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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
reflection, he adds genetic engineering, specialty retail outlets, catalogue companies, restaurants, and superstores. But when Sahlman's attention turns to the present day, his answer is immediate and unqualified: the Internet. "In many... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
reached their limits; third, some products affecting the health and rights of the people as well as the related entities' behavior are challenging the legal and moral bottom line. These three aspects are required to establish a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
true that there are plenty of positive statistics out there. Women make up 46.4 percent of the Fortune 500 workforce and just over 50 percent of management, professional, and related occupations. Our research, however, shows that there’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
discussions that took place back in May at Emory University Hospital Midtown will affect more than the bottom line. It will impact the quality of care delivered to thousands of people. Midtown is a 511-bed facility serving over 150,000... View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
potentially in a window that's only one pixel by one pixel—one tiny dot on your screen, so you can't see it. But in the background your computer has clicked through this tracking link, and loaded up the Dell site. If you made a purchase... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
actually put wheels in motion—and they didn’t jump up and down,” she says. The experience stumped Hoffman, and as she began to have more similar encounters over the next few years, she began to see politics, as she puts it, get in the way... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
turnarounds. Thus, Holcomb, Holmes Jr., and Connelly argued that “firms must pay close attention both to their resource endowment and to the ability of their managers to extract value." The tale of three coaches Consider the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
Laurence Dutton SUMMING UP How Should America Admit Talented Workers of the World? The notion of attracting talented workers to the United States deserves support, especially at times when the unemployment rate is low. But the H-1B... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
In recent years, business schools and investors alike have been paying more attention to social entrepreneurs, those who create ventures with the primary goal of achieving positive social change. But most people encounter the field only... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
together on diversity research for the past ten years. In an introduction to the session, Professor John J. Gabarro said gender, racial, and ethnic diversity have been the subject of much attention in recent years, including academic... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Michael R. Bloomberg
news and information company, Bloomberg emerged as a billionaire business titan intent on changing the world. Having made his mark in business, he turned his attention to the political arena. In 2002, just four months after the attacks of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
notes Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management. Morriss, the cofounder and managing director of the Concire Leadership Institute, which advises managers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, says that as... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
ended up placing several players there, and within a matter of a couple years, all of a sudden I found that I had about three dozen players in maybe 10 different countries. And then calls started coming in. Remember, this is before emails... View Details
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
include demeaning remarks, repeated threats to opt for a competitor, misrepresentations, repudiation of previously agreed provisions, last-minute demands, divide-and-conquer moves, and a waiting game that exploits the smaller firm's evidently urgent need for a closure.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, HBS Working Knowledge gathered insights from Harvard Business School faculty about what’s at stake for companies, and how the election might impact workplaces. They offer an assessment as the race heats View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
business. As the Republic of Turkey sought to catch up with the advanced West in the 20th century, the pioneers of modern businesses faced the same challenges caused by weak capital, labor, and other markets as encountered in many other... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
survive HBS. Spangler was a place for my surrogate family during my first year.” Anne Himpens Newton (MBA ’09): “I met my husband Michael Newton in Spangler early on the first morning of admit weekend. It was pouring outside, and a coatrack had been set View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
switch to CD format, sales picked up considerably as customers rushed out to replace their vinyl record collections with the same music reissued on the new technology. Now, explains Zelnick, the CD boom has played itself out. "The CD... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
Woods”—a series of demonstrations involving environmental and First Nations activists blocking the path of logging equipment and chaining themselves to trees and bulldozers. The protests attracted international attention and spread beyond... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
board of Mexico’s National Symphony Orchestra. His father, world-renowned cellist Carlos Prieto, a frequent Yo-Yo Ma collaborator, often hosted musicians at the family home. Prieto took up violin at an early age and would continue to play... View Details