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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
family members of those who have died. “I wish I knew, really, what these prescription pills were,” a survivor tells the camera in a close-up. That’s part of what the students here will be doing today, as they methodically go over a View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
eventful. The lessons of their experience speak volumes for all of American industry, as firms large and small grapple with a host of new challenges that those beginning their careers in 1971 never anticipated. Another MBA '71 graduate,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
the Apple II a viable business tool. Takeaways from Entrepreneurial Finance Each of the 10,000-plus veterans of Entrepreneurial Finance has his or her own list of lessons learned in the course. Here are just a few: Cash is king. More cash... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
another course spawned by the Initiative on Social Enterprise - Society and Enterprise (S&E), a module that offers lessons about corporate involvement in the social sector. S&E is required of all MBA students as a part of Foundations, a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
billion. Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever was an early employee of the Research Counsel. “One of David’s lessons about entrepreneurship that he impressed upon generations of employees is that when you’re starting a business, there comes a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
access to Vanguard’s leaders, Ellis explains why Jack Bogle started Vanguard and how he and his successors grew it into an investment industry disrupter that became the global leader. Ellis includes in-depth interviews with the executives and key leaders of Vanguard,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
motivations. ... For me, the lessons from this experience are twofold. First, business can be used to create incentives not just for economic return but also for social return. This is happening all over Africa and across the world, but... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
market goods to the West. American managers are still reeling from last year’s wild dot-com ride, while managers abroad are busy applying its lessons.” (Nolan will document management lessons from the recent experience of dot-com... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
demonstrates how this framework works in practice. Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs by David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano (HarperBusiness) In less than a decade, Bill Gates, Steve... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
several important lessons from his school-board service: “Without innovative leadership, nothing gets done. We wanted a nontraditional change agent, so we went after the general and hired him. If you have the right people as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
more traditional in top-down organizations. What are the experiences that are hard to replace in remote work? And how can companies replace those with digital experiences? Associate Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury on the lasting lessons... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
appreciated as well!” Do you use what you learned at HBS in your current work? “Every day. There are tangible ways that I use skills from HBS, when I reflect on lessons from marketing to try to figure out how to acquire more ‘customers’... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
the job? What do you think separates top performers from mediocre ones? After testing the advice gathered from these interviews, Ng started coaching early-career professionals and distilled every lesson learned into this step-by-step... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
your family doing? Is everyone healthy?” And that mental shift, I hope, is something that we're going to do better in the real world. April: Are there any other lessons you think that we can take away from this experience to improve the... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
survived! WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THE COMPANY DEALT WITH THAT HAVE LESSONS FOR TODAY? Over the decades, the domestic glassware industry was always dodging bullets. In 1900, one commentator pointed out that even if we had a 100% duty, English... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
being effective. Is this still fun? Is this still adding value? Having those conversations, understanding the group dynamic, and managing people’s expectations have been important lessons for me. Courtney Hughes: Also, balancing learning... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
explains how and why a financial panic unfolds, with lessons that can be applied to our understanding of present-day financial and monetary systems. The book details the reasons why, despite today’s stronger monetary regime and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
ability to react to the market will be critical; she knows that. There's no overestimating the event's potential effect on TAM—especially in a country where soccer is religion. But however TAM handles the Cup, it will be a valuable lesson... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
existing facilities, and we build or make improvements. We erect permanent structures only when we have a definite post-Olympic commitment and use; all other sites and improvements are designed to be only temporary and will be torn down after the Games. We learned that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
of advertisers. But we're never going to be out there selling Internet ads for Pampers." Less then twelve months later, Pampers had become one of the three thousand advertisers who had signed on with DoubleClick. The humbled Salzman had learned a View Details
Keywords: Susan Young