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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Learning to Speak the Language of Business
Mikitani Main article: Where Innovation Rules Case study: Englishnization at Rakuten From Pinterest to Kobo, how Japan's Rakuten is building a global internet giant (Wired.co.uk) You might call Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993) the Jeff Bezos... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
rapid as possible. Step on the gas! —Randy Shayler (MBA 2012) Iron out the model first, then roll it out. Build national demand and reputation by executing flawlessly locally—solve a complex and broad problem well enough, and your reputation will precede View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
is as competitive, as global Uber and region-wide Grab compete with local startups. In China, Uber was up against Alibaba-backed Didi Chuxing until that company purchased Uber China in late July. In India the home turf favorite is Ola,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Ideas That Stick
memorable. Dan spoke from his home in North Carolina. How did you get the idea to write a book about sticky ideas? We were puzzled and a little disturbed by the fact that a lot of “junk” ideas succeed in the... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Helping vets become resident landlords
Reed Benet (MBA 1991) is founder and CEO of HeroHomes.com, an online organization that helps military veterans secure no-money-down VA loans to purchase and live in small multifamily homes for housing themselves and income purposes. In... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
might apply those in your own life? Amy Jen Su: I think this whole idea of the leader you want to be and a best self absolutely applies to our home life. You can almost think... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
result of cooperation between business, government, and civic leadership. If you want to maintain the quality of life in your community, business has got to take a leadership role in civic affairs. That's the real lesson from all of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
1,200 employees work, reopened just ten days after Katrina wrought destruction of “biblical proportions” on the Gulf Coast community. Oreck recently talked about that experience and the future. Were you prepared for Katrina? We had always... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
and retain information as they enter the clinical environment.” How do you use what you learned at HBS in this work? Guram: “My health care classes provided me with incredibly... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
worth the resources they might require and the money we might spend and the time we devote to using them. You write that being an entrepreneur is more about tenacity than intellect. Was that something you... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Live Long and Prosper: Lillian Too Reveals Ancient Chinese Secrets
bathroom is next to your kitchen, which is very bad luck, you can hang a crystal between the two. You can also place symbolic objects in precise locations to counteract certain effects. How did View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
patients after they leave the hospital, during what is called their “post-acute care.” Many seniors don’t simply return to life as normal. They first need to go to a nursing home or rehab center or schedule a visiting nurse. As a medical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
friends and comrades no longer have any tomorrows, because they bled their lives out on some nameless street in some nameless city, you begin to value every day and to give your best, because you know that... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE
jet engines, and for years made its home in leafy Connecticut will officially open its new corporate headquarters in downtown Boston, smack in the middle of the city’s burgeoning innovation district. According to the Boston Globe, after... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HP's Fiorina Speaks at HBS
underemployment at home and abroad, before eventually earning an MBA at the University of Maryland. In 1999, after almost twenty years in the executive ranks at AT&T and Lucent, the one-time HP secretary returned to her former employer as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
disruptive business model: an online site that requires customers to register, featuring flash sales of discounted luxury goods for men and women in categories including designer clothing, accessories, home goods, food and wine, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
consumers shop around, gets him visibly agitated. "Practically speaking, we can't even move an MRI from one guy to the next, and both have electronic medical records—are you kidding me?" (His reputation precedes him: "I've been very, very... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
Above: photo by Getty/Bloomberg Nobody, says Kate Gulliver (MBA 2009), chooses to work somewhere just because they offer a free lunch. “I think people care far more about being excited about the content of the work they’re doing,” says Gulliver, the global head of... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Priya Paul (OPM 28, 1999)
When Priya Paul (OPM 28, 1999) returned home to India after graduating from Wellesley College in 1988, her father suggested she try working at one of the family holding company’s three hotels. Two years later, when her father died... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
The first in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their careers to explore personally enriching projects off the beaten track. For some busy executives, spending quality time with the family means dinner at View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley