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- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
Building codes are finally being rewritten, although the U.S. is still far behind Northern Europe. The real challenges will be in rewriting zoning codes, redensifying communities, and creating area-wide planning especially difficult in tradition-bound New England.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
balance, etc. What’s your favorite HBS case and why? It's probably the case Class of 1976 that we had in LEAD during our first year. At a time when most of us were working out our next steps for the summer and after school, and, let's be... View Details
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
place in the private sector, the owners would probably hold the stock until the company was in robust health. The realized price on the stock would then in all likelihood be higher. But the Obama administration has made it clear that as a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Safari Beauty
elevation from top (7,600 feet) to bottom (2,000 feet). Surrounded by crater walls and driving on a dirt road, we saw a buffalo in the distance and took dozens of pictures while our driver waited patiently. With sixty people, there were View Details
- 09 Apr 2020
- News
“Raise the Line”
wrong was the timing. That change isn’t going to happen over the next decade. It is going to happen over the next year. HBS: How can online health education ease the medical effects of this pandemic? Gaglani: You’ve probably heard the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
accepting refugees is probably good for a country. That was part of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s message to Germany: We need these people to plan for future growth. Economic migrants tend to be of the greatest benefit because they come with... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
of its stores and enjoys significant employee involvement and engagement. “People detest seeing food thrown away. Everyone gets that,” Carson says. “What we do with Coles is the best example in Australia—and probably the world—of shared... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)
being a spine surgeon. And while I’ve probably been a little more business-minded than the average doctor, it was actually my time at HBS that helped me realize an interest in entrepreneurship. But in general, the MBA helps me be a more... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
in organizations. Can you offer an example? Sony's role in Japan's path to global conquest is probably the best example. In the wake of the devastation following World War II, Sony acquired from Bell Laboratories one of the first licenses... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
“class,” I recognize some who later came to HBS. More probably ended up in other MBA programs. And others probably concluded that business wasn’t for them. To this day the program still thrives. So here we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
managers would probably admit to being better at some aspects of their jobs than others, but to be clear, our research is aimed at the organizational level. And in that context, the idea of tradeoffs is nothing new. Peter Drucker and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting and Digesting
Finals just ended, I said some goodbyes, and I am all packed and ready. My first year at HBS has already come to an end, way too quickly, and I just boarded my flight to Singapore. As you can probably imagine, I have not yet reflected on... View Details
- 18 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa
and developing MBA and Executive Education courses in the region. “Today, Africa is probably the most exciting continent because of its unlimited opportunities for growth and emerging middle class,” says Newton Omebere-Iyari (MBA 2016), a... View Details
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
shoppers modify their behavior to take advantage of reward or loyalty deals. How do behaviors such as cherry-picking and stockpiling play into the equation? A: When we looked at this data, we didn't see much of a stockpiling effect. Worst customers View Details
- Profile
Jonathan Assayag
work with Red Beacon, winner of TechCrunch50 in 2009, has helped position its founders for their first round of financing. After graduation, Jonathan wants "to move to Silicon Valley and join a startup, probably something in consumer... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
and to take action quickly on less data, which is probably a result of studying so many cases and testing some of the principles on the job." Next year, TGM's administrators hope to attract more clusters of general managers from a single... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
shed employees, assets, and noncore businesses. Often, these measures lead to the loss of valuable resources, alienation of key customers, and erosion of capabilities for the longer term. This makes the firm less competitive and probably... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- Profile
Fatou Bintou Sagnang
Fatou, “because I think that to jump to the next level, you need a broader perspective on how to move forward, one that anticipates what other stakeholders are thinking and is able to involve them. I think making that jump is probably the... View Details
- 16 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
My HBS Journey
View Video As I find myself looking out the window, as the airplane leaves Boston behind, I realize just how special the MBA experience was at HBS. Before I came here I heard from a few people, "You probably won't learn that much... View Details
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
product in the next period. Use common sense. If the Wal-Mart parking lot looks less crowded, some consumers are probably migrating back to Target and vice versa. Develop scenarios. How long the current recession will last is widely... View Details