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- 08 Mar 2013
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The Accidental Innovator
movements of history, sees an oncoming dark age that will last 30,000 years. To shorten that dark age, he will create a foundation and collect the knowledge of the empire. In Ender’s Game, besieged by aliens it can’t communicate with, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, and Leonard A. Schlesinger (Berrett-Koehler) Based on decades of collective field experiences, the authors present anecdotal evidence in support of eight things that great service leaders know and do. Great... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Case Study: The Credit Bureau
young professionals) select pieces from curated collections on the company’s website—think Scandinavian, mid-century modern, or industrial looks. Within a week, a white-glove team delivers preassembled pieces and arranges the room. When... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
collect the knowledge of the empire. In Ender’s Game, besieged by aliens it can’t communicate with, the human race seeks its best minds to lead the way against this existential threat, using an online system to identify and train young... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
kindergarten through fourth grade. The first phase of the initiative , an on-campus book drive led by Matthew S. Fields and Marleta Y. Ross, both HBS '02, has resulted in the collection of nearly one thousand books. In its second phase,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
after he took office in July 2010. That collective effort came to fruition in January 2011, when the faculty voted overwhelmingly to support the creation of the FIELD course. MBA Program Innovation: FIELD Launches Mission Possible:... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
would not only create a level playing field, but also incentivize other countries to follow suit. “If they are going to pay the fee anyway, why not collect a fee themselves rather than have their exporters pay it to the United States at... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
secret that the devices Gazelle collects are important in many domains—ranging from education, to emerging markets, to women's shelters. The press around this could provide a needed boost." —Kathy Korman Frey (MBA 1999) "One, they must... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
database (see Alumni Navigator) and the gradual transition toward a more robust directory featuring information about alumni similar to that which is collected for student class cards. Richard Decker (AMP 98, 1986) spearheaded the... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
taught in a practitioner structure, so that when you enter the workforce, you look a lot more like a fifth-year teacher than a first-year teacher. Our third layer that I think has the most systems-level potential is this data play. So the data that has to get View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
then used their findings to make some concrete changes. One key finding: Usage of the public toilet was heavily skewed with respect to gender. PSA: We've been collecting gender segregated data in all the public toilets and we realized... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
War II plane crash sites, were searching for remnants of a transport plane in Zavattarello, Italy. The team, Gruppo Ricercatori Aerei Caduti or GRAC, was set up several years ago to help collect these sorts of relics. Piero Ricci (GMP... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
tells her full story for the first time. Where Past Meets Present: The Amazing People, Places & Stories of Southern Oregon by Dennis Powers (MBA 1969) (Hellgate Press) Powers has collected 140 stories about southern Oregon’s people,... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
booth is a differentiator—something to keep the slow creep of the chain stores at bay. She also earns money directly from the booth, collecting half of the 30-cent user fee. (The other half goes to Barared.) All told, Reyes says the booth... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
the emphasis has shifted from collection to analysis,” he explains. “And that’s a sea change. It allows a small firm like ours to compete equally from an information standpoint with a giant cargo ship of an organization. That’s a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
of Fortune: What Rich People Have That You Don’t Want by Richard Watts (OPM 31, 2002) ((Emerald Book Company)) Nude Nuns and Other Peculiar People: A Collection of Stories from the Heartland by Charles A. Wells Jr. ((CreateSpace) ) What... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
exploring a particular market? The Department of Housing and Urban Development has a rich collection of data sets to help you understand local housing markets. View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
fifteen years ago, as a doctoral candidate in Harvard’s Economics Department, Lerner was collecting data on the role of VC funding in the biotechnology industry. Before long, he also became intrigued by the concept of intellectual... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
India’s reform process is more arduous than in authoritarian China. But in India, there’s more of a collective “buy-in” to reforms because the interests of all constituencies have been considered. What areas do you see as most in need of... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
that permeates American culture, erodes our collective mental health, and makes us hate each other. To gain insight into how we can move forward, Hessan undertook a massive listening project, conducting an ongoing series of weekly... View Details