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- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
a distance.” Thanks to these bizarre properties, quantum computers can solve problems that lie beyond the reach of classical ones. “Computationally, it’s like our generation’s discovery of fire,” says Carolyn Fu, an assistant professor of business administration who... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
no longer being used as just a tactical resource, it's now fundamentally influencing business strategy and competition," says Richard L. Nolan, MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, who teaches in the School's Management... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Illustration by Jon Krause What percentage of managers do you think steal from their companies? Your answer to that question can tell a financial institution a lot about your creditworthiness, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and chief View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
In 2001, Monisha Kapila (MBA 2005) went to India to help its people emerge from the devastating Gujarat earthquake. As she worked with artisans to reach new crafts markets, she knew she had found a perfect way to use her business skills... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
Articles about the disastrous effects of outsourcing on the American economy and the origins of creative business strategies have earned three HBS professors top honors in the annual competition for best contributions to the Harvard... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
It's a case of competition and strategy on a global scale, and the stakes could hardly be higher. The prize? Leadership in the realm of life sciences, a field that experts say will shape and dominate 21st-century enterprise. What city or... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
Republican Party. In a country like France, the multiparty system has enabled new populist parties to emerge on the far right or on the far left. RDT: In the United States, we’ve been reminded of how fragile some aspects of democracy are... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
Education classes,” he notes, “we often focus on the actions and strategies of political leaders because they offer compelling examples that are familiar to everyone.” Mills’s new book, Masters of Illusion: American Leadership in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
HBS's Unique Economic Model
potential. While the endowment largely comprises restricted funds that likely will generate only modest returns in the next decade, gifts to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation (formerly known as the Dean's Fund) can be used in full immediately to adapt to View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Associate Professor Joshua Lerner spoke about opportunities and challenges in the venture capital and community development fields; Professor James L. Heskett discussed strategy and community revitalization; and Professor Michael E.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
III (AMP 45, 1967) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Reflecting on his 63 years as a geophysicist in the global petroleum industry, Dallas oilman Al Hrubetz traces his journey from the collapse of coal to the emergence of oil... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
to “The e-Philanthropy Revolution,” a recent working paper by HBS professor James E. Austin. His study of more than 150 WEBSEs illuminates the dynamics, challenges, and strategies of this nascent industry that links potential donors to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
both (and eventually broader applications). However, trying to pursue two different strategies for different markets simultaneously may eventually jeopardize the success of both. At such an early stage in the company’s life cycle, focus... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
entirely new industries is another course focus. In a new case about Linear Air, founded by William Herp (MBA ’89), Tripsas explores the emergence of “air taxis,” a novel service based on a new class of light, economical jet aircraft that... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
entrepreneurs is Mary Kay Ash, a legend as a glass-ceiling breaker and a woman who built a very successful business with a go-to-market strategy of direct selling. Unlike Mary Kay Ash, however, not all aspiring business owners are willing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
I couldn't help but feel a sense of gloom as I read the results of the recent HBS alumni survey on US competitiveness. It revealed that alumni overwhelmingly believe the United States is losing its competitive edge, particularly when compared to powerhouse View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
treatments of the antiviral drug Tamiflu we have ready to dispatch on an emergency basis to contain a pandemic may not be deployed in time. In the case of H5N1, is enough being done to destroy infected poultry stocks? As of December, more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
and venture capital funds. “The tradeoff in making the decision to go back to an emerging market is so great that you can’t come to it analytically,” says Managing Director Hiran Embuldeniya (MBA 2005), an alum of McKinsey and Goldman... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna