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- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
looking at a lot of wasted time and money. I watched them take each crate off the truck and slip it into a sling, which would then lift the crate into the hold of the ship." It would be nineteen years before McLean converted his... View Details
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
for the pricing of bids made by its foreign subsidiaries. The company believed that its U.S.-based executives would be more effective in making pricing decisions because they had a broader purview of the company's needs. But the time... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
included varies by source and will change over time In the U.S., 17% of homes have an electric heat pump installed. In the South – in states such as North Carolina and Alabama – this number is above 40% [1]. It is clear that electric heat... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
out of a chemistry lab to hear John Kenneth Galbraith, and I fell in love with economics.” HBS takeaways: “Whether you’re a manager or a prime minister, I learned the importance of managing by objective in a given View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
yourself ‘How are you?’ ” she said in a statement. “But, in fact, psychological well-being and understanding of what is happening in our inner world is more timely than ever.” She’s now working alongside the country’s View Details
- 23 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation
leading innovation in changing environment.” 1. Understand the opportunity paradox How can organizations capture new growth most effectively? “If you’re doing something new, it is inevitably going to be difficult,” McDonald says. The Burton snowboard company is a View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the headlines and provokes the most public and... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
last June, he has been a prime example of the positive results of that litmus test. Daniel first heard of McKinsey & Company at a career panel he attended during his senior year at Wesleyan University, where he majored in mathematics. But... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
to ask questions and make comments. In reality, however, the speakers often do the opposite—dominating the time and not allowing for much discussion at all. "As professors we do this too," admits Gino. "It's very difficult... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Turkish Delight
time between Brookline, Massachusetts, and a “base of operations” in Paris that makes it easier for Gadiesh to travel for work. After leaving Bain in 1984, Byford put his entrepreneurial talents to work, launching two electronics... View Details
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
operating costs. And in turn, the bank gains some expertise about a risky industry. “This was a prime example of how to tailor a financing infrastructure to the local environment” "In my research I look at how operations affect... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 02 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS
to run events and are hoping to automate key pieces of our product by the end of the school year. Our hope is to raise some financing that will allow us to pursue Venuefly full time after graduation. Maybe I’m not a natural-born... View Details
- 06 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion
hours—ranging from designing a Bluetooth-enabled remote control for a motor to constructing a wooden beer case. For many of us, those first two days were an opportunity to dust off some old skills we hadn’t put to work since we left our previous jobs (and for former... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
technical schools to train members of these communities for jobs at these facilities.[66] This is a prime example of workforce-focused EJ practices. There are several other workforce-oriented business activities resulting from EJ programs... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
conclude, after one century of banking crisis this is the best of times for Mexican banking. Publisher's link: http://www.library.hbs.edu/forms/purchaseform/ November 2014 Journal of Competition Law & Economics Leveraging Market Power... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
Why in the world would anyone take the time to write complicated software programs for free? It's a good question, one that has piqued the curiosity of a number of economists, who wonder what benefits, if any, lie behind the burgeoning... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Valleydene provided Barford with the flexibility he needed to spend more time with his ailing wife (who died in 1991 after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis) and six children. Beyond the boardroom, Barford has been associated in... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
point is the most crucial—employee trust is hard to regain once it’s lost. E = Execute your organization’s post-COVID workforce plan in a timely fashion and evaluate your progress constantly. Ultimately, the TAKE framework is about... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
like several of the panelists, believe that the stickiest problems lie at the intersection of technology deployment, capital access, and policy acceleration. I plan to spend more time building bridges to my colleagues on the policy and... View Details