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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Swap ’Em If You Got ’Em
and other personal effects amid the peripatetic military lifestyle gave Hall and some HBS classmates the idea for an online marketplace exclusively for military personnel, the New York Post reported (November 15, 2010). “The goal is to raise the View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
pronounced in banks, and with higher pre-adoption information asymmetry, consistent with investors expecting net information quality benefits from IFRS adoption. We also find... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
EMC's Ruettgers Finds Gold in Data Storage
providing an unglamorous but essential (and lucrative) support service. EMC stores, safeguards, organizes, and makes instantly accessible the currency that, in the information age, constitutes companies' inherent wealth: their corporate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
customer service. If it comes to choosing between quality and profitability, we always go for quality and trust that it will lead to profit. I spent my first six months here working alongside our employees... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
Professor Joseph Fuller looked beyond dystopian forecasts to explore how ever-evolving technology has the potential to improve the quality of work lives, the earnings of most workers, and company productivity. Viewpoints exposed students... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
gentrification and daily quality of life,” says John Peters (MBA 1986), who worked on two separate projects for the Mayor’s Office for Civic Innovation (MOCI): the Strategy Project, focused on clarifying the MOCI’s vision and mission; and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
story as well, because the senior team is tackling important problems and engaging people throughout the organization in solving them.” One of the key players is Dr. Uma Kotagal, a neonatologist with a deep-seated passion for improving the View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
statistical data from five hundred business groups in India and spoke to dozens of managers in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Chile. The pair found that companies outside the United States perform better when they replicate the quality... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Deep Reading
Photos by Sandra Singh Last year, while taking classes on the Mishna, the first written collection of Jewish oral traditions, Antoine Leboyer (MBA 1992) wanted to dive deeper into the material. He found while there was a flood of additional texts and commentaries,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Chinese CEOs, Professors Study at HBS
Eastern Europe and Latin America.) Notes HBS professor Thomas Piper, who, with HBS professor Steven Wheelwright, is the program’s cochair, “This is an important part of the School’s international outreach.” The program addresses the need for View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
the international financial architecture; and the formal rules and informal norms of international organizations. Book link: http://www.tobinproject.org/twobooks/pdf/New_Perspectives_Full_Text.pdf Government as Risk Manager Authors:Tom... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Ticktock
partner with an American product design firm and risk prohibitive expense, or to team up with a less-expensive overseas firm and risk the inherent quality control and communications issues? (Nanda, who was able to launch the product with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
lose money. Also, the quality of comic books today has never been better; it’s not the old days when they were printed on pulp paper. When they’re done well, they’re a high form of art. Who reads Marvel comic books today? Generally... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
follow we present 6 of the 788 students who personify the remarkable qualities and achievements typical of the class as a whole. Al Dobron, Raj Kapoor, J.B. Lyon, Melissa Ma, Emma Minto, and Tarrus Richardson are talented individuals who... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Remembering Dick Spangler
Carolina’s Board of Education from 1982 to 1986. As president of the University of North Carolina (based at its Chapel Hill campus) from 1986 to 1997, he increased enrollment and faculty funding while prioritizing educational quality and... View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market
increasingly vital as carbon emissions associated with the production and distribution of flowers are increasingly being scrutinized by consumers. Therefore, RFH is actively advocating for certifications that highlight the sustainability of its growers' practices, a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Delivering HBS-style training for teachers
top-quality K–12 education was possible everywhere. Klemmer also served as assistant principal of his alma mater, Portsmouth Abbey, in Rhode Island, and launched several high-tech companies during his career. He credits HBS for inspiring him to pursue and nurture... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
IXP 2009
Now in its third year, the Immersion Experience Program offered nine topics and destinations to students in 2009 (see complete list below), six in 2008, and three in 2007. “Faculty involved in the IXP consistently come back excited about the educational View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
They spend much more time paying attention to reviews of other people like them and trying to understand and gauge in an unbiased fashion what the real quality is of these products and services, particularly those in which you can’t... View Details
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
efficient and cheaper methods that undermine quality audits. The audit committee must have the leadership, independence and information to oversee the auditors and their relationship with the management.—... View Details