Filter Results:
(169)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,203)
- People (1)
- News (169)
- Research (868)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (307)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,203)
- People (1)
- News (169)
- Research (868)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (307)
Sort by
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
retail investors and dismiss them as uneducated or unworthy. It strikes me as incredibly egocentric and paternalistic. I inherently believe that people have the ability to learn, to take control of their own destiny.” “I will say that I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
the story of his family’s products—which include roots, teas, and supplements—and how they differ from the competition (some of which are counterfeits labeled “Made in Wisconsin”). Hsu insists that consumers understand they’re getting what they pay for. “We maintain... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
Concluding a successful tenure at Mazda, Mark Fields was appointed on April 19 to head the Premier group, a London-based unit of Ford Motor Company, which controls Mazda. The Premier group, a $23 billion company, includes brands such as... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
the distinct but related spheres of ownership, family, and business overlap, influence one another, and evolve over time (see sidebar). "Most family businesses start with a single controlling owner," Davis explains. "Fifteen years down... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
as successful. Ron Kurtz (MBA ’67) Miami, FL Private-Equity Lessons Don’t Apply Professor Malcolm Salter’s article “Enron’s Legacy” in the December issue seems to offer an “if pigs had wings” analysis of Enron’s board of directors problem. Obviously, if Enron had been... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
Hoxworth Blood Center, where it was processed and stored. Parents paid an initial processing fee at the time of delivery and an annual storage fee in the month of the child’s birthday. At the time, most... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
associate John Klug (MBA ’72). Recalls Sasser, “The idea was to view process analysis — a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management — in a setting that didn’t involve steel mills, printed circuit boards, or sorting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
manufacturing process for quality and compliance (including regularly uploading video of work in progress back to McHenry for review). Says Chirchirillo, “It doesn’t matter that it’s being built halfway around the world. Even remotely, we... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
several times since then, including at CMS: which processes in health care should we try to standardize, versus which ones should be allowed to vary?” Who was your favorite HBS professor? Dhar:“Shikhar Ghosh. Professor Ghosh had an... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
financial services industry, with the 1940 Investment Company Act imposing especially tight controls on the nascent mutual fund industry. In recent years, Light says, besides benefiting from the bull market's record-setting rampage, the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
the concept that the person who “owned” the final purchaser actually could control the supply process all the way up the line, by controlling the shelf space. From that evolved... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
growth — exceeding 9 percent for the past three years — China sends a clear message to the world of progress and power. The country’s singular focus on economic development has been shaped by top-down government control that extends into... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
who spoke no English, and enrolled in a French lycée. It was a sign, perhaps, of things to come: a leap (albeit well-considered) into a strange, exciting environment where there was little under his control but no shortage of opportunity.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
(MBA 1963) Skyhorse Frank Lorenzo is the epitome of the American dream. A first-generation American and entrepreneur, Lorenzo started an airline advisory business in his mid-20s based on little more than bravado and ultimately rose to View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
on the island of Nantucket off Massachusetts, serves more than 1,000 children, adults, and veterans every year. “I’m a firm believer in growing only as fast as you can control the quality of your product,” says Callahan. “We’ve served... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
compromising their way of life? The author provides surprising answers and helps readers develop a new understanding of the full ramifications of climate change, including the discovery that they have far more control over the impacts of... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
risk of using heroin. And with heroin being so available and inexpensive, then we've got a real potential nightmare on our hands. We've already got very high overdose death rates. Hanna: Do you think in developing these ads, I know you're still fund raising for them... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
Sasha Novakovich (MBA ’99) was in her second year at HBS when she and classmate Tracy Lawrence got the idea for what would become GetConnected, a company that processes voice, data, and video services transactions for retailers. Despite... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
not been as successful as originally envisioned, companies may be reluctant to allow research to be published at this time. To address this concern, we need to raise awareness of our research controls for confidentiality and our... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
Life in modern India, despite all of the advances of the last decade, is still barely controlled chaos. On the crowded streets, camels and donkeys mix with handcarts, three-wheeled scooter taxis, massive Tata trucks, luxury cars, and... View Details