Envelopment - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

steadily over the years, so the recent downturn is quite unexpected. Most worrisome, ProLab's executive team is in major trouble; contentiousness has developed between Hillary's husband, ProLab's CFO, and Hillary's business partner, ProLab's COO, which now threatens to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

pushing the envelope on offering products for an emerging market, the need to go in and set up a business or acquire your own company in order to have exposure to this area is lessened. What many firms or asset managers who want exposure... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

experiences as to which were the most useful to adopt moving forward. Unfortunately, it turned out that NASA had what might be called a "learning disorder." Q: So, what went wrong with FBC? A: The first problem lay in NASA's desire to push the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2006
News

Down the Memory Chute

had not heard even in the Navy, he took his manila envelope, ripped it in half, and climbed back into the limo and sped away. We were all dumbfounded until someone examined the remnants of his envelope and discovered that all the sheets... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

22 Aug 2019
News

Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

and think I'm contributing to pushing the envelope in Africa, and accelerating our progress, that is exciting. On the low side, it is still very much an unstructured environment in many ways. There are laws that aren't fully applied or... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Vive la Madeleine!

shampoo and madeleine-flavored yogurt. With the help of Philippe Parc he is pushing the envelope on new flavors and fine-tuning sugar-free, gluten-free, and organic products. A truffle-flavored madeleine was a definite no-go, but a hybrid... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

organizations to render aid. If any of our alumni are looking to connect with one another, we recommend using the Alumni Directory together with the secure Alumni Messaging Service to communicate (click on the envelope icon on any alumni... View Details

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

meeting, congratulate him on the company's making its numbers, and then hand him an envelope containing the details of his comp package before walking out the door. The entire exchange would last no more than 10 minutes. That sort of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Past Issues - Alumni

behind the stats. The First Scrum Fifty years ago, two Scotsmen started an HBS rugby team to help relieve the stress of studies. A look back at one of the School's most storied traditions. Complete Table of Contents June 2013 Five Bright Ideas From pushing the View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

more recent. In each instance, the relevant people are enveloped by a profound crisis that they did not see coming and which was not of their making. But once each of these actors was in the middle of calamity, he or she recognized they... View Details

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