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- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
MarketWatch commentary (February 1, 2011). “So by looking back at what worked for investors in the United States between the world wars, I believe I can peer into a time capsule to see what will work for investors today in China.” That means focusing on basic sectors... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- News
Management Matters In Health Care, Too
opportunities abound. That helps to explain why 372 current students have expressed an interest in the health-care industry. That interest is nurtured by the Health Care Initiative, a multidisciplinary program dedicated to innovative... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
replies, "When I see the film clip of gymnast Mary Lou Retton at the 1984 Games receiving her gold medal, I think: 'The flowers left the refrigerator 20 minutes before she got them; the medal left the vault 45 minutes ago and was carried by an armed guard.' In other... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
extraordinarily demanding group of fellow students and faculty. Developing the skills to listen carefully, think analytically, and communicate clearly is a requirement of leadership." CHARLES WAITE University of Connecticut, 1957 B.S., Industrial Administration View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
volunteers “have helped the city capitalize on the innovation sprouting from Silicon Valley, through specific initiatives such as designing the structure of the city’s startup incubator, developing View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
has ever seen. In the past, biographers of Lord Liverpool have not sufficiently acknowledged the importance of his foremost skill: economic policy (including fiscal, monetary, and banking system questions). Here, Hutchinson's decades of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
and guesswork. This theory enabled options transactors to take much bigger positions because they were hedged; they could be much more efficient, and they could control their risk much better. If you look at the last 25 years of extraordinary financial View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
recall of 450,000 tires missing a key safety feature that a U.S. importer had purchased from a Chinese manufacturer and distributed to retail outlets. “I don’t think there is a strong culture of adherence to regulations in China right... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
the influx of U.S. and European venture capital firms over the past decade, “many went through boom-and-bust cycles and didn’t survive, or decided to withdraw,” explains Khanna. “Those that remain have stopped doing venture capital the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
Politics Industry, How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, the authors apply Porter’s renowned “Five Forces” business framework to the realm of politics. Gehl, the former CEO of Gehl Foods, and Porter,... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
The awarding of “up-front” bonuses — before cash and profits from commercial endeavors — invites employees to maximize their short-term interests while compromising the company’s long-term interests. Systems of reward that ignore... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
shared experiences as we once did, brand loyalty remains strong. The third is having an efficient system to collect the used products, which works for Apple because they have their own stores and partners like AT&T and Verizon. While the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
dot-coms, to security windows, to a PC for children, to a gadget that makes the knot in neckties. Nine corporations, including General Motors, Veridicom, Anderson Windows, FitSense Technology, and Lynx System Developers, sponsored student... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
System for Growth by Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) and David Kidder Currency Most established companies face a key survival challenge. Operational efficiency and outdated bureaucracy are at war with new growth. Legacy companies are skilled... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
The following article is the sixth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Why was Southwest Airlines the only U.S. airline to realize a profit in 1992? What has made crime in New York City... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
untested, financial system,’ one that has proven to be unexpectedly fragile in a way that nobody really understood.” This is the Harvard Business School? If the basics of the financial system are not understood here, then perhaps the... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
at Harvard designed to foster student startups. In 2021, the company was a finalist in the HBS New Venture Competition’s social enterprise track and participated in the Harvard i-lab’s Venture Program, where it was named a semifinalist in the President’s View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
those seven people. It’s clear that the engine of the country’s innovation sector is stuck in the past. Professional spaces such as hospitals, law offices, and boardrooms still have significant work to be done to achieve diversity in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
program participated in an intensive summer seminar on systems engineering before beginning their first-year studies in the MBA Program. HBX Course Development Stretches and Energizes Faculty In developing new Leadership courses for the... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
power structures and the fact that our economic system doesn't account for the negative externalities of pollution, injustice, etc. And that's why I think it's even more important to emphasize the connections between the issues that we're... View Details