Coupling - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Oct 2018
News

To Lead and Serve

retired, I'm looking at my future options. I still want to be involved in working with the country. Right now, I'm looking at a couple opportunities with two large defense contractors to be able to, once again, build quality products for... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest

management: “I was general manager at the Marriott in Phuket, Thailand, during the 2004 tsunami. We were fortunate enough to be able to set up a triage center to help others in the area. I had nightmares for a couple of weeks afterward.”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitality

24 Feb 2011
News

Show Time

the first MBA student to give birth while at HBS and then go on to complete her degree. At the Entertainment & Media Club’s annual conference a couple of weeks ago, keynoter Gerry Lopez (MBA ’84), CEO and president of AMC Theatres, stated... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 May 2013
News

Joella Lykouretzos, MBA 2001

employees and currently manages approximately $2 billion in funds. “The most rewarding part has been building a team and watching it thrive,” says Joella Lykouretzos, who guided the firm as director of investor relations and chief operating officer until 2008, when the... View Details

11 Jun 2016
News

Navigating Fertility Clinics with a Click

fertility treatments and thousands of dollars, the couple realized how difficult it was to find and compare information about clinics, doctors, and other care providers. “It attacks you emotionally in a way that’s hard to fathom,”... View Details

07 Dec 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

CFO in 1996. “We took that company from six radio stations to 70 in five years, took it public in 1999, and raised a couple billion dollars in capital. Today, Radio One is the largest African-American broadcasting company in the United... View Details

08 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

understanding. A focus on time allows us to synthesize and extend the evolutionary and positioning models of strategic search. Toward this end, we couple induction and deduction. The inductive part of the paper uses detailed observation... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2020
News

Keeping the Beat

getting ready to tour in New York City and perform at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store, go to South by Southwest. This year I was invited to be a TED Fellow in the class of 2020 and speak on the TED mainstage in Vancouver, which happens in April. We had an incredible,... View Details

Keywords: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

successes during that time period included Botswana, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. “It will take a couple of generations to change the lives of regular Liberians” (Only China was on the double-digit... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

02 Dec 2015
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Laura Mackay...

led by a team that has garnered a great deal of respect and admiration from the local entrepreneurial and investment communities. These factors, coupled with the chance to maximize the value of my HBS and prior professional experiences to... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Health Care; Entrepreneurship

01 Sep 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Working World

have MBA students who envision a company that has its R&D in India and manufacturing in China with a couple of key executives in London. So a key point that I’ve been narrowing in on is how well companies build globalization directly into... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Sep 2012
News

Fashion-Forward

mention wanting to work in a “creative industry” on his HBS application, but his path to that goal was not direct. After graduation, he worked at McKinsey, consulting for companies all over Europe. “I had a couple of amazing years,” he... View Details

Keywords: fashion; apparel; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

09 Sep 2024
News

Basket Chase

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. On this episode, we’re featuring an excerpt from a new HBS podcast called Think Big, Buy Small. The show is hosted by Professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff... View Details

20 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Risky Business with Structured Finance

CDO²s. That, coupled with the increase in subprime mortgages—from $96.8 billion in 1996 to approximately $600 billion in 2006—created a recipe for economic disaster. The exercise clearly shows how the sensitivity of tranches to error in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

client responds with, "It's good, but we need it less smoky and more gutsy." The client knows precisely what that means, but BBA flavorists find the request difficult to interpret. The result is more frenzied activity as BBA struggles to adjust the flavor in... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel

03 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

don’t know. Maybe we should talk to a couple more prospects and compare reactions?” Full Stack Engineer: “Just so y’all know, I am probably going to revamp the pricing page layout in the next few days so if you’re thinking about changing... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

28 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life

companies to “pay transgender folks / transgender advocates to conduct equity audits and put resources behind the recommendations they offer.” C-Suite Allies Awareness then needs to be coupled with action. As John Davis (MBA 2020) shared,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Web

ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

recalled, "The general provides the two things that a young scientific organization most needs–enthusiasm and appreciation. Like all the others, I started out with a hatful of ideas and a lot of long-range plans. In a couple of years, I... View Details

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

generally the major investment for most young couples in China. Shows in detail the process that a young couple goes through in late April 2007 to find, finance, and close on an apartment in Beijing within... View Details