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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
Reichheld, maintains that it isn't new market forces that make loyalty so elusive in the digital arena — it's faulty leadership. Applying his breakthrough loyalty theories to the digital economy, the author shows that the Web can actually enhance the loyalty View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
brilliant, effective innovators have forced sluggish U.S. industries to become more productive. Sam Walton’s exquisitely detailed supply chain management, coupled with his daring decision to locate Wal-Marts in rural areas, kick-started... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
disgusted by corruption. They worry about school fees, the price of rice, the cost of fuel, and the crime rate. For me personally, Liberia is an enjoyable place. Health care is a little scary: The X-ray machine at the major hospital... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
find and support the entrepreneurs positioned to mitigate the effects of climate change and help the world adapt to the realities of a warming planet. The firm's first fund is the New Protein Fund, dedicated to growing companies producing... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
international conservation organizations in 2004. "It goes way beyond the stock price of the companies they lead. It means solving the biggest problems that the world faces. And the new generation is impatient; they don't want to wait to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
well-heeled clients. Savings and loans, desperate for high returns, made risky loans a business staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy properties at almost any asking price. “The total View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
Westmoreland had a low break-even point. It needed margin then—not volume; and so, prices were increased. Although this was an unsound business decision, the records show my grandfather had kept his prices... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
and observations from academics, practitioners, and practical thinkers from around the world, this book demystifies the economic, social, and cultural effects of globalism and globalization and presents a balanced explanation of what is... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
can be an inflationary influence if a committee feels pressured to raise its own top executive's pay in order to keep up with the competition. In addition, the sample companies favored the inclusion of stock options in CEO pay packages as an View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Johnson. Understanding College and University Organization: Theories for Effective Policy and Practice. 2 vols. by James L. Bess (MBA ’60) and Jay R. Dee (Stylus Publishing) The authors aim to show how college and university... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
purchaser, rather than the generator, of roadway data. The early days required a lot of evangelism, but in the past five years, most governments have begun seeing how much more effective we can be.” Turning government agencies into... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
Lewis Jr. (MBA 1969), George R. “Bob” Price (MBA 1970), and A. Leroy “Roy” Willis (MBA 1969). In commemoration of this milestone, four of AASU’s founders (Price died in 2012) reflect on their time at the School, the creation of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
Illustration by Istvan Banyai Since 2006, Gazelle has offered consumers an answer to the question of what to do with their old electronic devices when they upgrade: Sell them to us. Customers can go to Gazelle's website; get a price for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
transit and more effective use of heat, water, and energy — would significantly reduce carbon emissions,” says HBS senior lecturer John Macomber, whose real-world background is in real estate, construction, services, and technology. “The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
frontier”: some tasks were completed more effectively with AI, while others of seemingly similar difficulty flummoxed the current technology. However, for the tasks the researchers designed to be within GPT- 4’s capabilities, consultants... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
flaws, antitrust policy over the years has had powerful effects in controlling collusion, stopping cartels, preventing anticompetitive mergers, eliminating resale price maintenance, and encouraging... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
high-quality transactions to the United States to demonstrate the promise of this instrument,” Palandjian adds. “Social impact bonds have the potential to improve social outcomes at reduced taxpayer expense; shift performance risk away from government to private... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
Born in Cuba and raised in Puerto Rico, Gerardo "Gerry" Lopez fondly recalls the first movie he saw in the United States, in 1977: Star Wars. "Wow, the special effects and flying through space—it was great!" says Lopez (MBA 1984),... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
algorithms to analyze radiology scans, applying quantitative analytics to marketing movies, and analyzing sales data from an online flash retail site to develop a better pricing model. The teaching and research of HBS faculty reflect the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
beyond the bottom line, and so we need to have all that data ready to sort of slowly move that that oil tanker around. >Hi, I'm Georgia Zocca (GMP 23) from the General Management Program in 2017. My question is, if we want to invest in women entrepreneurs, what’s the... View Details