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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
school in one ranking fail to make the top five in others? The answer lies in the methods the publications use to evaluate schools. The big five — Bloomberg Businessweek, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, the Financial Times, and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Last Look
What’s Going on Here? Who, what, where, when, and why .we’d appreciate any information that will help us identify what’s going on in this photograph plucked from the archives of Baker Library. Please contact... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
Leading the Way
Everything that GE did, I had a chance to be a part of. “I tend to be a pretty optimistic person. For example, I left GE not getting the top job. But I understand how these things work. So my effort starting the next day was focused on, ‘Hey, what company am I View Details
- 16 Dec 2010
- News
The Emergent Arab World
Last month, the fourth annual “Harvard Arab Weekend” conference was held at venues around the University, including HBS. The theme of the conference was “Leadership in the Private, Social, and Public Sectors” in the Middle East and North... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
P. Pisano: It was clear there that there was a huge set of interesting and important management issues going on that were not being addressed elsewhere, and that we were in a good position to address. Public... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
the United States, for instance; especially when their profits were viewed as going to shareholders rather than toward investments. You could argue that these issues are more of a concern for customers and the View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
record to defeat the heir apparent in his own party and then go on to hold off the much-vaunted Republican machine is a truly remarkable achievement. Much of it has to do with Obama's instinct for marketing. First, Obama's personal... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Profile
Catherine Neale
help me get skills useful in the public sector." Looking ahead This summer, Catherine will work with the Boston Consulting Group in San Francisco. Once she fulfills her MBA, "I want to go into the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
the Creation of Time Magazine, by Isaiah Wilner Ann Moore took the lowest-paying job she was offered after receiving her MBA-because she loved magazines. She has remained with Time Inc., one of the world's most influential companies, for almost thirty years, holding... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
three students, so the children can work with each other with minimal direction from a facilitator. The result was immediate, Mendhro says. “One of the Hindu children told us his new best friend was a Muslim boy named Mohammed, to whom he had never spoken before. He... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 31 Mar 2022
Using the Harvard MBA to Make a Difference in Politics & Policy
Many believe that government is too big. Government is too slow. Government is too bureaucratic. Harvard Business School (HBS) alumni are challenging that narrative head on. HBS attracts individuals who are passionate about tackling large problems, which is why so many... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus
Local Motors—which is led by Jay Rogers (MBA 2007)—posted to its co-creation community: build an urban public transportation system. It’s all part of the company’s unique design model: "Most of our vehicles are designed by people who... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine
ship. Many of those changes centered on driving readers to an online presence that would go on to win a National Magazine Award in 2013; today, TheAtlantic.com and associated Atlantic Media sites (such as Quartz, its award-winning... View Details
- Profile
Jennifer DeWhitt
Jennifer followed her year at Bain with work at Green Dot Public Schools in Los Angeles, a charter group that “takes over existing public schools and turns them around.” New perspectives on leadership... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- News
The Right Stuff at HBS
us who work at HBS, such gestures make us feel good about the place. Brighton kids and coach celebrate a job well done. Photos by Neal Hamberg The Brighton Bengals are an inner-city team. Its players take public transportation to practice... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss
local governments can be used to predict the number of public workers that governments laid off during the early months of COVID-19’s spread, with higher sales tax dependence leading to more layoffs. “State and local governments deriving... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
chief financial officer, and the executive producer of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." The interviews made the case much richer. "In researching the case from public sources, we had missed the passion of the Harpo team, what... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Massport, Back on Course
and employs 1,149 people. Political fallout from 9/11 has profoundly changed the operations of the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the independent public agency that operates Boston’s Logan International Airport. After hijackers... View Details
- 11 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Non-competes Push Talent Away
start-up firm in Silicon Valley when one of his employees decided to quit and go work for a direct competitor down the street. "I told him, 'Hey, you can't do that. Didn't we make you sign a non-compete?' " Marx recalls. "He kind of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Euro Vision
challenge was amplified—cofounding Index Ventures in 1996. "If we were going to compete with the best portfolios that were built in Silicon Valley," says Rimer, "we'd have to hunt far and wide across Europe." It's become a popular bet: VC... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer