
capital management company and the first software-as-a-service application for enterprises to manage contract workers. It had $2 million in revenues at the time of investment. After a few fits and starts... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for several proxies for earnings and stock return performance suggesting that boards appear to penalize managers for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
talks to Dionisio Garza Sada (MBA ’08), program manager for autoparts manufacturer Nemak. Photographs by Selma Fernandez & Marcela Taboada There are no cold calls here. No laptops, or blackboards, or Sky Deck. Thousands of miles from... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
doesn't increase its debt limit on October 17, it will start defaulting on its bills—an unprecedented event in the nation's history. Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller, a member of the School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit and an expert... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
she got some friends in the economics program to attend and the HBS recruiter was so impressed she suggested Farrington apply. Farrington was accepted, along with several friends from Smith, and agreed to attend but only after working for... View Details