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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Fostering a synergy at work that benefits associates as well as customers
Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005), CEO of Zensar Technologies, is cultivating a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies to ensure its 7,000 associates help customers achieve their business needs. At the core of the... View Details
- 04 Feb 2016
- News
From Super Bowl to STEM Bowl
and give middle school students a window into the tech future. Members of the HBS Association of Northern California's Community Partners Program worked with the Santa Clara Office of Civic Innovation (OCI) to launch the Technology and... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- News
Using Technology to Tailor Learning to Each Child
Heather Staker (MBA 2001) is president of Ready to Blend, a firm that works with K-12 teachers to combine educational technology solutions with classroom instruction to accelerate children’s ability to learn and achieve. In this... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
improvement in the areas of communication with consumers, operational efficiency, and product availability, as well as renovation and innovation throughout the company. In addition to his financial duties, he helps to implement... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
and disks, and then to producers of chip-manufacturing technology, as each area in turn became the focus for innovation to improve performance. Old-school wisdom suggested that market leaders should "stick to their knitting" and outsource... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
according to Karim R. Lakhani, is that thanks to the Internet, crowdsourcing has moved into new and unexpected industries and organizations, establishing itself as a mainstream strategy for innovating and gaining a competitive edge.... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
Karim Lakhani and Marco Iansiti (photos by Susan Young; Getty Images) Karim Lakhani and Marco Iansiti (photos by Susan Young; Getty Images) Artificial intelligence is driving the latest seismic shift in the way companies conduct business. As major tech View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBSi Combines HBS Content with State-of-the-Art Technology
Building on its commitment to delivering innovative custom education programs to corporations around the world, last November the School launched HBS Interactive (HBSi). The wholly owned nonprofit organization will pursue an expanded... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
Assembly-Line Innovation The title of the 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory (Harvard Business Review Press) conjures an image of raw materials being dumped into a black box and emerging on conveyor belts as fully formed iPhones,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
do business the same way — with identical processes, functions, and operations — while approaching this elevated stage; but by the time they attain it, successful companies do share certain qualities and practices not observed in firms... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
while open-spirited, curiosity-driven, person-to-person connections lead to discovery, growth, and often amazing results. Through personal stories, innovative suggestions, and inspiring examples, they show nonprofit leaders how to build a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
regulation, consumer preferences, or technology change, managers in successful firms often respond with more of what worked in the past — a trap the author refers to as “active inertia.” When new realities call for new approaches, some... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
quickly. This series will take you inside the world of carbon capture, guided by innovators and experts at the forefront of the movement who will help you understand what is possible. Can we really engineer a climate fix? But first, we're... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
an early advisor. “We are still made in America,” Newnam says. “That’s more important to me than any cash-out situation.” Launched with the goal of catalyzing change in Sri Lanka’s capital markets, York Street Partners, an NVC winner in 2014 (Most View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Breyer Elected to Harvard Board
Jim Breyer (MBA 1987), a leading venture capitalist known for his expertise in innovative technology and media, has been elected to join the President and the Harvard Corporation as of July 1. Breyer is a partner at Accel Partners, a... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’
Tamin Pechet (MBA 2007) founded and manages a platform of firms that support and invest in innovative water and infrastructure resources. He is CEO of Upwell, chairman of Imagine H2O, and founder of Banyan... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Running on empty
Does an invention that would guarantee motorists they'd never run out of gas sound like a good investment? Hundreds of venture capital firms didn't think so, but that didn't stop Maryland retiree William Hubbard (MBA '49), a former... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Takeaways
leads to action that produces needed results.” —Professor emeritus John Kotter (DBA 1972), That’s Not How We Do It Here!, a book written in fable form “It is now possible to build a new sort of firm that promotes open communication across... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
swanky department stores, restaurants, and offices. (Visitors to HBS can try out a Washlet in Aldrich Hall, courtesy of TOTO.) “TOTO” is the final case in Leading Innovative Ventures; Tripsas notes that it brings together the two halves... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Recognizing Volunteers and Donors
those who regularly support the Dean's Fund is Oliver Evans, who has made a gift every year since he graduated. Evans, a managing partner with the fund management firm Dorsal Capital in Redwood City, California, directs his gifts to the... View Details