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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
example garnering worldwide attention is CRISPR-Cas9, a genome-editing tool that builds on the work of a host of international scientists. The effort began in 1993 with Francisco Mojica at the University of Alicante in Spain, subsequently... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
native knew an icon—and a challenge—when he saw one. In 2009 he stepped into the role of managing director, Harley-Davidson India. Entering the Indian market had plenty of challenges related to tariffs, accessibility, and brand perception, and also required a View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
rural, off-grid Philippine villages. The well-publicized “Ride for Light” was intended to call the country’s attention to the need for safe, sustainable power alternatives to the widespread reliance on kerosene, wood, and batteries, which... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
findings from the 1,020 responses: philanthropy is “extremely” or “very” important to more than 63 percent of respondents; a sense of responsibility is the primary motivation (84 percent); and almost half of the survey’s participants View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
club operations, development of continuing education, and the marketing of programs and services to alumni. Three committees have been formed to focus on these issues, and they are presently hard at work assessing the current status of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
candidates for this focus on complements. A new system of creating and sharing information is evolving, and it has many complementary parts. It is not enough to invent one part of the new system; you have to pay View Details
- 05 Feb 2016
- News
The Wheel of the World
search firm Egon Zehnder, Mueller-Maerki continued acquiring clocks, although at a certain point his focus shifted from collecting the objects themselves (of which he now owns about 80) to amassing books and other publications that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
being influenced by women, yet they weren’t paying attention to what women wanted.” Giving voice to those who aren’t always heard has been a hallmark of Lara’s career. Today, she works as the executive director at Lakeshore Ethnic... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
and beyond, that focus on what the team calls “tech-enabled sustainable living.” That could mean ESG in its traditional forms, such as climate change, health care technology, or environmental tech. But MPower also expands that definition:... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
MBAxAmerica (mbaxamerica.com) by the students, it's more like a rolling summer job with an entrepreneurial focus and a dash of pro bono consulting, built around visits to seven high-potential companies in the American heartland. Making... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
much-needed faculty office and gathering space, as well as study areas for students. As part of the renovation, special attention will also be given to restoring and refurbishing the library’s historic lobby and reading room to their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
sciences, climate, biology, and human development. While we focus on research goals, our advice is tied to major policy issues as well. For example, the commission advocates ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
drives to petrochemicals. But the focus of his attention these days is a multibillion-dollar effort to make Singapore one of the world leaders in biomedical sciences. While doing all he can to promote... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
Before I got here, everyone told me to pay attention to lead and said, it's all about lead. And like everyone else, when you get here, you kind of think it's the soft class that isn't as important as some of the harder classes with... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
that "our assets at P&G are our people and our brands." When Lafley was named CEO, the company was in a slump because of low earnings and low morale. It had lost focus on the basics. Lafley's inspirational leadership style, which... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
into account a lot of different inputs. Once you’re able to identify what you’re building and who you’re building it for, then you can focus on execution. We consider a few things when we’re executing, including asking ourselves: Have we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
unused in villages ravaged by disease, and boxes of mosquito nets that could slow the spread of malaria go unopened. The problem is that, sometimes, not enough attention is paid to what motivates the target population to use medicines or... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
in driving further innovation. It found that those patents filed by gender-balanced teams were cited much more frequently than those filed by single-gender teams. The Paycheck Fairness Act has brought attention to the compensation gap... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course
particular companies in each country. To catch students' attention immediately, they chose companies with name recognition, such as Toyota, Wedgwood, Ford, and IBM. The companies were also selected to include functional areas of interest... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
Shibayama founded AG Holdings, a consultancy with a special focus on art and culture programs. Art was the last thing on Shibayama’s mind 35 years ago, when he started working at Mitsubishi Corp., one of Japan’s giant trading companies,... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman