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- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
workforce protection. The company will continue to make the shields, but is now refocused on prototyping disposable gowns and protective coverings, which represent the most urgently needed PPE. The challenge, Rose says, is finding an adequate supply of non-woven... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
properties are being rehabilitated both privately and through nonprofit programs, and residents volunteer their labor to help with face-lifts. A commercial developer has recently proposed an office complex and a plan for 135 affordable... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
many times when you’re dealing with imperfects. People say don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. The flip side is, don’t let good be good enough. If you have dysfunction in a key area, you can’t afford to leave it there, no matter how... View Details
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
unproven, borrow resources they can't afford to buy, and build buyers' interest in their activity. Others may see them as risk takers, but good entrepreneurs are actually good at getting other folks to take risks. You need some people... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
- 04 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: CVS Health
million patients each year, and expanding specialty pharmacy services, the company enables people, businesses and communities to manage health in more affordable and effective ways. CVS Health serves 5 million customers each day through... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 05 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
5 Pieces of Advice for Applying to HBS
adapt to reach my goals. I think this matters much more than having recommenders with a particular job title or connection with HBS. 3. Learn more about the generous financial aid options HBS offers Leslie: Trying to figure out how you’re going to View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
development model. They are keen to build a model village that integrates components of shelter, education, skill development and livelihood creation and affords residents a basic standard of living. What should the blueprint of this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating our Student Fathers
your experience is the result of how you choose to prioritize them. As a new dad, I have decided to prioritize time with family at the very top of my list and it has been great! I am confident that I will look back years from now and appreciate all the opportunities... View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
fate we have to accept, Sambvani explains. Better voice technology and AI-based tools already exist, and some large organizations are deploying them in modern, innovative systems that don’t routinely confound their customers. “But most mid-market businesses can’t View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
things. Of course technology affords us that ability these days, but it will require a bit more perspective shift too. Whenever we’re with students in the classroom—with MBAs or senior executives from around the world—their experience... View Details
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
School of Public Health, Project Antares aims to create a system for devising commercial incentives that provide affordable public health initiatives, or "interventions" in healthcare parlance. Examples of commercial high-impact... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
focusing on hiring impostors anyway? There are probably plenty of other candidates with more “normal” confidence levels, motivations, and abilities. An organization comprised solely of impostors could be a pretty exhausting, chaotic place. On the other hand, can we... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
getting lower-cost devices to those who might not otherwise be able to afford them? A $14B market would seem to have ample room for a niche player that focuses on corporate social responsibility while still being profitable." —Allison... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
but can't afford the hefty prices for designer originals? Rent the Runway allows fashionistas to use those dresses and accessories at affordable rates. The company has decoupled the value part of the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019
first-generation college student, Katie Kelsall in MBA Financial Aid, understands firsthand what it’s like to have to figure out how to pay for school. Education is an investment, and Katie is here to tell you that it IS possible to View Details
- 27 Apr 2025
- News
Celebrating 40 Years of Kraft Family Fellowships
Robert Kraft (center) and Jonathan Kraft and Dean Srikant Datar (second row, center) gathered recently with Kraft Family Fellowship recipients and guests to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the first Kraft fellowship fund at HBS. Photos by Ethi... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
breaks the backs of U.S. firms that compete with companies in countries spending, at most, 12 percent of GDP on health care. Yet, despite this torrent of cash, more than 40 million Americans lack health insurance, mostly because they cannot View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
behaviors of the individuals you choose go through the organization like a rifle shot; they can be felt at the line level within months. We can't afford to hire or promote people with the wrong values. It's a path to mediocrity."... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
scholarship promise, affording graduating seniors access to $2,000 for future pursuits as well as an additional $5,000 to finish a four-year college degree. To date, more than 70 students have received an average of $3,300 in scholarship... View Details
Keywords: April White