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- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
(http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2009/june/toobig.html) is the best way to head off future financial meltdowns and deal with institutions that are too big to fail. Specifically, he advocates: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance charges;... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
Novartis as a boy, being in an iron lung for a year. He learned he wanted to be a great doctor and then he wanted to use those doctors' gifts to help other people with pharmaceuticals that could save lives. And he did just that. But he had to go back and View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
led the second successful ascent of the dormant Chimborazo, once considered the tallest mountain in the world. In the process he logged the highest overnight stay in the Western Hemisphere, a sleepless six-degree Fahrenheit night at... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
yourself with close friends who understand what you are experiencing. It’s a long grieving process and a sense of humor will get you through the ugly days.” —Paula Smith Dermody (OPM 42, 2012), owner, Grace & Co. “Having had kids early in... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
task. The process began with a lot of education. Her Cambridge neighbors, unfamiliar with the Passive House concept, were initially skeptical of Harper’s plans, but two historical commission meetings and nine neighborhood meetings later,... View Details
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
serves companies that are trying to attract and retain high-potential diverse talent. The challenge for women, Skeete Tatum says, is not one of motivation, capability, or track record, but rather of not knowing where or how to start the View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Turning Troubled Schools into High-Achievers
process of transforming troubled schools—and the net results. “I founded and now run an organization, a nonprofit called UP Education Network. We are an organization that focuses on turning around the most chronically underperforming... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End
some have suggested. “For one out of five of these sales, the process is really just about transferring ownership of an ongoing, operating enterprise to another owner,” says Gilson. “That’s exactly what happens in the market for mergers... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring
specific financial data, flow charts, and statistics to illuminate each case. A portable version of Gilson's course, Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring gives readers the chance to learn the intricacies of this increasingly critical management View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
Merrill's employees for how quickly they adapted to their new offices in Jersey City. "I have told these people they have done the incredible," the Times reported on September 18, "and the bad news is that they have to get up and do it again tomorrow." As the economic... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Church on Sunday, Work on Monday
than more, engagement of the institutional church in economics," note Nash and McLennan. "But we do argue that the church should help businesspeople develop a process for personally engaging their faith in the management arena." The book... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Action Plan: Rapids Growth
three kids. Mindful of his relative ignorance of the niche business, Holley immersed himself. He learned all about the thermoforming process (which uses heat-formed plastic instead of fiberglass) that Eddyline pioneered, and he... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Nimble, Quick, and Adaptable
content around the entire process of starting a business,” says HBS professor Bill Sahlman, adding that the New Venture Competition continues to be a capstone event. Some alumni participate as judges of the student contest, while others... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
margin of about one dollar to repay the loan and earn a profit. The LCAE team is in the process of selecting countries in which to operate, examining factors such as market size, regulation, and access to suitable microfinance... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
intelligent, committed, and open to new ideas. People walk the walk and get things done. That culture makes this an interesting place to work.” HCZ operates two charter schools and is constructing a new building for one of them, a process... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
old ones, capacity expansion, and product and process innovation. Ghemawat is the author of a widely cited book, Commitment, as well as seminal articles on the sustainability of competitive advantage. His latest book, Games Businesses... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
different." To achieve that, the company follows a process that features a continuous series of brainstorming sessions, where new concepts are presented to a "product planning council" representing all parts of the organization, from... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
hone their leadership, teamwork, and design thinking skills to prepare for their Brazil immersion. The process informed the goal: to help their partner company attract more young families to the bakery chain and scale the business. “In... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
with Datar and Garvin, I couldn’t help but wonder what lasting impact Rethinking the MBA might have. Judging from the deans’ reception, the budding reform process described in the book is only just beginning. Roger Thompson View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
She’s Got Your Back
want things to be done right, but we don’t want to invest a lot of thought and process in finding a solution.” Online reviews are nothing new, of course. But Angie’s List was early to the game and operates under an almost unthinkable... View Details