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- 06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
war’s progress? In matters of the human spirit, numbers could be deceiving. After teaching accounting and control for three years at HBS, McNamara became a War Department consultant View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
the time had come for Harris to sing her solo in the Negro spiritual “Ain’t Got Time to Die.” “Here we were in a Communist country,” Harris recalls. “I didn’t speak German, and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal
deeply grateful the world got comfortable with remote fundraising. Having to travel 3,000 miles to get a ‘no’ in New York would suck; getting a ‘no’ with 30 minutes’ committed time and zero marginal View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
contractions could be more severe since there are fewer governmental controls and safety nets than in other countries. The second quarter of this year provided a "correction" in U.S. equity markets, View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
’09), “and when I asked my host family what they were planning to do in the context of time lines and schedules, I realized that my tendency toward accomplishment and ambition... View Details
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
could be prescribed, assembled, and fitted in the field by trained microentrepreneurs rather than by optometrists or ophthalmologists. The next step was to form a "Low Cost Available Eyeglasses" (LCAE) team... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 05 Oct 2021
- News
Launch Signals
tech startup producing stylish bracelets with an inobtrusive control button that can send text messages and GPS tracking to friends, a pre-recorded call to a specific phone number, or a direct connection to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
real bicycle that would fold — something to use for serious cycling that was sturdier than available folding models. He designed and built a prototype in his spare time (while fully employed as an architect)... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Every year, HBS selects a small handful of outstanding alums to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. This year's recipients work in finance, politics, biopharma, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
into any one deal. Syndication allows venture groups to undertake transactions that otherwise they would need to pass on, due to concerns about lack of diversification. Are there costs of syndication? Undoubtedly. When venture groups team... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables
From its seat at the tip of South America, belted by the equator, Colombia enjoys fairly steady temperatures—an evenness that’s counterbalanced by the seesawing of two rainy seasons and two dry seasons every year. Those peak periods of... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other natural disasters. As such, “helping people through times of crisis is second nature to Filipinos,” says Alicia Morales (AMP 186), co-president of the HBS Club of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
1981. The School's Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, Herzlinger is the author of seven best-selling books, including her landmark volume Market-Driven Health Care (1997), which analyzed the revolutionary impact of consumer awareness, View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
moves about a dozen times before buying a home, and all too often the bookshelf purchased for one apartment isn’t needed in the next. As a result, about 10 million tons of furniture go to landfills every... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
commitment to ethical behavior was the only way to right the ship. “You have to tackle problems head on and fix them,” says McNerney, who tested his crisis management chops again when confronting delays, View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
Kenyan coffee farm. The price of coffee beans on the global market is under $1 a pound, while the actual cost to produce that pound is between $1.62 and $2. The coffee farms are profitable only when they... View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
upon them far more than we've ever thought before. And I hope that we do recognize how important they are. The system is still working. And it's thanks to the working class.” Dan Morrell: Sheryl WuDunn (MBA... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
controlled by code. And this has all happened at the hands of a relatively small group of people, with largely homogenous backgrounds. As more people, and especially ones from... View Details