Rapid Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
News

Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74

significant changes took place at HBS during Fouraker's tenure as Dean, including sizable increases in the numbers of women and minority students; new curriculum initiatives in ethics, business and government, human resource management,... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

Tapon (MBA 1997) REISNER: More than email itself, what really had an impact was the loss of first-class mail to electronic bill paying, starting in 2008. But the point is a good one, and 3D printing is likely to cause substantial change... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Sep 2004
News

Promise & Perils

turn back. “This historic reform process will not stop,” Long observed. Advice for Business and Investors The rapid pace of change not only creates new opportunities, it shapes new ways of doing business. In... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

measures. The election is held, and the union is either accepted or not. Unions are now trying to change the rules, by lobbying for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, under which workplaces would be automatically unionized if union... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Oct 1999
News

Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

the single most important factor in the rapid proliferation of personal computers. Bricklin, who took a shine to computer programming while still in high school in the 1960s, earned an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 1997
News

A Piece of the Action

there is an audible buzz—the sound of deals being made. Over coffee and fresh bread, someone with an idea and someone with the knowledge, money, or connection to turn that idea into a reality are hatching a deal that might just change the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

rest of Harvard? We have fundamentally changed Harvard Business School’s engagement with the rest of the University. It began with the i-Lab, which helped catalyze the entrepreneurial energy that exists across the entire University. The... View Details

24 Mar 2021
News

Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education

Clubs News Clubs News Community Partners Lean In to Racial Equity Each year, hundreds of HBS alumni volunteer with their local alumni clubs and associations to offer pro-bono consulting to nonprofits in their communities. This year, the pandemic forced a View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

competition and downsizing; rapid turnover of executives and employees; growing concern about the environment; and the crumbling of institutions such as schools and the family. "We're searching for new ways of grounding to sustain us... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

10 Mar 2021
News

Vision: A Unicorn Evolves

adopt new technology have been forced by circumstances to change their processes. “Outreach really created the category,” says Melissa Fisher (MBA 1998), who recently joined Outreach as CFO to help manage its View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; technology; startups; leadership

01 Dec 1999
News

South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency

similar issues." Two years ago HBS and Wits Business School in Johannesburg established the program in order to aid the rapid economic and social changes taking place in southern Africa. Participants are... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

01 Jan 2011
News

Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969

native land to complete his military service. He then worked his way through a series of rapid advancements in the banking world. In 1985, he took the helm of Yapi Kredi Bank, where he turned a deficit into a $60 million profit in two... View Details

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

path toward peace and sustainable change than just a good business idea. “I mean, I almost cried uncle 10 times in the first month.” “I mean, I almost cried uncle 10 times in the first month.” Making things that move was in his DNA. His... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2016
News

The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

reach wealthy and technologically savvy consumers fed up with gridlock and delay. At the heart of each business: a vision to change how Jakartans navigate the city’s congestion and transform their relationship with this sprawling... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

census takers in Watford City, North Dakota—in the far west of the state, 50 miles from the Montana border—counted 1,435 people. Today, that number is estimated to be at least 10,000. A familiar fuel for American boomtowns fed the rapid... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

genius was in how he organized experimentation,” Thomke told a gathering of colleagues during a recent HBS research symposium. “He knew that if you don’t get rapid feedback on new ideas, they often grow cold and don’t get pursued.” In his... View Details

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

01 Jan 2003
News

Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.

identifying and retaining best practices from each organization, he also introduced new ones, including a worldwide evaluation and compensation system. Today, all Novartis employees have at least 10 percent of their pay based on performance. Although those that didn't... View Details

20 Apr 2020
News

To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual

put them in the proper perspective,” says Seftel, a physician and immunology expert whose company, Enable, is currently developing a highly-sensitive rapid COVID-19 test with its public health laboratory partners. “There’s been a lot of... View Details