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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Europe and the United States, he said, "they have already reached a threshold in customer orientation, so you have to do different things to succeed." That's not the case yet in Asia, he pointed out, as Deshpandé listened intently. HBS... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
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Deborah A. Farrington
back in the 1960s. “Growing up, I had an exposure to Wall Street, which I found really fascinating,” Farrington recalled. “I went onto the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange when I was about ten. It was about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
challenge of getting supplies into the country, you may be able to refer her to someone with relevant experience shipping your own company’s products around the world. The best thing is if companies stucture... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
happens. They see failure not as something that weighs them down, but as something that teaches them valuable lessons. Third, they think of their organization ahead of themselves. It is never about them.... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
Photos by Louise Agnew The day he returned home to Australia from three months in Harvard Business School’s General Management Program, Benjamin Gower (GMP 19, 2015) quit his job as senior vice president of operations for Australian... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
best that the seller can get; but the seller, who believes otherwise, gets the chance to test whether he is right. Another thing that's changing in the dealmaking world today is increasing price pressure, which often manifests itself... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
Courtesy Gorick Ng Courtesy Gorick Ng A first-generation college student and professional, Gorick Ng became a self-taught master of trial and error from an early age. When he was 14, his mother—a single parent—lost her job at a... View Details
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Dana Hoffmann
She thrived at Apple, working on new product introduction finances for such smash hit offerings as the new iPad, and from the outside Hoffmann seemingly had it made. But after three years, a twinge of dissatisfaction turned into an... View Details
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
If you want to be awed by the pace of technological advancement over the past few decades, compare the capabilities of a bulky PC from 1984 with those of a sleek smartphone in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
At ease within the graceful confines of a 95-year-old building with spectacular red marble pillars, mosaic floors, ornate arches, and classical sculpture, the president of the Maryland Institute, College... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
Courtesy Meaghan Fitzgerald How did you become interested in virtual reality (VR)? “I have always been a fan of sci-fi and future tech. VR seemed to hold this promise of being something between a... View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
and jerk of your carry-on up to the overhead. An inelegant flop into the middle seat completes the journey—until the passenger in front shoves her seat back, removing your kneecaps. But new research shows that—in addition to these... View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best
Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment, released in May. The pair used a consumer durable goods business in India as a real-world laboratory for the research. "Running this kind of experiment is not the easiest View Details
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
happening. And then I just felt time was so well spent in the middle of the night to think to figure things out, so that's when I do my best thinking: In the middle of the... View Details
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
Increased financial disclosure standards on such issues as executive compensation should provide more useful information for investors, policy makers, and regulators. But do the companies themselves benefit? What researchers are now discovering is that increasing... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
politicians and the voters who elected them—fostering greater employment, say. SEC enforcement actions can be costly for companies, about a third of which go out of business after being targeted. Heese... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem
When Apple introduced the iPod, it had a simple but compelling tag line for music fans: "1,000 thousand songs in your pocket." The company sold 300 million of them. On the eve of debuting its... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
all the hurdles other female founders may face in their own journey to the top. It’s about dealing with the way things are, even when you don’t like it, and being yourself, even when it seems like a drawback. Digital Goddess is a story... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
consolidation, or the personal desire for new opportunities, increased income, or a better work/life balance -- a sound road map is needed to discover the right career path. "Searching for a job is one of the most important View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
equipment and manufacturing. “This is about trying to build food system activity all around different elements of the food system,” says Kendall. “It’s reflective of our orientation to the market approach.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley