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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built (HarperBusiness), a new book by HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow, presents fascinating biographical essays of seven men whose products and practices have... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
wide geographical scope in this comprehensive text. Mutual Rescue: How Adopting a Homeless Animal Can Save You, Too by Carol Novello (MBA 1991), with Ginny Graves Grand Central Publishing Novello profiles the transformational impact that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
worldwide, once employed 600,000 Americans alone and estimates it will employ only 86,000 in its U.S. operations by 2008. And in another telling numbers game, highly profitable Toyota has announced it will produce 9.06 million cars worldwide this year, while... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
market. Apart from insurance claims, there is the productivity value of getting people back to work sooner. If the average absenteeism across corporate America is about 4 to 5 percent, then the value of saving a fraction of this would be... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
Personalized Medicine,” a Harvard Business Review article that outlines an agenda that could hasten the transition from “trial-and-error” therapies for life-threatening illnesses to a more targeted line of attack. Aspinall began her career at Bain & Company, working... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
"That is a big mistake." Predictability allows everyone to know what the rules are, establishing an atmosphere of trust so that people can work together productively in an organization, Stevenson argues. Companies can provide more stable... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
Demo Day in July. “Every session was truly productive and inspiring, as the HBS mentors brought a new perspective and incredible expertise to this fourth cohort of TBFI,” says Ventura. “The sessions were well-organized and interactive,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
and 2018, and those numbers are continuing to grow. And our findings confirmed Nielsen's findings that our youngest black and brown female desk workers are extraordinarily innovative. They are the first to adopt new technologies. Bonita:... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
Development program. This program is more effective than a typical microfinancing program because it lets the beneficiary cooperatives become part of our supply chain. They provide Manila Water with products such as meter protectors,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Stacey Lawson (MBA '96)
illustrations of standard parts, such as valves, pumps, and gears. Today Lawson is the vice president of marketing at InPart, a company she cofounded upon graduating from HBS. InPart, now fifty employees strong, is creating a library of information about standard... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
non-core operations—including the GoLite footwear product line and support of the GoLite brand generally. Despite the couple’s desperate attempts to keep the company afloat, GoLite closed in 2014. “After putting literally everything we... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
manufactured consumer goods first used the union label as a way to show solidarity through their purchases. One hundred years later, men and women, and even teenagers, organized to protest sweatshop production in various countries around... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
you have a massive production of lithium-ion batteries––that’s the technology of choice today––which brings scale costs way down. So, as EVs grow, that’s going to drive down lithium-ion prices. “You’re going to have a huge demand for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Common Knowledge
Program. The company currently has a minimum viable product of its patient database and is partnering with patient advocacy groups and foundations to drive adoption of its platform. View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
was adopted by the World Bank and other institutions. Finally, in an effort that posed unique performance measurement challenges, 250 schools were either constructed or rehabilitated. "The outcome of investments in education, such as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
presentations on stage, whether they are Shakespeare, Beethoven, or The Lion King, depend on a business backstage. This book provides an overview of both the product on stage and the industry that makes it possible. While the industry's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
examines August Thyssen and the management of his Thyssen & Co., Thyssen-Konzern, and Vereinigte Stahlwerke (United Steel Works) from 1871 to 1936. He disproves the idea that German business management was backward and rigid until it View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
invest in flexibility where the likelihood of future changes makes this valuable. The authors identify three general ways managers can increase flexibility in product development. First, they should consider View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
insight into products and a business. This is what the health care industry was lacking, she realized: a system designed from the patient’s point of view. It would be better for patients and medical staff, “and it could be a nice... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance