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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
discrimination, where companies have various prices at the same time for different customers, depending on everything from geography to browsing history. Donald Ngwe: This has always been the best-case scenario for any seller, but it... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
mothers who were employed tend to be more successful in the workplace than those raised by mothers who weren’t employed. Men whose mothers were employed spend more time caring for family members. “There’s a lot of parental guilt about... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
having a guaranteed job for life.’ I’d always been intrigued by finance, so I applied to HBS.” Leaps and bounds: “It’s not the only measure to consider, but Medtronic had tremendous growth from 1993 to 2006. The market cap went from about... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
This technology is being widely used for the first time in this spring's Advanced Management Program: International Senior Managers' Program. The Message and the Medium As the last yards of new fiber-optic cables are installed, updated... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
bought the team. "At the time I paid the most that anybody had ever paid for an NBA team," says Kohl of the $18-million price tag. "I thought it was a stupid investment - way too much money in a small market... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
its food supply, considered the uncertainties climate change is introducing into the global food market and set a target of fulfilling 30 percent of its nutritional needs domestically by 2030; alternative protein sources could help the... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Shell and American Can Company. "All the guys who were making the decisions in the corner offices had advanced degrees," he recalls. "I wanted to call the shots." At HBS, Harris learned about leadership and motivating teams, citing courses such as Industrial View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
investing, also known as impact investing. "I wanted to understand how to use the financial capital markets and for-profit mechanisms to move the dial on the world's most pressing problems." Seegull had a unique perspective from an early... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
we worked on. The Alumni Communications Committee, under the able guidance of Paul Stewart (MBA '87), reached out to a sampling of alumni in order to better define existing market segments and their needs. The committee's work will inform... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
1776, by David McCullough In any survey of great American corporations that have left their mark on business history, IBM would always hold a special place. Its origins date back to the late 1880s, when mechanical time recorders and... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
it resists bruising. For consumers, that means increased convenience—potatoes can be prepped in advance—and reduced food waste. The White Russet marketing campaign is unique, too. When the company introduced the potatoes into supermarkets... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
get things done. For quite some time I tried to convince Michelle that we should start something together, and she was not particularly enthusiastic about the ideas that I had. Michelle Zatlyn: And Matthew, if you spend more than five... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
would be a ways off. “This is a really big ship to turn,” he says. “But when I started hearing real, actual time lines—that was music to my ears.” It wasn’t just a vision but a plan. And just as importantly, that plan wasn’t a short-term... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
research and strategy nonprofit founded by HBS professor Michael E. Porter, that strengthens inner-city economies. “It was my first introduction into the idea that business can propel social impact,” Kapila says. Her time at ICIC... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
course developer. As Dean, he led HBS through some of the most momentous and challenging times in its history. In 2008, as the global economic crisis unfolded, Light acted swiftly to strengthen the School’s financial structure and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
could stray from an assignment to write market assessments and instead create a start-up business plan. “The professor was Walt Salmon, and fortunately he was all for it,” recalls Cassidy, who eventually made good on the plan to launch... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
entrepreneurs is Mary Kay Ash, a legend as a glass-ceiling breaker and a woman who built a very successful business with a go-to-market strategy of direct selling. Unlike Mary Kay Ash, however, not all aspiring business owners are willing or able to invest their... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
dumped into Iraq after the overthrow of the regime. It was the main market for cars coming from the Gulf area. It was a very, very scruffy and dirty town. As we moved up into Iraq proper, we followed the main north-south Euphrates... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard
program will take in lessons from Harvard experts on business, education, nonprofits, and government, engaging with the curriculum and each other several hours a week at times of their choosing on the HBX digital learning platform. “A key... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
computer to monitor typing patterns. (Data on what is typed is not recorded.) Then, each time the person uses that computer, information is uploaded to NeuraMetrix, where it is analyzed for inconsistencies. Because the amount of data... View Details
Keywords: April White