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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
fundamental behavior — how they read. Eager to earn its first revenues, E Ink searched to find a customer that could use an early form of the technology. In 1999, JCPenney placed an order for four displays for use in its shoe departments. While limited to just two... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
fateful day in 1977. “We started to chat, and the phone rang,” recalls Rogers. When Cook hung up, he had tears in his eyes. “I offered to excuse myself, but he said, ‘No, no, let me tell you what just happened.’ ” Wells Fargo Bank had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
revitalize product lines produced by some of America’s most recognizable retailers. More recently, Ross, a self-styled corporate maverick, has branched out from products to explore process in pursuit of corporate America’s elusive holy... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
on-demand business model. Its success was linked to the proliferation of smartphones in the United States, which made quickly ordering a car to the user’s location possible. A similar trend was emerging in Jakarta. That rapid growth of internet- ready cell View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
Wilson Illustration by Jeffrey Smith After 121 days at sea, Rich Wilson (MBA 1982) sailed his 60-foot, single-hull sloop Great American III across the finish line in France last March, completing the 2008–09 Vendée Globe around-the-world... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
five-minute video on your smartphone while waiting in line at the post office or riding the bus to school? No friction at all. This new reality has not gone unnoticed at traditional networks like the Disney/ABC Television Group, where... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
On February 1, 2016, a line of First Nations drummers in traditional regalia—elaborate headdresses, each cheek bearing two red streaks—entered from the rear of a packed hall at the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
Shakespeare Festival before getting her MBA and heading to Hollywood. In 2000 she founded Tiara Blu Films, producing movies such as Narc and, out in April, Take the Lead (with New Line Cinema). The film, which stars Antonio Banderas,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
line and on improving the quality of patient care. In 2005, Porter developed a multiyear learning partnership with MD Anderson, regularly ranked as the top cancer treatment center in the United States. The organization radically... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
accompanied her to Boston for orientation. "My mom was in the housing line for me when I was in the pre-MBA classes," she says. "I remember going to my first day of classes, and it was very funny because my dad had a camera and was... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
record companies as well. "With digital transmission, you can send music over phone lines and cable modems without losing quality," says HBS associate professor John Sviokla, who has studied the music... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
South Africa. He noted that his country's aim is to have a stable, democratic government like those found in the United States and Europe, but he presented the tradeoffs that must be made before such a goal can be achieved. For instance, he pointed out the fine View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
in ways that are easily defined and rewarded by society,” says Steven Carpenter (MBA 2004). “But as you get older, you learn that the line between success and failure is razor thin, oftentimes invisible.” Currently executive-in-residence... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
20, 2007, while Gisholt, Minard, and their three young daughters were waiting in line for Test Track, an auto-testing simulation that advises riders to “Strap yourself in to race up bumpy terrain, roar through hairpin turns, speed into... View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In 2018, Bill Crawford (MBA 2006) founded Righteous Slice, a pizza restaurant in Rexburg, Idaho that has been steadily earning critical acclaim. It has... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
Umeda visits. Sato-san’s right lung has failed; morphine helps ease the pain, but it’s hard not to worry as the weekend nears. The clinic is always a phone call away, Dr. Umeda reassures them. Matsubara is one of eight clinics operated by... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
aid in the Delhi region. As noted in a recent article in India Today, Pasricha’s involvement was spurred by a mid-April phone call from a friend’s wife “who was desperate to find oxygen for her hospitalized husband.” Pasricha has been... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
billion in annual revenues. Continental merged with US WEST Media Group in November 1996. "Working with US WEST, within the next five to eight years we will be delivering to people's homes a whole package of services, including video, high-speed data transmission,... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
orders and have them delivered to their tables—a service often performed by managers. “Now when I see a customer talking to a manager, it’s a good thing,” says Karavites, smiling. Traditionally, the bank of cash registers that separates the customers and the employees... View Details