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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
studies do not exclude the possibility that cigarette advertisements in these magazines target adults, rather than youths. Second, these studies do not specifically examine advertising for the few brands... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
a suitcase, and headed back to work. A pro bono study by several of the city's top consulting firms has estimated that the damage to New York City totals $83 billion. That figure may be low, some observers say, and of course it cannot... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
unwilling to spare dollars for clean water filters. “I’d watch them on a cell phone and drinking water filled with bacteria and parasites,” he says. “For me, it was such a market failure.” The challenge in Cambodia became the case View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
must be like to be a celebrity. I wrote a case study on Maria Sharapova, and her agent allowed me to shadow her for a day and a half. I saw her receive an award and give a speech at the United Nations,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
took care of 1,000 children at a cost of $80 a child, which is less than $120 a child spent by comparable organizations. Even that amount of reporting would be very useful, but it is not the norm. By and large the reporting focuses on the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
Jay O. Light, Dean of Harvard Business School from 2005 to 2010, died on October 15, 2022, at his home in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, of cancer. He was 81 years old. Light served on the HBS faculty for more than four decades. He loved being in the classroom and was... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
leading Bay Area companies. It also offered plenty of opportunities for alumni to network, compare notes, and catch up with friends and classmates. As Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine - the first Harvard president to attend... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
different.” Have the Right Mindset From talking with HBS alumni, I learned about many cases in which people seemed to rush headlong into start-ups, hoping primarily to make a lot of money fast. That could lead them to ignore what seemed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
school districts fail to improve, and what can we do about it?” Coyne describes the system that has generated the challenges we face today and illustrates them with a number of case studies, based on his unique perspective as an... View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
other person's shoes. Every case study that we read forced us to think about difficult business situations from the perspective of protagonists such as CEOs, engineers, accountants, and even celebrities or... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
that end, we hope to find ways to collaborate with efforts such as the HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise and to contribute to the development of new nonprofit case studies at the School. View Details
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
scene firsthand so he could address it directly with HBS alumni and guests from local industry and area colleges that evening. “I study industrial competitiveness, so wherever I may be going, I try to take a tour,” says Shih. “Visiting... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
I got to the social enterprise class, the creativity and the grandness of plans and sense of empowerment among the students and in the cases people would study, I found all of that exhilarating," she says. "Culturally, I fit in better in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
beginning a distinguished two-decade academic career that culminated in his appointment, beginning July 1, as the School’s tenth Dean at age 48. A specialist in organizational behavior and leadership, Nohria has coauthored or coedited sixteen books and written dozens... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
basic models,” Paine notes. “At first, the system adopted by Sumida looks comparable to a U.S. model. But when you examine how it’s implemented and the behavioral issues involved, the similarities aren’t so clear.” Ultimately, Paine says... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
program's first case discussion, led by Linda A. Hill, Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration. Using the case of BMG music-industry executive Rudolf Gassner (38th PMD), Hill instigated a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
helped with your business career? The HBS approach to case studies and the analytical frame of mind that they teach are invaluable. My whole analytical framework came from Harvard. Now, what didn’t work very... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
alumni mentors are “leading professionals from either HBS or one of our partner institutions and represent a wide range of sectors including finance, industry and government. They are very committed to giving back to the community in which they live.” Using the HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
founder that I ever felt there was a big difference between men and women. I was asked for more due diligence, for more numbers, and for so much more research on competitors.” Saigal, whose brother launched his own company, was able to View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
combinations of courses) they can offer, and students more options to explore a variety of interests. Dean Nohria recently reflected on these changes as he moves into his second year in office. Why has innovation emerged as such a priority for you? Since becoming Dean... View Details