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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
commensurate with military goals. Can the U.S. economy grow if the war on terrorism is prolonged and inconclusive? Because the American economy rides on the back of the American consumer, the fundamental... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
communism as a result of too many layers of bureaucracy and not enough market (true enough). But I then tell students that I made a mistake and that this chart actually represents the managerial organizations of one of the most successful... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
Orchestral Startup —Richard J. Lim (HBS'98), cofounder of Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra Managing a Master—Edward C. Arrendell (MBA'80) with Wynton Marsalis, "an unbeatable combination." Guitar Hero—Henry E. Juszkiewicz (MBA '79) revives the legendary Gibson Guitar... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
American lawmakers attempting to stem spiraling drug costs might find inspiration in Germany, where the government’s regulatory model has been curbing price growth without thwarting innovation or access, says research from Harvard... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
a PR stumble during its too-sheer yoga pant debacle. “I think there is a lot of market share to be had around what she’s doing,” says former Starbucks colleague Wendy Collie, the president and CEO of the West Coast–based grocer New... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
trek to summit Kala Patthar, a mountain towering above Mount Everest Base Camp (17,598 feet) in the Himalayas. Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection by Debora L. Spar (PMD 62, 1991) (Sarah Crichton Books) Spar explores how View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
enterprise, the future is not something that just happens. It is something they create. —Richard S. Tedlow A born empire builder, Carnegie could see in the early 1870s that steel was destined to transform the material basis of civilization. View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
$18.9 billion in 2003, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. From Boston to Silicon Valley, top firms are competing for deals again. And the initial public offering market — the favored exit for venture-capital investors — rallied last... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
leaders. Brand Aid by Brad VanAuken (MBA ’84) (American Management Association) This reference guide is aimed at solving tough branding problems and strengthening marketing position. VanAuken offers solutions to pressing problems facing... View Details
- 23 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
through her career at GE Healthcare) and technology and when I came across American Tower and learned about their focus on emerging markets it was perfect,” she said. Looking ahead to the future,... View Details
- 30 May 2018
- News
HBS Fellowship Program Puts an MBA Within Reach
Richardson, proudly noting that her mother later became a teacher. A native of Arlington, Texas, Richardson received a track scholarship at Baylor University, where she majored in business administration and journalism. After graduation, she merged her analytical and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
Michael Chu (MBA '76) is president and CEO of ACCION International, a private nonprofit corporation founded in 1961 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts. ACCION's affiliates in thirteen Latin American countries and the United States... View Details
- Profile
Michelle Giguere
depth of experience I had in marketing with a breadth of new abilities in finance and management." The case-study method sold her on HBS. "I was drawn to the level of participation it requires," Michelle says. "I see... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
While his friends have retired, 79-year-old Merle Bushkin (AB 1956, MBA 1960), a laid-back guy with the energy of a man half his age, is rocketing full speed into the challenges of entrepreneurship—launching a startup company offering a simple product that he says can... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Faculty Books
Leadership by Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, and Mark Rennella (Palgrave Macmillan) This book examines the evolution of leadership through the story of the American airline industry. Early airline entrepreneurs searched for a viable... View Details
- 31 Mar 2011
- News
Building an Online Swap Shop
labels and schedules home pickups. The Times called thredUP an example of how “shopping is changing in the wake of the Great Recession,” with Americans burnt out by their decades-long spending spree. In a phone interview in early January,... View Details
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
Oberholzer-Gee saw in TrapGuard, being marketed for the first time to plumbers in Philadelphia, an interesting way to better understand the link between trust and diffusion of new products. With Victor Calanog, a doctoral student at the... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
countries. The Creating Emerging Markets project is sponsored by Harvard Business School’s Business History Initiative. We spoke with Oberholzer-Gee, who conducted both interviews in early 2015, to discuss the differences and similarities... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
1870-1940,” which examines a seminal period when food manufacturers, dye makers, and regulators created the synthetic food coloring industry. She is working on a wide-ranging book on the color of foods. (Her book project was featured recently on Process, the blog of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
Rob Gierkink
their customer data collection and digital marketing capabilities through enhancing their existing point-of-sale assets. Index was sold to Strip in April of 2018. Previously Rob was Chairman and CEO of Datalogix which he founded in 2007.... View Details