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- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
Internet-based companies like Google record every click and keystroke of every customer, analyzing the data to continuously improve their products and marketing. Customers are courted and supply chains are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
soberly. "I think the best way I can help children is to work to improve the emotional health of their parents and families." "I think the best way I can help children is to work to improve the emotional... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
doctor, palliative care specialist, nurse coordinator, clinical pharmacy specialist, and behavioral and social service specialists. The team focuses on the highest-risk patients to see if the new, proactive care model can improve patient,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
continuous efficacy and efficiency improvements that poverty-reduction initiatives must have to succeed," says Antares cofounder and HBS senior lecturer Michael Chu. Chu speaks from personal experience.... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)
What inspired you to pursue a career in medicine and how does your HBS MBA fit into this career path? “I was drawn to medicine because I loved the idea that knowledge and skill could directly translate into improving the lives of others.... View Details
- 19 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Education Pioneers
Tsveta Semova, Senior Director, Recruitment and Admissions Strategy, Education Pioneers Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Many people want to improve our education system, but if they don’t want to teach or be a... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
areas of capital markets, financial services, and corporate finance. "New financial product and market designs, improved computer and telecommunications technology, and advances in finance theory during the past quarter century have led... View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
Editor's note. Argentina is in the midst of a continuing saga regarding its 2002 default on its sovereign debt, a case that the US Supreme Court will decide soon. HBS finance professor Laura Alfaro, who served from 2010 to 2012 as... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
instead, it has become integrated with the whole manufacturing process—David Upton But once that decision has been made, "sitting" is far from the operative word for IT systems, which require the same kind of continuous View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
suggested that the health-care industry is also ripe for disruption. Technological innovations such as improved testing and diagnostic equipment and more targeted drugs could soon break down the existing hierarchy between specialists,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
crumbling infrastructure, and high unemployment these days — is the $842 million National Gateway rail-transport improvement project. CSX is putting up half of the price tag, while six states and the District of Columbia are kicking in a... View Details
- 28 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship
and scaling. In the short term, our objective is to create a foundation for raising a $25M Fund II, as a continuation of our proof-of-concept strategy; however, our long-term vision is to build a firm that outlives us. The case study... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
demand was super clear.” Within months, Worldreader’s app launched, offering access to thousands of books from around the world, allowing students not only to read for pleasure but also to explore categories like human health and career development, as well as to View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine
Mayo’s Neural Engineering Laboratory began to make dramatic improvements to the technology behind the treatment. Instead of requiring constant tweaking like a typical deep brain stimulation device, Harmoni’s sensors work to keep the brain... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
diverse and unique ways as an effective strategy for achieving industry dominance. "In the IT industry, we can observe a fundamental change in management principles from constrained innovation to unconstrained innovation," Nolan notes. "The IT industry has shown the... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
additional relief—and soon—providers and policymakers should expect much greater disruption in insurance coverage going forward.” Some 60 percent of small businesses offered health insurance before the pandemic. Through June 15, 95 percent of those View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
powerful ways to learn by doing. At the same time, faculty are continuously exploring ways to improve the program, for example, by designing new class sessions, or improving... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
"Bank of America is interested in accessing innovative digital technologies that will help it redefine how banking is done," Sato says. "The bank sees this as an opportunity to fuel its continued competitive presence in a... View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
industrial complex that limits healthy competition in order to promote its continued growth and caters to the power and profit-driven demands of its best customers instead of the broader public interest. During the 2016 election cycle,... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
"South Africans expect a lot from the president," says Meyer, a recent graduate of the School's Senior Executive Programme for Southern Africa (SEP). "They are looking for the presidency to improve day-to-day living conditions." Meyer's... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker