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- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
destroy the radar installations that were the eyes of Iraq's armed forces. Engines roaring on the carrier's pitching and rolling deck, Baldwin's plane was hurled day and night into the sky by one of two steam-powered catapults. The result was a View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
reputation-enhancing ratings on one platform. Compared to a small or midsized city, more entrants will vie for dominance in a large city. In a winner-take-all battle between five players, there's essentially a four-out-of-five chance of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
entrepreneurial activity, which drew people away from large companies and encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
the rate of increase in patents has been far outstripped by the increase in patent litigation. And essentially all the new cases are brought by this new organizational form called the non-practicing entity, or NPE, that amasses patents... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
idea of “paying themselves first” by precommitting a portion of their refund to savings. U.S. savings bonds hold particular appeal among low- and middle-income families. Savings rates at tax-preparation sites that offer bonds are 8.5... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
women’s health in the United States, which has the worst rate of maternal mortality of any industrialized nation. Women of color are four times more likely to die in the delivery room. “People theorize that 50 percent to 75 percent of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
moment in time.” He sees strengthening our “culture of democracy” as the pivotal issue in US governance today. Moss points to the results of a survey, cited in a 2017 Journal of Democracy article, which asked respondents around the world to View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
really just a means to help me form and develop my ideas. The first month, I sent it to 20 or 30 friends. That’s the only marketing I ever did for it.” Since then, the Business of Fashion has grown steadily at a rate of over 100 percent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
payments; and they are introducing a rating tool for members. On top of that, they’re looking into integrating certain blockchain elements that would make it easier for transactions to happen between parties that might not trust each... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
year our yield (the rate of acceptance on offers of admissions) surpassed an astounding 90 percent — the highest of any business or professional school. Global Outreach On the global front, we officially launched the Japan Research Office... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
and wanted to provide new hires with leadership opportunities. Equally important, the limited partners could now have some flexibility in their commitments. At about the same time, the firm confronted the problem of sustaining Greylock's supply of capital as the tax... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
associate dean for Faculty Development and Research and faculty director of the Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability Project. “The national unemployment rate early in the pandemic had jumped to over 13 percent; the standard prediction... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
don’t, the better. Data is the differentiator and will only become increasingly important. Can you give an example? For the past 30 years we’ve operated in an environment where interest rates have slowly declined. I don’t know what the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
cool and only go-to source, then make the leap to the next level after market share growth rate has peaked. You can prepare for the shift but don’t dilute your momentum yet. You will be able to raise more capital more cheaply once you can... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
students annually and boasts a college-completion rate of more than 90 percent. “We’ve now proven our model replicates well and is quantitatively effective, so we are looking to aggressively expand.” Her time at HBS strengthened both her... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
television, ended peacefully and boosted the new government's standing. Djelic cites a simplified tax system, new labor laws, aggressive privatization (“twice as fast as Poland”), and a 5.5 percent annual growth rate as successes to date.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
Johnson to a position as the nation's dominant health-care brand-a $9 billion empire comprised of the main operating company and some 150 wholly owned subsidiaries. In addition, J&Jwas regularly rated as one of the most admired and... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
of teacher collaboration and training in the success of the students as well as the high rates of staff retention. (Though she was still grateful when some parents began to volunteer for lunch duty.) “It was a lot of small battles, a lot... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96
seven sections of eighty students entering in September and four sections entering in January (the "January cohort") - has been highly successful. Having students enter HBS twice a year and in smaller groups has helped the program increase its View Details