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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
is one of the key reasons why I wrote my book. Back in 2006, Chris Anderson [author of the The Long Tail] got people thinking that new technology would change what consumers would be choosing and, therefore, what content producers should... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
government's administrative costs for Medicare are only about 5 percent. And I'm not sure that untrained consumers can ever become sophisticated enough to make truly informed choices about their medical... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
value for patients, as measured by health outcomes per dollar expended. Porter recently talked about the book. The American model of health-care delivery is largely private and competitive. Yet costs are soaring, access is restricted, and View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
how can a CEO avoid making decisions that favor short-term results, even if those choices lead to predictable surprises? What I would like to take out of corporate decision-making are situations where a special-interest group within the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
BALLMER: Microsoft plans to remain on the cutting edge of digital media technology. If you think that the last decade produced a torrent of consumer high-tech innovation — notably personal computers, broadband Internet access, cell... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
decisions, many critical choices still come down to human judgment, based on the best available insights. Visiting Professor Davenport and his coauthor relate 12 stories of organizations that have successfully tapped their data assets,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
IIB Bank by Paddy McEvoy (MBA 1970) Choice Publishing The story of one man’s journey from the early 1940s to the present day. It is a reflection on how choosing the positives and taking advantage of life’s opportunities can lead to good... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
choice to ignore controls and to knowingly lie. Soltes: Well, what’s the distinction between puffery and fraud? There’s obviously an important legal distinction, but imagine you’re a CEO of a bank that could be facing a liquidity crisis.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Torras (MBA '50) established Preco Corp., a pulp and paper operation, creating more than one thousand jobs. In consumer services, David S. Paresky (MBA '65) opened Crimson Travel Service in Harvard Square a few months after graduation and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
that continued dependence on foreign oil would eventually cause economic and geopolitical crises, unless certain preemptive steps were taken. They weren’t, and today, amid crises, America confronts the same stark choices it did back then,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
(government-run) system; or various elements borrowed from all of these. President Obama has said he wants to move gradually, beginning by insuring all children, and has expressed reservations about aspects of the Massachusetts model, such as the individual mandate.... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
its food supply, considered the uncertainties climate change is introducing into the global food market and set a target of fulfilling 30 percent of its nutritional needs domestically by 2030; alternative protein sources could help the country realize that goal. Tyson... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
an unremitting love for company and conversation. Given the choice between being right and being memorable, Schumpeter never hesitated.” Each morning, after the elaborate ritual of dressing himself, Schumpeter would walk the six blocks to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
sponsorship of The $64,000 Question to revolutionize advertising. In the latter half of the century, Sam Walton, conceivably the greatest retailer in American history as the founder of Wal-Mart, was my choice for a View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
that helps him or her to fully understand the consequences of shoplifting and to make better choices in the future. The expense (about $320) is borne by the offender, although financial assistance is available to those who qualify. “Cost... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
their availability on more than one platform and accept the best offer? That said, there’s less risk in moving quickly than there is in moving slowly. The key business challenge isn’t in contemplating a careful choice between fast and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
intellectual passions, even though I think the roots of it go back to the relationship with my father. I didn’t put it all together until I came to MIT. When I graduated in 1988, I had offers from nearly all the business schools I had ever dreamed of being part of. In... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
for the very first time in this part of the world. And it was very important for us to start our beta, which we launched out of Dubai, with a consumer base that knew what we're talking about. And therefore we purposefully—actually,... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
big-screen subscriptions for cable or any of the many streaming services, from Amazon to Hulu, that people are consuming in their evening hours—a market against which Whitman says they are not in direct competition. The founders worked... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Faculty Books
(Harvard Business Review Press) Simple, irrelevant factors can have profound consequences on decisions and behavior, often diverting one from original plans and desires. Associate Professor Gino explores inconsistent decisions made in a wide range of circumstances,... View Details