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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
the ways and means of fostering art, which is often seen as a sort of afterthought of Maslow’s hierarchy, so to speak: Get your basic needs done and then move on to art. And yes, it often happens that way . But I often think of [poet] Bertolt Brecht: ‘In the dark View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
the corridor, which was populated with glass offices, my workmates would kind of call me in and say, it's been not so good today, Perella just kind of reamed you a new one. So that was one. I was embarrassed by that. The other is, I remember being in an elevator with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
the French exiles and describes their businesses and their successes. “Once you have been trained to be a management consultant, writing comes relatively easily. One gets used to thinking and putting one’s thoughts together whenever time... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
Bank of Chicago, told the audience. For instance, an extended growing season or double cropping for farmers may be possible with a focus on precision farming. “In some ways, it seems like the Midwest may benefit ... but at the same time... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
engineer for Boeing. At that time there were rows and rows of engineers sitting at desks, as far as you could see — it looked like an assembly line. After six months or so, I decided I didn't want to be one of those guys, I wanted to be... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
line succeed. Aim to be world’s best at one thing, regardless of customer size. Okay, two things, just in case. But not everything. And aim for a very specific acquirer of the company at a time that’s right for you and your lives. Good... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
markets in developed nations. But by the mid-1980s, the Yangs decided the time had come to differentiate themselves. They would concentrate on quality and meeting the needs of the most discriminating... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
entrepreneurial activity, which drew people away from large companies and encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity growth was low, and the stock... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
increasingly scarce. How serious is the problem? It's a tale of two Americas, the best of times and worst of times if you're a consumer in the current U.S. housing market. On the plus side, thanks to the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
during the 1960s by Robert B. McKersie (MBA 1988) (Southern Illinois University Press) The deeply personal story of a historic time in Chicago, this book follows the unfolding action of the Civil Rights Movement as it played out in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
turn triggers the adrenal gland and floods the conscious brain with chemicals. By the time the information reaches the thinking part of the brain, the cortex has been tainted by the prior emotional response. Thus, messages of emotional... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
So if fewer and fewer people are buying insurance policies, what are insurers going to do with their business? They should look at this as a changing market and realize that if they get in now, they could have a commanding mindshare of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
a magazine that would be mailed to members of the Alumni Association nine times a year and would include material on developments at HBS, discussions of "actual problems used for written reports in the School," summaries of cases from the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
meanwhile, were seven times less likely to experience a ransomware attack than the industry average. The company’s advantage, claim cofounders Rotem Iram (MBA 2013) and Roman Itskovich (MBA 2012), is a combination of cybersecurity savvy... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
candidate is being considered. Someone applying for a marketing manager position might be asked to develop a multi-channel pitch and presentation in response to an RFP from a particular brand, for example. “We’re not saying we think this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
jobs an average of 11 times in the course of their careers, and beyond the potential to misplace all that paperwork, any number of things can happen before a person reaches retirement age, says Romina Savova (MBA 2012). “The institution... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
as much as you can, meet leaders and beneficiaries, and experience the work firsthand as much as is practical. Then assess: For the amount of money you want to donate or the time you want to spend, what kind of results could you create in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
market. Last month, moreover the nation marked the anniversary of September 11. What has all this meant for HBS? I believe an institution's true character is revealed in times of great stress, and that certainly has been the case at... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
what is the big market that you're going to address. And so always just keeping an eye on what is the bottom line. I think that was kind of helpful in thinking about pitching investors and, again, backed up by the data that we had.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
important work by John Wennberg and his colleagues at Dartmouth. This was the last piece of the puzzle for us in truly understanding the problem. We have known for a long time that U.S. health care is high cost. What everyone assumed was... View Details