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Andre Meyer
Meyer was a skilled financier, with a great talent at devising and orchestrating mergers and other complex business deals. He engineered Lazard’s purchase of Avis Rent–A-Car System for $7 million, and its... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era
companies must develop new expertise. Stevenson pointed to the Chief Technical Officer as a key figure in this transformation, a person combining the right technical acumen with an understanding of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- March 2001 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
WingspanBank.com (B): Should This Bird Still Fly?
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
WingspanBank.com is launched to critical acclaim, but its fate is hardly certain. Bank One's new CEO, Jamie Dimon, must decide what to do with what is now a second Web site for the bank's current and prospective customers. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Customers; Innovation and Management; Organizations; Complexity; Web Sites; Financial Services Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Stacy McManus. "WingspanBank.com (B): Should This Bird Still Fly?" Harvard Business School Case 601-071, March 2001. (Revised July 2002.)
- 28 Nov 2014
- News
Flat Organizations Like Zappos Need Pockets of Privacy
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Karly Hou | MBA
Karly Hou Computer Science/Mathematics Eliot 2024 Cohort 5 The complex problems that face modern societies require technical innovations grounded in empathy, ethics, business sense, and thoughtful design. I... View Details
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Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment
your title. Consider identifying a role—or part of your role—with significant levers for impact, whether that’s as a budget owner, product lead, or operations manager, and wield your HBS-refined soft and technical skills to integrate... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
program, featuring a takeoff on “get out of jail free” cards from the board game Monopoly. This wasn’t a blockbuster like the new shaving systems for women, but it showed that everyone has a role to play in a culture of innovation. To go... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
- November 2001
- Supplement
Staples
By: Myra M. Hart
Provides information on the development of the office superstore concept, including building partnerships, creating the business plan, and recruiting a management team. View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Recruitment; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Operations; Planning; Partners and Partnerships; Complexity; Retail Industry
Hart, Myra M. "Staples." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 802-803, November 2001.
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
here to stay. It's everywhere, and its ever-growing presence and complexity is making its mark globally. This prevalence and importance is reflected not just in the impact of digital offerings from major companies, but also in the View Details
An Wang
After receiving his Ph.D., Wang began work on a complex memory storage problem, which lead to the development of the first magnetic core memory. Building on this success, Wang went on to set up his own company focused on making business... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
appropriate to try to understand what major problems might lie ahead for market capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets.... View Details
- 19 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines
guidance algorithms to help robots intelligently operate on beating hearts, the lungs, and brain. My Master of Science (MS) degree helped me develop a vernacular for technical concepts in robotics, cellular biology, human anatomy, and... View Details
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Research in Black and White | Baker Library
many of those working in the lab “had graduated from Smith, some with no scientific background. Land proved many times over that a bright young liberal arts student could learn the routines of the laboratory and the structure of a scientific discipline as rapidly as... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
Network Methods to Map Product Architecture By: Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an operational methodology for characterising the architecture of technical View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Laura Sophie Wegner | MBA
Laura Sophie Wegner Economics, Secondary in Computer Science Currier 2025 Cohort 6 This fellowship is an opportunity to help me merge the technical and interpersonal side of being a founder by learning from HBS professors, MS/MBA... View Details
- May 1997
- Teaching Note
Tale of Two Electronic Components Distributors TN
By: Ananth Raman and Bharat P. Rao
Teaching Note for (9-697-064). View Details
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Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows Program | MBA
Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows Program Supported by the Roberts Family Foundation This program is for current Harvard College students only. Students may be from any Harvard College concentration. As technical and societal... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
and beyond. Student teams have exclusive access to advising, technical resources, and other programming. “We’ve received support with everything—from assembling an international team with diverse technical... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
2020 Vision
for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; and served as EVP at Dunk.net, Shaquille O’Neal’s footwear and apparel company. She is currently the CEO of Insomnia Consulting LLC, an Atlanta-based firm specializing in investment, development, and consulting for View Details
Anthony Soohoo
Anthony Soohoo is a recognized leader in technology, AI, media, and commerce. He currently serves as Lead Independent Director at Spryker Systems and Civio.ai, Venture Partner at AI Fund, and Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Harvard Business... View Details