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- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
Preannouncements under Market Uncertainty Authors:Ofek, Elie, and Ozge Turut Publication:Marketing Science Abstract A firm may want to preannounce its plans to develop a new product in order to stimulate future demand. But given that such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Andrew Goldin
Andrew and two fellow MBA candidates created a business plan for a New Orleans nonprofit focused on advocacy. "We're supporting a network that helps parents understand their rights and responsibilities... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Leave it up to HBS alumni clubs in Texas to plan events that leave big impressions on their members. Houston Club President Andrew L. Waite (MBA '93), now in the second year of his term, rattles off the high-caliber speakers his club... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
working with the team, recruiting talent, or building partnerships/infrastructure to help us grow in the right direction.” What’s been the best part of the Flatiron School journey? What’s been the most challenging? “The best part is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
When No News Isn’t Good News
might find that you’re on the right track, but you might also discover that you need to plan for a change somewhere down the line,” she notes. “What you discover will put you in a better position to chart... View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
crafting Senegal's post-pandemic economic recovery plan and an emergency youth-jobs plan; working with the country’s health ministry to set up a local vaccine manufacturing plant; securing vaccines for the country; helping to obtain... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Blue No Longer
customer-oriented firms such as American Express and RJR Nabisco, Gerstner proceeded to shake up Big Blue's culture, reinventing IBM “from the customer back, not from the company out,” so the firm would become driven by the marketplace. He scrapped View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Recruiting in the U.S. for International Students: 101
amazingly powerful forces of supply and demand) ended up placing me in the right job. When I applied to HBS, I had to figure out my career plans after graduation, as part of the application process. I... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Portrait Project
Chirag Shah
institution of good medicine is something to which I aspire. While I strive towards that vision, I plan to make every small step count. Although I cannot control the condition of the path I will take, I will never give up my View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- 24 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Learning to Code at Business School
class. So, there are actually right and wrong answers. ;) Sloan: It was different in a lot of ways: Instead of class participation and finals, the class was built mostly around the problem sets and final project (plus a midterm and... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Turning Point: Ready or Not
connection to your heritage until the oldest person in your family passes away. In that sense, my grandmother’s death last September, at the age of 92, was a turning point for me. I had already lost my father; right before lockdown, I was... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
schools right away but was told by Harvard Business School that I would only be accepted if I had a year of post-graduate work experience under my belt. I believed in the effectiveness of the case method for building my business skills,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
Hugo Moreno, attended one of the School's executive social enterprise programs, and the more Grossman learned of the company and its plans the more he was impressed. "Salud Digna was expanding rapidly in Mexico, and what was interesting... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
knowledge of what sells and what doesn't, flexible manufacturing capabilities that can respond appropriately to demand, lean rather than fat and costly inventories, and the rapid replenishment of stock. "The old way was to gear planning... View Details
- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
Venture capital firms ask themselves tough questions these days. Among them: how can they dig out of the dot-com collapse? How should they invest going forward? How should the leader of a firm strike the right note for the future? And is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
The 2005 HBS Global Leadership Forum in London proved to be a unique experience in ways that were planned — and even in some that were not — for nearly 600 alumni, faculty, and guests. By day, alumni listened to and learned from... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
China with a gold rush mentality, without doing the thoughtful analysis and planning they would have done elsewhere," she observes. Franklin notes that she earned the goodwill of many Chinese business and government officials during her... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
implement the changes, then you make the big remodel change and become visibly different. And we're actually right at the point of making that transition where we've gotten the new initiatives in place and are beginning to remodel and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
officer at CarbonCapture Inc. “The impact of the Inflation Reduction Act is enormous. I think it really hasn’t hit home yet,” says Jonas Lee (MBA 1993), chief commercial officer at CarbonCapture Inc., which is planning a carbon capture... View Details