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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
reforming a hierarchical, bureaucratic culture that fostered competing fiefdoms in the corporation. In addition, IBM's reputation as a paternal organization that guaranteed lifetime employment and benefits ignored economic realities. As... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
No Reason to Go Nuclear While I applaud the general thrust of Byron Wien’s “My Two Cents” contribution in the December issue, he wandered beyond his competency with the following statement: “We will need to generate most of our... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a BusinessWeek article from a decade ago... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
had entered an extraordinary public health challenge that would affect all aspects of our society. Information about how the virus worked was key. There were so many competing beliefs. One fundamental part of the equation was trying to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
participants made will have immediate impacts for the people and organizations involved. “We couldn’t have asked for it to go much better,” he says. “Now, because of this summit, we have a group of people who we can continue to engage, both virtually and in-person, to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
while they’re shopping. How do you compete against Amazon? You make something happen in physical stores that can’t happen online. If you think about the history of the department store in America, they were the circus when the circus... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
& Co., kicked off the first plenary session with a quick overview of factors contributing to the U.S. pharmaceutical industry's success in competing in the global market. Among other ad- vantages, Gilmartin cited the U.S. government's... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts, by Richard Leifer, Christopher M. McDermott, Gina Colarelli O'Connor, Lois S. Peters, Mark Rice, and Robert W. Veryzer, is a groundbreaking book that identifies the new managerial View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
manager needs to press him or her on the broader implications of that opinion. We can’t afford the separation of business and law. We need to harness the power of both legal and business expertise to compete effectively in today’s global... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
conditions that firms face; and the increased scale of activities fostered by global participation. The text examines how these phenomena create tensions and tradeoffs for executives concerning which product to offer around the world, which countries to View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
remains overlooked. The author provides an insightful view into differences between confidence and competence while also recommending several ways to address the issue of incompetence at the ‘top.’ It’s a relevant discussion for so many... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
choose between father and son. Both Watsons were “capable of great and disinterested kindness.” However, both could be quite cruel as well. When Tom Jr. finally had the company to himself after his father handed over the reins shortly before his death, he had to View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
rebounds, Remarkable Retail is a guide to creating the powerful retail experience that keeps your customers coming back for more. Competing in the New World of Work: How Radical Adaptability Separates the Best from the Rest By Keith... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
grateful just to get a job. I believe it is good to have experienced global fluctuations when you are running a business, because it makes you a smarter, more thoughtful executive. Sahlman: In general, I find that competent people can... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
1970s, Fung explained, Hong Kong was merely a manufacturing center for low-end products. "Frankly, we were becoming increasingly uncompetitive. The opening up of China in 1979 was a godsend." One delegate asked how Fung saw Hong Kong View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Nov 2011
- News
Lessons From a Kenyan Slum
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
strive to compete globally, their relationships with local communities have changed, says HBS Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. "Now that many businesses have focused beyond our borders," she says, "the ties with home communities that have... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
native of Finland who competed in track on a full scholarship at Georgia Tech before graduating at the top of her class with a degree in Systems Engineering. “The case method teaches you how to think through business situations and come... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley