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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
Much hope and plenty of money are riding on the idea that batterypowered electric cars will help slow global warming by reducing tailpipe emissions. But when it comes to reducing the greenhouse gases produced by heavy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Ackerly (MBA 1976) Until the product has user traction and the resulting revenues, it is just a dream. Pursue the analog option aggressively and produce the compelling and differentiated value that was the original design. Don’t let future plans and follow-up View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 03 May 2019
- News
Giving Voice to Black and Hispanic Women
breakfast and she came over to me. She said, “Are you Ed Lewis?” I said, “Yes, I am.” She says, “I'm 47 years old and I'm from Mobile, Alabama. I want to thank you for what you did for bringing Essence into the world. You have no idea... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Feedback
smile, and it makes me smile. —Susan Dickie (MBA 1978) via alumni.hbs.edu OMG, I had no idea that Prairie Home Companion’s wonderful sound effects came from an HBSer! I really appreciate his reminder to do R&D—whatever your field. I’m... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Giving Tree
think logically, and state my ideas succinctly. I believe that the more people I can help get this kind of training, the better our country will be. It’s also important for the School to have a diversified student body.” Collin Roche (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
The idea of human cloning is controversial, but cloning a successful business concept remains as desirable as ever. For HBS assistant professor Steven J. Spear, this pursuit led him to Toyota, whose perennial leadership in quality... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
Sasha Novakovich (MBA ’99) was in her second year at HBS when she and classmate Tracy Lawrence got the idea for what would become GetConnected, a company that processes voice, data, and video services transactions for retailers. Despite... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
such a program also meant including nurses and administrators as well as doctors. “Change will only occur when all three groups have the same set of goals, and a broad agreement on how to realize those goals,” says Bohmer. “The idea of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Change, and Making Good Things Happen By Zoe Chance (DBA 2011) Random House You were born influential. But then you were taught to suppress that power, follow the rules, wait your turn, not make waves. Yale professor Zoe Chance will show you how to rediscover the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
specific transactions. Nobody would do both, even though that was the way it had always been done on Wall Street. The idea of soliciting business with a team of people who did nothing else was entirely new and different for investment... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
idea that there is an enormous opportunity to make air travel better.” The startup saw space in the market between premium commercial airline options that were increasingly inconvenient and the ever-more expensive choice of private air... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
simultaneously deploying resources to serve local nonprofits and community groups. “I just had this idea to get these two different leaders from very different organizations together to hear how they work to benefit our community,” says... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
who drove almost three hours to attend the talk. “The topic is extremely timely. Everybody seems to know these problems in healthcare and finance, the environment and government that need to be fixed. The question is ‘What do we do?’ Etienne offered some good View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Words and Pictures
As a student in Professor Nitin Nohria’s LEAD class, in the spring of 2001, Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) was particularly captivated by the idea of reflective leadership. “We talked a lot about the human aspects of business, and I was... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
law for “38 seconds” before starting two other tech companies. Michelle Zatlyn (MBA ’09): Saskatchewan native with experience in product marketing and product management. The pair hatched the idea for what would become CloudFlare during... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
widely accepted and utilized in much of the rest of the world, remain virtually unknown in North America. “I suspect it boils down to the following: Too cheap + too simple = minimal profit. Not my idea of responsible capitalism,” he says.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Learning About Leadership
the risks of their business are. “It is important to get outside of the Fidelity four walls sometimes. Explore, really be on the lookout, scanning for new ideas of what's driving consumer behavior outside of our industry.” View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 15 Nov 2019
- News
Diversity as a Driver of Performance
as though they can bring their true selves to their job.” Absent that, you’re not tapping the full potential of your workforce, he says. “To really be innovative, you have to have the best ideas around the table and that means... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 24 Apr 2019
- News
And the Winner Is…
the idea here is to really take over your home—and we have innovative, patent-pending form factors to do it.” The $25,000 runner-up prize in the alumni track went to X-Cor Therapeutics, represented by Jayon Wang (MBA 2018), which has... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Smartphones Get Smarter
occasion to reveal that Doerr’s firm has created a $100 million “iFund” to encourage programmers to develop all manner of software, from games to business, for the iPhone; Kleiner Perkins will back promising new iPhone ideas and the... View Details