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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
wanted to build a business that not only makes money but also nurtures its employees, builds community, and minimizes environmental impact. Five years later, Magagnini and Strugatz are putting the finishing touches on IceStone’s most prestigious View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Starting Off on the Right Foot
with executives in transition: the tendency to assume that “everyone is just like me.” “You are not the person in the next office,” he emphasizes. “Most of us imagine that other people share our values and are motivated by the same forces that motivate us. But that... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
scheduled for Berlin, Germany, June 13-16, 2000 - as well as the conference in 2001, slated for Cleveland, Ohio. In order to give subsequent conference hosts enough time to plan, the committee has begun the View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger
order to cover SPI's operating expenses. He notes that the program gives people the means to create an independent, renewable food supply, which builds esteem and has the added benefit of being more cost-effective than continuously... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
"Ambition is necessary in order to make any kind of meaningful change; and, fortunately, the process inevitably beats you up enough to keep you humble," Dawe says. "The nice thing about environmentally... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
coronavirus. Kapoor was tested and by the time he received the results nine days later, they confirmed what he already knew: he had COVID-19 (and so did his wife, a physician, and two of his four kids). Kapoor’s testing experience revealed an ad hoc View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring
restructure in one way or another in order to survive in an uncertain economy. The only sure thing, according to HBS professor Stuart Gilson, is that restructuring itself has become more than just a last-resort action of desperate... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
there is only Box 3. But very quickly, you get into Box 1. Take Square. Its Box 3 opportunity was micromerchants who want to take credit cards but don’t generate enough sales to have an expensive, big credit card processing machine.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
organizations in the process of change, DeLong is a former chief development officer and managing director at Morgan Stanley. His new book draws on conversations with top executives in business, law, and other professional organizations... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
New Releases
practical application is no longer enough, Iansiti asserts. Firms must take control of the technology integration process from the very beginning, matching new technological possibilities to the appropriate applications in View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
encourage them to forget about the technical nomenclature and focus on the essence of processes and systems, using common terms and visual analogies," he says. Berglund had wanted to become a doctor since he was ten years old but deferred... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Thorborg (12th ISMP), chair This group is in the process of analyzing the results of a survey sent to all international alumni in an effort to understand their connectedness to the School as well as their needs and expectations.... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
and then I started a company with several MIT professors. And then I came back to academia after I was out for 10 years. And I had to get a doctorate in order to join the faculty here. And I brought with me a couple of big questions. And... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
topics including financing new ventures, deal structuring, valuation, initial public offerings, leveraged buyouts, and financial distress. "Entrepreneurial Finance looks at the acquisition and deployment of resources at each stage of the entrepreneurial View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
about Kripalu's search for an executive director, she jumped at the opportunity - and not a moment too soon. "The search process was almost over," she says. Despite her eleventh-hour bid for the job and a blizzard that nearly prevented... View Details
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Deep Reading
authors—in order to provide more thorough and intelligent responses. The ultimate plan is to incorporate Virtual Havruta into the Sefaria website and app, which currently has nearly 1 million users, offering it worldwide at no cost.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
children into the company. Eventually, in-laws and cousins may find themselves working together and trying to manage an intricate set of relationships as the organization expands and formalizes processes that were hit-or-miss during the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
people and process as much as technology. So there's more to the Y2K problem than technology? Definitely. You can tell a lot about a company by how it's reacting to the Y2K problem. An organization whose people failed to see how it would... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
employees and an algorithm to match them to employers, Apli aims to fill that gap. “We got amazing media and investor exposure, which kick-started our fundraising process and helped us raise a new round of capital in record time,” Makarov... View Details