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- 01 Mar 2016
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Feedback
—Barbara Thornton (MBA 1995) Practicing PWYW Re: The Price Is Right As part of my financial services, I help retirees identify and implement their optimum Social Security claiming strategy. Pricing this service has been very difficult,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
because of—the challenge: “It was basically a small manufacturing company but with an output of one product each time, because every unit we process is unique,” he says. “With each garment, there are 20 opportunities for us to screw up—maybe we didn’t schedule the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
that they were never in the direct presence of anyone who disagrees with them. Aides, flatterers, bodyguards, or censors could buffer them against the unpleasant or absorb attacks by proxy. But in the digital age, criticism and challenge go View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- News
Leading from Within
leadership programs stop right on the cusp of that, and we want you want to go beyond that.” To reach that plane, Lim and Overwater welcome participants to the Trinity Retreat Center in West Cornwall, Conn., a rural oasis away from the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2019
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INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
prize is a set of steak knives, and third prize is you’re fired. In these markets, the most important thing is to be first, to win that Cadillac. If you’re not that leader, there’s little room to build a great business. If someone were to build a new search engine... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
succession” is just waiting to happen. — HBS professor Joseph L. Bower is author of The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning (HBS Press, 2007). Reprinted from The Wall Street Journal © 2007 Dow Jones & Company. All View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
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Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
do that—game on.” “Chicago is a relevant story because it came from a point of relatively little entrepreneurial activity after the fallout from the dot-com crash and managed to develop a vibrant ecosystem,” Meyer said in a post-event interview. “I think there’s a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
long-term “strategy” is fun to talk about but rarely works out the way you planned it. I would focus on proving out the revenue (and profit) model and trying to get to cash flow breakeven by delighting the 200 customers. After executing on this first step, the View Details
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
right away. He was with E Ink for 12 years, six as CEO, guiding it through multiple near failures to runaway success. The company sold in 2009 for $215 million. Wilcox then followed through on a fatherly promise to his wife—and former... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
outstanding private-sector success story: Professor Kanter. Samuel F. Heffner III (MBA ’70) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Right Wing, Left Wing, West Wing HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter cites 25 years of right-wing ideology as contributing to... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
with gross margins of 75 percent. Right now, we’re basically gross profitable, and we hit a gross margin of about 50 percent at one point before we chose to reinvest in editorial. Now I’m hiring two to three editors and more premium... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
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We’re All Going to Get Hacked
technical gobbledygook, as I like to call it. Basically, this was a well-maintained company. They had all the right proper protections and policies and what have you. And they have a HVAC system, and it needed to be serviced, and so the... View Details
- 31 May 2018
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Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
doctors and therapists tell me that pregnancy and being a mom wouldn't even be possible given my medical condition. For me, it's a reminder that your beliefs, what you choose to believe, are really, really powerful. You know Henry Ford was View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
business school, ultimately I think students come to learn how to be leaders in the business arena. Right now 5 percent of our graduates go to work in the nonprofit sector. To expect 20 to 30 percent is asking too much. Maybe we could... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
participants will end up with the right level of risk taking, so regulation is important. There are also periods of crisis, like the one we just experienced, when financial markets generally break down. And that’s when the government can... View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
tried in the independent film world, and we wanted to give it a shot.” Terra provided the filmmakers with a financial commitment up front, along with marketing and distribution assistance later on. “We did not touch the story. It’s about authenticity—our consumer would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Editor's Note
faculty colloquia and set a course for future research and discovery. To kick off the Bulletin’s Centennial editorial year, we put the event right out front where no one would miss it — on the cover. Inside, in an open letter to the HBS... View Details
- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Pitching In for Female Leaders
recently, I took over as chair of Women in Football, which is the leading NGO for empowering women, celebrating their success, but also maintaining a collaborative dialogue with the governing bodies in the UK and in Europe about the presence and the View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
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Turning Point: Getting to Giving
promotion or when I’m done paying for college.” But what if “when” is right now? That’s why I feel like I have to practice generosity all the time, so when the windfall comes, I’m not tempted otherwise. It’s where I have room to grow, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
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Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
industry giants such as Brandon Tartikoff and Grant Tinker. There he began honing the skills that have since secured his own reputation as a television programmer extraordinaire. The key, Sagansky observes, is finding the right niche, "a... View Details