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Zayed Muhammed Yasin
from all walks of life, people passionate about solving problems," he says. Once he graduates and completes his residency, probably in ER, Zayed is interested in organizing a company that can address health care problems head on. As... View Details
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Ben Seipel
of the finance people I trusted helped me see that I probably wouldn't find it fulfilling—I'm not a guy who can sit behind a computer screen for ten hours straight, I'm a people person." Last summer, Ben interned with Intel in Santa... View Details
Keywords: Tech
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Ann DeWitt
she completes her MBA, Ann would like to start a new business of her own. "I think my career will go back and forth between small start-ups and large companies," says Ann. "They'll probably all be healthcare or bioscience... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
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Applying Business Principles to Military Problems
protection against the storm. So that was probably the first critical application of what I learned here. I still remember the day, walking in that morning and there were several hundred people looking at me saying, ‘What do we do next?’... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Snapping Up Voters
returned to many of his former clients with a pitch for an entirely different type of online opportunity: a place to show campaign ads to people who probably don’t expect to ever see them. After a stint at the Treasury Department during... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Outsourcing for Radical Change
distinctive aspects of transformational outsourcing. First, senior management has the explicit intention of transforming the organization, and secondly, the impact of the change is measurable at the enterprise level. Why should HBS alumni read this book? Those who are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
organization’s mission and culture, and great places to work have been shown statistically to produce higher returns than the norm for an industry. Lou Gerstner, in reflecting on his stint as CEO of IBM, said, “Until I came to IBM, I View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
commented, "Operationally, profit as a final goal is probably impossible because of principal/agent problems and lack of information and knowledge. This makes intermediate targets that affect profit important." Steve Brogan,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
elsewhere and then work with those countries to clean up their act. Most executives probably believe these problems don't affect them or their companies. Are they right? Assisting in the movement of tax-evading money is subtle and can... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
are really just made up of hundreds or thousands of human beings working together under various incentive structures and schemes. As a result, incentive and organization design is probably the most important factors in determining whether... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
beings working together under various incentive structures and schemes. As a result, incentive and organization design is probably the most important factors in determining whether a business is ultimately successful. And getting that... View Details
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
ago. Hanna: I'm guessing that you were probably part of making the barn clean—that you were picking stalls and stuff like that, which is pretty tough work really. Finley: Well, I didn't answer the second part of that question, but you're... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
healthcare providers are associated with a significant reduction in medical device patenting. Tort reforms have the strongest impact in medical fields in which the probability of facing a malpractice claim is the largest, and they do not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
to finance ratings. Issuers have no choice but to pay the fee, and are not allowed to choose the rater. By severing the link between issuer and payment, this is supposed to limit potential pressure for favorable ratings. This model has not really been tested, and is... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
Her objective of working with retailers known for carrying high-quality, premium-priced merchandise probably owed something to the social aspiration that drove her. Her interest in such stores was also strategic. Estée suspected that her... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
for the very first time in this part of the world. And it was very important for us to start our beta, which we launched out of Dubai, with a consumer base that knew what we're talking about. And therefore we purposefully—actually, View Details
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Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
the trading floor. The model offers a methodology to predict the seemingly unpredictable by using the lessons of complex mathematics and probability theory to forecast stock valuations, making it possible to successfully manage risk in... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- News
Mission Critical
all the things that I probably should not have been doing and learned the opportunities that I had to redefine my leadership. “In our industry, just like any other industry, you really have to inspire and engage your teammates in order to... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
that to happen. MK: I don't think that we as a world probably can afford to wait to deploy DAC or other carbon removal technology. At this point I think we need to try anything, even if it's not necessarily the best technology. DM: I'm... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Creativity Maze
motivation, will indeed get him out of the maze. But the solution that arises from the process is likely to be unimaginative. It won't provide new insights about the nature of the problem or reveal new ways of looking at it. The rote solution View Details
Keywords: by Teresa Amabile