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- 01 Jun 2003
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Up Against The Firewall
Center, which investigates suspected vulnerabilities and problems with the company’s software and orchestrates immediate action (such as posting security patches) to deal with them. He is also involved in longer–term efforts to improve the security of all Microsoft... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
she anticipated customer needs, many crews and companies requested she come back. “I felt that I changed some people’s perceptions of the fitness of a woman in such a demanding job and environment,” she says. Since those early engineering... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
2008), offers this case study to HBS alumni: “There are many reasons for us to pursue diversification. Our client pool is made up of relatively small, local solar markets, and installations will eventually slow down; many customers (as... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
way it’s been for more than 100 years. Cars today, he says, are essentially produced the same way Ford made the Model T. “But what if we made cars differently?” Rogers gathers speed. What if we assumed that people didn’t care about steel? What if we assumed that View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
radical five-year company transformation sparked by a simple idea: “Employees First, Customers Second.” Through a series of initiatives, Nayar focused on developing new ways for employees to communicate, air their challenges and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
course the lobster industry tried it, but in less than two years, the traps rusted and the welds broke. Our customers came back, because they realized cheaper wasn’t better.” Equipment that automates repetitive tasks—such as a $2.5... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
chain of pharmacies and clinics for the underserved in Kenya, that he cofounded a start-up, CancerScan, in his native Japan, where only 20 percent of women over 40 were getting breast-cancer screenings. After contracting with a local public health department and... View Details
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
then finally seeing the outcomes. “Measuring the impact of our actions on the environment, employees, and customers is becoming increasingly important,” Serafeim says. ”With impact-weighted accounts, we have the opportunity to redefine... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
guiding precepts is to try to improve the livelihood of every member of the company," says Yang, "so the benefits of these savings are passed on not only to our customers but to all our employees. In addition, we feel a responsibility to... View Details
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
ecosystem, soils, and climate to build customized seed pods with multiple species of trees and plants and nutrients to support germination. After the drones plant the pods—at a rate of two pods per second—the trees will be monitored over... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
supplier of food to the world's biggest foodservice brands, supply restaurants, and other customers in over 50 countries. While the company is not moving away from beef products, the focus is on reducing their impact on the environment by... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
he should put a glass window between the production area and factory outlet store. Maybe the workers wouldn’t like being watched by customers while they worked. No, they said, it’s fine. We’re helping the clients, and we like looking at... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
(but growing!) company, which means that every day is a new adventure. On the ‘typical’ side, there are the must-dos: order fulfillment, customer service, and paying the bills. Beyond that, on any given day we could be negotiating with a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
1,500-person division is a leader in the emerging field of personalized medicine, which treats cancer and other diseases with customized therapies that take into account the patient’s specific genetic traits. With HBS professor Richard... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
specifically, the marketing insight that customers care much more about product benefits than they do about product attributes, is very relevant as we talk about what we do and what we are learning. This insight also informs my strategic... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
women-owned—with zero defaults. The company’s track record is especially impressive given that most of its customers themselves don’t have track records: The vast majority of Good Tree’s clients have never run an enterprise before. Now... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
Leading with People Analytics Managing Customers for Growth: Strategy and Analytics EXECUTIVE EDUCATION Competing in the Age of AI—Virtual Competing in the Age of Digital Platforms Driving Digital Strategy Leveraging Fintech Innovation to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
generalization of Black and Scholes's valuation method made it possible to customize financial claims to suit the preferences of buyer and seller alike and to price those derivative claims directly. Thus Bob's theories are the analytical... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
provide more efficient and customized services. What are some of the changes in the Admissions area? This year we are putting more resources into marketing - both to the world in general and, in particular, to underrepresented groups that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
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A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
different items such as customized and computerized wheelchairs, beds and bedside equipment, ambulatory aids, respiratory devices for patients with sleep disorders, and a revolutionary new system that enables emphysema patients and others... View Details