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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
inexplicable skyrocketing of prices of tulip bulbs that ultimately crashed back to earth after a wild ride of erratic up-and-down price swings,” he says. What is different about the meme-stock era is technology, which has given investors ease of access to platforms... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
sector, government, labor associations, and civic advocacy groups. The impact of this national summit on its participants was perhaps best described by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), who declared midway through the event that "the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
joining the mobile network every month,” says Mittal. “Mobile phones have moved from an aspirational product to a mass product in a decade.” At the Tata Group, engineers are at work on a $2,000 car, the next step up for the millions of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
Brightstar and Encore, which act as trade-in white labels for large retail chains and mobile carriers. Sure, these competitors lack Gazelle's brand in the eyes of consumers and Gazelle's website has a great NPS score, but I worry that... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
early years, it was primarily women students agitating for equality, and they accomplished a lot. But in more recent decades, the School itself really bought in and accelerated change. Now we are mobilizing men in the effort. If we... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
gym, for example—and sustaining it over time, says Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009). He and his cofounders at Gain Life, an early-stage startup based at the Harvard Launch Lab, have an app for that. By combining behavioral science and marketing best practices with the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
across the globe, where government rules, regulations, labor laws, cultures, and tax structures vary significantly. The consumer sees a cool product and an awesome brand, but there’s a huge amount of unglamorous business activities behind... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
range of contexts. Williams was recognized with the 2021 Michael J. Zimmer Memorial Award presented annually to a rising scholar in the field of employment and labor law. She was also named a 2022 Gender+ Justice Fellow at Georgetown, a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
management methods in American business," finished fourth, followed by IBM's Thomas J. Watson, whose "computers enabled the automation of well-informed decision-making, allowing business and the work force to migrate from manual labor in... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
capital firm he opened in 2004 (and closed in January 2013) that focused on the Internet, software, and mobile spaces. The experience taught him some important lessons, among them the benefits of restricting his number of investments.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
(MBA 1980) Crown This book is a fresh, intimate look at a series of American Presidents who took the nation into war and mobilized the country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Nancy Barry (MBA 1975), founder and president of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, which mobilizes and supports leading companies and entrepreneurs in building profitable and inclusive businesses that incorporate millions of low-income... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
as its discount prices and large selection of merchandise. As Sprint and Walgreens have shown, Porter notes, companies that invest in the inner city and entrepreneurs who start businesses there are well positioned to take advantage of a growing, local View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
teamed up with Priyank Lathwal, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, to mobilize South Asian student organizations across Harvard and other universities to pool resources for Indian health and aid organizations. The... View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
his eyes. It’s been a labor of love for him. And he said, I don’t want a square box or a rectangle. I want something with lots of light, lots of windows. And he designed an absolutely beautiful building. JH: A lifelong resident of North... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
we don't take care of this planet, the planet can't take care of us. I think there are two lessons from that. The first one is, take time for reflection. As leaders, we are so busy and we have so many responsibilities. It is hard and it's often, not common to turn off... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
it and do it. BENNIE WILEY Bennie Wiley (MBA 1972), principal, Wiley Group, Brookline, Massachusetts Leaders must have a vision for what needs to get done and find a way to mobilize resources around executing that vision. Leadership is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
three days straight, but it was the best three days of my life—much better than flying to Europe and dealing with labor unions in France." Wolf Creek Farm produces 30 tons of beef a year for the local market, selling directly to consumers... View Details