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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
research in Nicaragua. Last spring, the plan designed by the LCAE team, whose advisors included Thomke, entrepreneurs, consultants, product designers, and ophthalmologists, was selected as the winning entry over ten other... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
ordered not to eat anything in advance of a test but was still given his usual dose of insulin. At hospitals that have modern IT systems, when food is being withheld for studies, corrected insulin orders are automatically suggested in the computerized order View Details
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
Readers subscribing to the “Life is real! Life is earnest!” philosophy may not have been thrilled by my two-part blog entry on “classroom hijinks” at HBS (see here and here). But they will be happy to hear that during my first-ever... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
New Venture Winner an Undercover Success
created by Brandon Molina (MBA 2010), offers distance-to-green accuracy using wireless and GPS technology. Now in its third year, the Alumni New Venture Contest saw an increase in entries of more than 40 percent over 2011, for a total of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
represented a substantial barrier to entry to any competitors, our long-term success would depend on customer service, scalability, and building the brand. While practically every other dot-com chose to advertise on the Internet, we saw... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Turning Point: On the Line
Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Day 116 was bizarrely poetic. Or poetically bizarre. And not just because I was an HBS grad participating in his second strike. To that point in last year’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
chair and director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. The preceding is adapted from a longer blog entry published by the Huffington Post. View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
high-end, traditional model toilets it introduced to the U.S. market in 1989, the Washlet, as the bidet-toilet is known, has been a much tougher sell. In “TOTO: The Bottom Line,” HBS associate professor Mary Tripsas considers barriers to View Details
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Classroom Hijinks: Catchphrases, Mottos, Cheers, and Mascots
may have been their mascot, and 2005E had its E-Dawg (a sectionmate dressed up in a dog suit), on whom see here. Next week I’ll finish this blog entry with a discussion of games, parties, pranks, and celebrations of professors in their... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
Mahesh checks in from the factory floor. Courtesy Krishna Mahesh Related Links Alum startup wins HBS contest New Venture Contest: Call for entries Upcoming webinars for entrepreneurs HBS New Ventures group on LinkedIn “I am still amazed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
lights are out. Ideally, orders flow directly from order entry to a warehouse management system, but they can also be scanned or entered manually. None of this is new. I’ve seen it used for everything from tiny, lightweight products... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
scale up globally, and the 1990s saw lasting social and policy shifts in Germany and Spain that encouraged their entry into the wind game. By 1996, the largest wind energy companies in the world included one US, two German, and five... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
strong economy is also going to buoy Latinx entrepreneurs, who had difficulty both accessing funds through the Paycheck Protection Program and finding alternative sources of financial support—in addition to dealing with other barriers to View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
The master plan also calls for the construction of two buildings that would likely provide faculty and administrative space [6]. “One of these would be sited next to Spangler,” says O’Brien, “and the other along a newly configured Batten Way [7], which will become the... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
view video clips of her numerous national media appearances and read blog entries and other writings that embody her personal life philosophy to live without fear. A sought-after motivational speaker, Linn was also working on a book at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
brand as it marches into other segments. I recommend that Ario delay entry into other markets. It should first define a segment, build strong enthusiasts, and then branch out. Just as Under Armour has coined or leveraged the term... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
products companies and health care businesses to nonprofits. The companies that seek out this type of intensive leadership assessment and development are often going through significant change—rapid growth, a merger, entry into a new... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
eclectic in their alliances, so that they can learn as much as possible about things like technology, procurement, and marketing.” M&M made news recently with its entry into the media business, primarily film production. “I have to tell... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
flexibility afforded by a smaller community with dedicated facilities (September entry MBA students didn't return to campus until mid-January) allowed us to experiment," Schlesinger says. Students were also exposed to a broader array of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
in Aldrich 108, "somewhat below the professor's sight line," Bricklin relates with a chuckle, "my mind wandered, and I imagined a sort of trackball on the bottom of the pocket calculator I was holding. I envisioned a computer screen on which you could make and change... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs