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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Objectives in Unpredictable Times studiously avoids a discussion of what the authors call “the S-word” — strategy. Instead, the book offers “a no-excuses, in-the-trenches perspective” that lets managers take existing realities and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
industry is to reduce complexity and simplify ease of use. As communications capabilities and options expand, all of us who provide aspects of communications networks (including devices) must keep reduced complexity in mind. Can you... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
M-Paisa—there was the question of establishing any cell phone service at all. A little over a decade ago, Afghans had two options for making a call: walk across the border to another country, including Pakistan or Tajikistan, or use an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
New Idea: On-Demand Package Delivery
spring, Moskowitz and five classmates launched a startup they call Boxxify to provide a solution. E-commerce customers have their packages delivered to Boxxify, which, for a $7 fee (regardless of number of items), drops them off with... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
properties are mainly three-bedroom townhomes, and, for many of our residents, these are the first modern, safe, and secure homes they have ever had,” says Freeman. “For homeless veterans, our houses provide a place of their own to call... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
The Working Parent Revolution
that your survey found that 70% of working parents call work-life balance a "non-negotiable" when they're job hunting. So are you seeing businesses respond to the pressure that their employees are feeling? SK: We are. I think that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
becoming candidates. This is not a call for privatization of services (like trash pickup), which is already widespread. Instead, it’s a suggestion that the job of mayor itself be awarded by voters to a private firm. Unlike other... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
behavioral-change experiments in health, agriculture, and microfinance in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. She brings that globetrotting experience to bear when teaching a second-year course called Managing Global Health. At a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
competitors—be receptive as the NFL seeks to make inroads among well-established sports audiences on their home turf? And what about all the other non-football diversions and entertainment options vying for fans' attention? The National... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters
the first step toward breaking that code. In 2017, the team conducted a field study in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, which announced a call for research proposals for solutions to human health problems. The researchers... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
to what will replace Fannie and Freddie. The administration has outlined three options designed to frame the congressional debate expected to unfold over the months ahead: (1)privatization of the mortgage market, (2) new private,... View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
like the best way to recover was to get back to school as quickly as possible. I kind of thought there was no option and I think, for many people, work and school are-- anything structured activities-- absolutely key to recovery. To be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
batteries, the most expensive component of EVs. GM has already begun rolling out the Bolt, a hatchback that can travel 238 miles on a single charge and costs around $30,000—a combination of range and affordability that promises for the first time to make electric cars... View Details
- 22 Jun 2023
- News
Finding Her Place
when the recruiter called from Chapman Partnership, a homeless-services nonprofit in Miami-Dade County, Hudson said she wasn’t interested. Yet she couldn’t stop thinking about the opportunity—and her Uncle Billy. Her mother’s brother had... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
legendary impresario Charlie Finley was having trouble finding a radio station to broadcast his struggling team’s games, the young entrepreneur made his pitch. “I called Mr. Finley ten days before Opening Day, and we negotiated at first... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk William K.L. Fung (MBA 1972): E-Commerce and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
is a senior lecturer at HBS, a special partner at Engine, a venture firm focused on tough tech, and a senior advisor and venture partner at Breakthrough Energy. He has spent the last 15 years of his career focused on climate and sustainability technology ventures. What... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information
Two years ago, Thomas J. Michalak, executive director of Baker Library, got a phone call from a Boston-area HBS alumnus. The graduate was researching a management project and wanted online access to the School's extensive range of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Customizing Couture Online
The way Áslaug Magnúsdóttir sees it, her new website, Tinker Tailor, which uses interactive web technology to customize high-end designer clothing, is an old-school approach to fashion. “Couture always was a collaboration between the designer and the customer,” says... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
called Say that allows retail investors, for instance, to ask questions at quarterly earnings meetings (something that was historically reserved for the analysts). And now some of our peers are also embracing this opportunity to give... View Details