Value Added - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

professor William Sahlman, who created the MBA elective Entrepreneurial Finance. * All comparisons exclude large corporations. Creating a Lifeline When Cynthia A. Fisher (MBA '90) had her first child last year, she added one more keepsake... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

affordable rates," Balogun says, adding that his bank expects lending to increase 21 percent a year for the next three years. Here's what all of that looks like in practice: With a $500 input loan, 22-year-old Jamila Josua was able to... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

class; structuring asset classes and adding value-oriented or other opportunistic “tilts”; measuring and managing risks, avoiding common mistakes, and more. The Soul of a Patient: Lessons in Healing for Harvard Medical Students edited by... View Details

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

attention and energies on maximizing profit and financial value. This exclusive focus on profit and shareholder value maximization has led to environmental destruction and the concentration of wealth and power within the hands of a few.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

you’re interested in and find ways to connect with them. When you meet, articulate how you can contribute; engage your interviewers about their work; and offer expertise, advice, or contacts with no expectation of reciprocity. Suddenly you’ll be perceived as someone... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2009
News

Model Patient

lot of things will be added that you don’t want to pay for — imagine a mandatory heated seat for your car. Unless the consumer is involved and able to say, this or that ‘is value for my money and that’s what... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2000
News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

when a Philadelphia museum runs a full-page ad in the New York Times, a Boston bus is swathed in a van Gogh image, and a Chicago cab receipt invites you to visit that city's Museum of Contemporary Art. READ MORE Old Meets New: A Dinosaur... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

division were just looking for ways to build a faster pump. They didn’t want innovation; they wanted incremental improvements. And they didn’t really see the value of Local Motors. They weren’t believers. For this to work, Rogers needed... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

never work late or on weekends. I’ve found that if you work efficiently during the day, you can “just leave” at 5:30 or 6. These are pretty simple things, but over the years the effect of being home for dinner and to see the kids added... View Details

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