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January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
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General Scanning, Inc. (A)

By: H. Kent Bowen, Sean McClenaghan and Charles Tillen

General Scanning, Inc. was founded by Jean Montagu and Pierre Brosens, two MIT mechanical engineers with an interest in developing innovative products based on the early application of lasers. They invented proprietary technology for laser beam positioning and scanning... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Strategic Planning; Research and Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Commercialization; Manufacturing Industry

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05 Dec 2016
Blog Post

5 Pieces of Advice for Applying to HBS

majority of Fellowships in the $30,000-$50,000 range per year. The average starting salary at graduation is $135,000. Most alums are able to pay back loans in considerably less time than the terms provided. HBS also offers a variety loan forgiveness programs available... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS

pitch their business plans at the Springboard 2000 New England venture-capital forum. Organizers of Springboard 2000, which is a series of events that debuted with sessions in Silicon Valley and Virginia, have an ambitious goal. "We want... View Details

Keywords: Singleton, Laura; Springboard 2000

01 Mar 2005
News

Job Interviews

important; the rest of the meeting often serves to confirm an initial judgment made very early on.” That confirmation process frequently begins with an open-ended question such as, “Tell me about yourself,” which Butler views as a prime... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Nov 2013
News

Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

which was facing numerous challenges: a rapidly decreasing market share, falling revenues, and cratering investor faith. Heins went about cutting costs—including the layoff of more than 5,000 workers in May 2012—scrapped plans to make the... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

09 Mar 2021
News

Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

gained from the CSML program to help navigate issues wrought by the pandemic: “With the increased demands of leading a campus through the ever-changing landscape of COVID-19, the ability to triage needs, inspire hope, and develop robust response View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2016
News

Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

member and then plan for it to happen via networking and repositioning your career on your résumé. Part of the problem is not with the qualifications or networking skills of people who want to be board members. It is about how few spots... View Details

15 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

be, an important component of competitive advantage for these firms. Q: How can companies translate this into sales strategies, tasks, and processes understood by their sales teams and the rest of the organization? A: This is the essence... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

21 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Negotiation and All That Jazz

requires being comfortable with seemingly contradictory feelings—for example, being simultaneously calm and alert—and approaching negotiation as an ongoing process of discovery about the situation, your counterpart, and perhaps even... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

“Value-stream mapping” in the oncology department standardizes the follow-up process with patients. An improvement strategy called “3P” (production, preparation, process), used to radically redesign space according to workflow, eliminates... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2004
News

Steve Barger (MBA 1974)

tanks and installing sewer lines. Obviously our work is not glamorous, but we do tough jobs, and we do them better than anyone else. Most of our improvement ideas come from our employees. Everyone is invited to our company planning... View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

05 Jun 2015
Blog Post

The HBS Investment

was so terribly short sighted. HBS cost me much more than an enhanced insurance policy. At HBS, I lost sight of what I thought my career should be. Rather, all that I had planned for turned out to be so limited. I had quite a narrow... View Details

08 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

centers can seriously affect an organization's bottom line and undermine its strategy. "My research reveals that what happens in the last 10 yards of retail supply chains is really important. Customers often experience stockouts not because the supply-chain View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

05 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

"Perhaps the existence of a succession plan should be included in every BCP (Business Continuity Planning) assessment that is conducted by an audit firm for publicly-traded companies." Given the general importance of succession... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

01 Sep 2013
News

Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet

improve your capabilities, and follow your own convictions. In True North, Professor of Management Practice Bill George describes a process to help you in this effort. At HBS, we teach his methods in the second-year course Authentic... View Details

September 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

AB InBev: Brewing Up Forecasts during COVID-19

By: Mark Egan, C. Fritz Foley, Esel Cekin and Emilie Billaud

In July 2021, the CEO of AB InBev's European operations and his team strategized to position the company for success post-pandemic. As the world's largest beer company, boasting over 500 brands, revenue of $46 billion, and a workforce of 160,000 in 2020, AB InBev... View Details

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07 Mar 2022

College Program Series: Women at HBS

Join us to learn more about HBS MBA student experience and how to plan for an MBA as a college student. This event will feature a panel of current HBS students from the Women's Student Association, including students who were admitted to... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

embassies around the world. Even after agreeing to attempt a compromise, the talks would often stall; sometimes they threatened to cease. By 2002, the original process was in disarray, and a whole new structure with new negotiators was... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

appointments go wrong Let’s begin by taking a look at three examples of poor leadership at public companies and addressing what went wrong. Then, I will recommend five ways boards can ensure they appoint the right leader as CEO: General Electric: The most publicized... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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