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- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
that there is more to running an enterprise, small or large, than strategy. The revolution in quality control and manufacturing techniques that has taken place in the last fifteen years was data-driven and... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
and local governments will reach approximately $450 billion. Although per-pupil spending has more than doubled in real dollars over the last thirty years, student achievement has remained stagnant. U.S. students look mediocre, or worse,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
as it overcame the Tylenol tragedy to take its place as the country's dominant brand in health-care products. "A company credo that put customers first and shareholders last ultimately benefited both... View Details
- 07 Nov 2007
- Op-Ed
How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Last month, Boeing stock went wobbly on... View Details
- 18 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Finding Your Family at HBS
and fun. But I found that my section, proud to be a member of “Sec-C” as I am, isn’t my main circle and that’s ok! Instead, I chose to dive headfirst into the queer community at HBS. Having spent the last twelve years of my life in... View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Business of Animal Protection Club
about animals? What about exploring Boston’s vegetarian food scene? This is the place for you. Introduce HBS students to industry leaders, ranging from the alternative protein industry, to leading non-profits, to policymakers, to thought... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
precious,” says Khan, who focuses primarily on software. “It’s been an incredible segment to invest in over the last few years—cloud software in particular, because these are high-gross margin businesses with low costs and long, recurring... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Scott C. Bolick
twice the 67 days usually needed to complete the arduous battery of simulated combat missions. The ordeal left Bolick 36 pounds lighter than when he started and further weakened by viral infections that required two overnight hospitalizations. His instructor's... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
insists, “it's theirs.” One opinion that was heard loud and clear during Schock's SA service was a call for a new prescription drug plan for HBS students. Schock was among student leaders who met with University health officials and the HBS administration early View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Dynamic Group
ten-year wedding anniversary present for his wife, Nina. The pair left their two young children at home in Bogotâ¡ with Miguel’s parents and spent an extra night in Amsterdam on their way home. “The tranquility and the intensity felt in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
of personalized medicine into clinical practice. Why does it seem that science is often so far ahead of practice in the medical field? Science has moved especially quickly in the last five years with the completion of the Human Genome... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
time and the large number of protesters who took to the streets may have been factors. “Clearly the scale of the protest matters, but it cannot just be that.” “If you ask anyone to cite important [protests] that took place in the US in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
eventually purchased in Observatory Hill was moldy, with terrible indoor-air quality and standing water in the basement. Over the last three years, Harper, through her company, Birchwood Sustainable Development, turned it into a beautiful... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
The following article is the fifth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. "With the time-honored marketing maxim "the customer is king" now reverberating throughout all parts of the firm, the... View Details
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories
decision-makers, and anyone who must communicate and convince. Here’s what they should keep in mind: Stories are resilient. A well-told story or anecdote leaves a lasting impression. A rule of thumb is that if you want your audience to... View Details
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
graduates, to address climate change?” Ratnika Prasad (MBA 2020), Associate Director at The Nature Conservancy "There has been a seismic shift in the last few years, whereby concern about the climate and sustainability has finally begun... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
management's focus extends beyond strategy, structure, and systems to purpose, processes, and people. All of the restructuring, reengineering, downsizing, and delayering that has occurred during the last decade, Bartlett attests, is the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
million grant to scale a successful medical knowledge sharing and collaborative practice platform pioneered by Project Echo in 2003 to expand specialty care access and quality at the centers. Long involved in community initiatives, IBM View Details
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’
organizations that we have created in the last century, and that we continue to create today, could not function. Without management, chaos would reign. Enterprises would fall apart and go out of business quickly. Management is an... View Details
Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
Editor's note: Now 10 years old, Facebook's growth is starting to slow. That's one reason it purchased What'sApp last month in a jaw-dropping deal valued at $19 billion. What might the next decade be like? Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski