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01 Dec 2020
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Kill Groupthink

field of critical thinking. Just think back to the 2008 financial crisis, when a group of experts ignored the warning signs and arrived at an uncritical consensus. The consequences were disastrous, Bouygues reminds us, but the best View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Marketing Muscle

marketing experience. Branding, Edwards believes, is the best defense against competition. "It's not technology, because you can leapfrog that or acquire it," she said. "At the end of the day, consumers are loyal to brands, not feature... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Status Update

teaches my boys to function independently and be responsible for themselves.” Room for boards: “I’m involved in a number of organizations, including LeanIn.org, the Urban Institute, Women for Women International, and the Defense... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2002
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Books

Sell High includes chapters explaining the events leading to the creation of the Internet bubble, from the Internet's humble beginnings in the 1960s as a federally funded defense research tool to the “wild excitement” generated several... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

The following article is the seventh in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Professor Michael C. Jensen has a simple explanation for why people sometimes don't listen when they are angry and why they get View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2016
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The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate

of the best defenses against that is having my own patent. So things will get worse and worse. It’s the snowball effect. Continue the Conversation Has your company had interactions with non-practicing entities (NPEs) or other experiences... View Details

Keywords: April White

28 May 2019
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Leading Questions

lieutenant in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) where she trained intelligence officers, saw space for a midsized solution in the expanding and unregulated sector. There were the inexpensive multiple-choice tests, which slotted employees... View Details

Keywords: April White

24 Apr 2014
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A reformed fiscal policy is vital to renewing US productivity

It would be far better to do so now, rather than at some future date, under duress, when our creditors have begun to lose faith,” Vietor says. He advocates a 2 percent VAT, new taxes on gasoline and carbon emissions, and spending cuts in View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Leadership Fellows

Defense Fund; Landon Dickey, City of Boston Mayor's Office; front row: Jane Silfen, The Trust for Governors Island; Megan Brown, Boston Redevelopment Authority; Miki Heller, Teach For America; Gena Haugen, Consumer Financial Protection... View Details

13 May 2013
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Giving Together

SEAL and currently a managing director at Ziff Brothers Investments, led an effort that raised $335,000 toward the fund that carries the name he believes says it all, the MBA Class of 2001 National Defense Fellowship Fund. View Details

11 Oct 2022
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Righting the Ship

that’s faster and safer—and they’re able to build new facilities where needed. But equally important is the higher quality of work and life for the teams: “They're happy and proud of where they work now, but then there’s also an improvement in terms of mission,” notes... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America

of health-care finance and access, this simple innovation could help make things better today. Could you talk about your idea of “citizen diplomats”? In comparison with our massive defense spending, the U.S. Foreign Service budget is very... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2002
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Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

break to earn his MBA (with distinction), and then continued up the ranks as submarine squadron commander and finally deputy oceanographer of the Navy. After retiring from the Navy, he took an assignment with the Defense Advanced Research... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2008
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One-on-One with Jim Breyer

About half the deals are next-generation Internet companies such as Facebook, Brightcove, Prosper Marketplace, and Glam Media. The other half would be the more traditional technology-based deals where there is defensible technology and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

20 Feb 2014
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Managing the World’s Trouble Spots

assist with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s transition team at the Pentagon. After shoring up new leadership, he moved to the US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and helped to create the Global Development Alliance, an agency... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Mar 2016
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The Western Front

summer, Hendrickson and a colleague opened an office in Silicon Valley called the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, or DIUx for short. Their mission: discover new technologies that can be useful to the military, and figure out ways... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

01 Mar 2005
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House of Bread on the Rise

McCANN: Former defense atforney learned the bakery business from scratch. The lessons Sheila McCann (OPM 24, 1996) learned from the surprising failure of her second House of Bread retail bakery turned out to be an essential ingredient in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

14 May 2014
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(Re)moving the Needle

and the bar is set very high in the medical field. Third, it has to have defensible intellectual property. The timelines are stretched so much that it's hard to raise investment capital if there isn't the potential of a substantial reward... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; medical technology; Scientific Research and Development Services

28 Mar 2019
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California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, NRDC. Alan Horn (MBA 1971), Chairman of Walt Disney Studios and Chair of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC)... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets

into a much-needed windfall for a host of cash-strapped nonprofits. Since cofounding Working Assets in 1985, Laura Scher has helped the company channel nearly $20 million to organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam America, Amnesty International, Planned Parenthood, and... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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