Filter Results:
(1,522)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,799)
- People (11)
- News (1,522)
- Research (2,133)
- Events (17)
- Multimedia (93)
- Faculty Publications (807)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,799)
- People (11)
- News (1,522)
- Research (2,133)
- Events (17)
- Multimedia (93)
- Faculty Publications (807)
Sort by
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
been blighted by changes in industry.” Finally, Marietta says the lack of resources and infrastructure means that anyone committed to growing local enterprises and organizational capacity beyond the big city must be prepared to tackle... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
Purchasing directly from producers instead of relying on a middleman lowers the cost of sourcing, for instance. Relying on its own fleet of trucks enables the company to pick up produce just before shipping, avoiding the cost and delay of warehousing. It View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
in central and eastern Europe, each employing five to 500 software engineers, are often locked out of larger enterprise deals. What’s more, their target clients and projects are relatively small, which means valuable resources are left on... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
Debbi, who told him to stop justifying his decision. If he was going to make the move, just do it. They had planned financially for the moment, fully aware that going the nonprofit route would mean a substantial pay cut. That part was... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
everyone would make out under the deal. “The coal industry, which is already losing market share, would go out of business faster,” allows Eacho. That means some coal-producing states would be harder hit than other states—but those side... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
remittances, derivatives, and other financial platforms. I understand how Bitcoin can work as long as the buyer and seller have confidence in it and continue to use it as a means of exchange of equal goods. What I don’t understand is why... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
remain a 'reseller,' taking inventory of products from users and reselling them to wholesalers. This means its advantage can only come from scale. The problem then is that Gazelle's direct-to-consumer approach on its buy side places it at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
in the DA’s various bureaus, she recalls, was an education in itself and a means of attaining her immediate goal: a transfer to the homicide bureau. Her ambition was met with skepticism in that all-male world; women were thought too... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
people have all agreed that it has value. Dollars, or other established fiat currencies, are useful because lots of people are willing to exchange them for goods and services. Which means that if you’re holding a dollar, you’re pretty... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
activity for HBS. We've always done quite well relying on our alumni network. But that doesn't mean we can't do better or find more people with the leadership qualities we seek," she observes. One good reason for conducting more... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Advancing Opportunities for Others
the whisper network, meaning we just put it out in our own networks. We didn't advertise on the web. We didn't advertise on TV. We just told people this is what we're doing. In two weeks, we had 100 submissions for five spots. So that... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 02 May 2016
- News
Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?
officials and transit advocates. Shortsleeve said his goal is to balance the agency’s books for the first time in 15 years, even if that means taking on sacred cows. He said any savings will be reinvested in the system to make it run more... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
matching the ratio between his cost and the price he charges. For example, if he buys the papers for ten cents and sells them for seventy cents, and his records show that demand is typically ten papers or less six days out of every week, he should always buy ten... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
DeBere, who worked previously in international development in Nairobi, Kenya, and consulting in his native London, incubated the idea for Afya Pamoja—which means “health together” in Swahili—at HBS and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS),... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
that are shaping the world of the future and offers guidance on how to avoid being eaten alive. The Wind Blew Innocent: A Memoir by Donna Arp Weitzman (OPM 37 2008) (Howard Bond Media Group LLC) Claustrophobia. I didn't know the meaning... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
pilot program in the 1990s, built the organization around what Owusu-Kesse calls a “whatever-it-takes ethos,” which can be seen throughout the 2,000-employee organization today. For Owusu-Kesse, this culture means that, on any given day,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
CURRENT STUDENTS "Follow your passion. Don't wait until you are 50 to find meaning and purpose in your life. Focus on building your life and the resume will follow. Choose faith, not fear, as your prime motivator. Trust people, trust the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
online message boards were set up almost immediately to enable concerned alumni to check on the status of classmates, colleagues, and friends. “I see my family, my neighborhood, my classmates, my countrymen, and even the entire free world pull closer together and seek... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
matter who funds it? How does it evolve logically over time? What insights could you derive from studying that particular set of circumstances, where there’s lots of uncertainty and lots of agency problems, meaning that one group may not... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
HBX: Expanding Our Reach
business education and pedagogy.” — Professor Bharat Anand, HBX Faculty Chair The strategic focus of HBX centers on the potential for impact. For new audiences, this will equate to transformational educational experiences delivered around the globe. For faculty... View Details