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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
Ventures. He expects to fine-tune his aspirations this year. “I’m fortunate that after HBS, I could start a company and actu ally solve a problem very close to my heart, or join a venture that’s doing something great, but can’t afford to View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
identifying and retaining best practices from each organization, he also introduced new ones, including a worldwide evaluation and compensation system. Today, all Novartis employees have at least 10 percent of their pay based on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Merck’s Gilmartin on Vaccines, Global Health
that policymakers concerned with global public health must pay “dramatically greater” attention to vaccine-related issues. He pointed out that 3 million children worldwide die each year from diseases for which vaccines already exist. Even... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
(above: photo by Mary Rajkumar/Mint/Getty Images) When the New York Times introduced its paywall in 2011, few people believed that readers would pay for the news online. Today, the newspaper has more than 1.6 million digital subscribers—a... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
SHENKAR by Constantine von Hoffman For many of us, water isn't something we give much thought to. Why should we? Turn on the tap and it's there. If you have to pay your town or city for water, chances are you don't View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
And monarchs tend to surround themselves with courtiers — that’ s the cronyism aspect. Some boards consist largely of people chosen by the CEO, and they’ re there to help each other out. Business is also like a monarchy in that the same opportunities don’ t exist below... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
We're selling entertainment. And so we have to act more like you would see traditional entertainment doing, which is creating a really elevated experience, personalized, digital. Whether it's in the venue, so you feel like you're paying... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived
drug and the FDA says it is safe and effective and doctors prescribe it, insurance generally will pay for it. But everyone is getting fed up with that approach—the ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli did not help—and we’ve reached a critical mass... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Giving Tree
same wonderful opportunities that I had,” Draper says, summing up the simple yet heartfelt objective that drives so many alumni supporters. The result? A chain of giving that pays forward the life-changing experience of an HBS education.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
U.S. hospitals. From smelting plants to accounting offices to hospital pharmacies, he's seen the technique pay off. "If companies learn to treat every problem as an idiosyncrasy and approach solving it as an experiment," says Spear, "they... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
other words, if a retailer only gives the manufacturer warehouse stock information rather than actual sales data, or if the data is sent by fax instead of electronic transfer (which can be more efficiently verified), VMI may not pay off.... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Protecting against the Erosion of Brand Value
When Barnes & Noble rolled out a line of “store-brand” classic books last summer, the publishing industry gasped.The company aimed to provide consumers with high-quality books at prices significantly below what they would pay from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
entrepreneurial powerhouse. Carolyn’s mix of pep talk and tough love got Tyra to where she is today, and here they pay it forward to empower readers. Whether they’re writing about watching Tyra’s most imperfect moment go viral or how... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
I can tell, fall comfortably in between: modest to significant successes; honest; doing our bit for the economy and our communities; and paying our taxes (grumbling if we're Republicans and amazed if we're Democrats that the top federal... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
and followers see it. (3) Make and post videos of your cards in action on YouTube. Be sure to get onto Youtube Kids and pay to get on the homepage. My kids are addicted to watching videos of people opening presents. If you show how your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
what’s fueling the greens. Southwest Airlines would be red on food service. But Southwest doesn’t pay much attention to that, because getting better at food service would slow its turnaround time, which is a big green for the airline when... View Details
- 27 Apr 2018
- News
Placing Nurses Where They Are Needed
because they are able to do different assignments. They are able to travel the country. They are able to go to large hospitals, small hospitals, and it gives them a lot of freedom at a higher pay than a traditional full-time nursing job.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
25th Annual African-American Student Union Career/Alumni Conference
tremendous resource to the next generation of leaders." Conference chair Sara Crutchfield (HBS '97) views the conference as a "homecoming" for African-American graduates and a chance to strengthen bonds between students and alumni. "One of the AASU's current priorities... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
line of upcycled drinking glasses. To acquire the raw materials, the founders identified a partner in the Houston area that had relationships with local bars and restaurants. Now, instead of tossing empties in the municipal recycling bin—a service for which the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
customers. To me, it seemed like a very interesting challenge. How do you view your mandate as commissioner? There is one overriding mandate emerging from the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998: we've got to rewin the confidence of the taxpayer and still collect... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons