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- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
a sort of hiding in the closet, driven by fear or panic. Another is you-can't-make-me-move defiance, driven by anger. The last is a very pessimistic attitude that leads to constant hesitation. Whatever the reason, the consequences are... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 11 May 2021
- Blog Post
Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020)
of such things as wealth versus income. The survey collected that sort of information so that we could see how different demographics influenced how included people felt on campus, and how much access they felt they had. What aspects of... View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
innovation is held by design-build construction firms? I don't think we know the answer to that, but it's interesting to consider what sort of policies in the areas of procurement, IP, and antitrust legislation would support that level of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
back.” DM: This is a lot to achieve in a relatively short amount of time. What sort of coalition or partnerships did you have to develop to achieve this? YH: We started with three groups of people. One is those people who are now living... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
staff make it possible to be on two paths simultaneously. When you sign up for neurosurgery training, you know it will be one of the most grueling experiences of your life. It’s sort of like entering a monastic order. Still, nothing has... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
Brexit is Not Better for Britain Britain rarely has referendums, and for good reason. They call for binary decisions on complex issues, and voters have all sorts of reasons for voting one way or another. It is unprecedented that British... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
ultimately reach some sort of agreement on transportation funding. The current two-year highway bill is set to expire Nov. 1, and the trust fund that relies on the gasoline tax is expected to run short of money during the summer highway... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
in the same spirit by which he had lived during his imprisonment, Mandela joined George Washington in the select company of revolutionaries who use their newly-gained power to establish freer regimes (however imperfect) than the ones they replaced. Most do nothing of... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Winners and Losers at the Olympics
these companies have suffered the consequences for making concessions to the Chinese government rather than sticking to global standards of privacy and censorship. What would happen to the select group of worldwide Olympic sponsors I mentioned, for example, if there... View Details
- 24 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works
in Galway, Ireland. He has publicly committed to double production from 5,000 to 10,000 units per month, but that is just the start. Next come the challenges of getting supplies from all over the world, hiring and training new employees, and finally, View Details
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
will be a tough task." A second line of thought is, as Khurt Williams commented, "Apple's biggest threat is Wall Street fickleness and incessant focus on growth." Others felt that it is impossible to sort out whether the... View Details
- Profile
Brittani Rettig
comment—so embarrassing. However, it sparked a really interesting discussion among our section and brought us together in a sort of familial way. Business leadership is more than generating a profit; it is adding value to the lives of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information
analyst reports, and trademarks. For alumni in the job market, librarians can also provide information ranging from lists of companies sorted by industry and geographic criteria to detailed data on individual companies. Fees for custom... View Details
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
being transferred from people that support the Greek economy to people that bet against it, through sorting of stocks and derivatives. Why am I not focusing on what everybody else is talking about, the country's debt? Because I am less... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
to come up with an info memo, a business plan, a market study, and a sort of road show? —Herve Pourcines (GMP 3, 2007) DITKOFF: As in business, philanthropists typically want to see proof of concept before investing at a large scale. In... View Details
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
should be done? Some thought that, quite simply, bad things happen on occasion and that if governments didn't get in the way too much, things would sort themselves out. Others were worried that governments would intervene with populist... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
do you control an epidemic that is sexually transmitted?" he asked the group. "People have suggested all sorts of things," some fairly outlandish. One suggestion he recalled was simply encouraging people to have sex less... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
For Angie’s List, a New Niche? I enjoyed the profile of Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) in the March issue. While pursuing a post-HBS PhD, I supplemented poverty fellowship wages by pounding nails at a small, conscientious hardwood floor installation company of the View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
some sort of compensation for it—through donations or subscriptions. That is the path forward. How is social media changing the consumption of information and the consumer’s ability to access a diversity of ideas? —Janet Simpson Benvenuti... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Conversation with Dean Nohria
teach the Brazilians about Brazil—we'll rarely replicate the sort of expertise that can be developed regionally. Instead, we offer cases on India, China, and other emerging markets to help the participants better understand the world.... View Details