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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Be Flexible In today's competitive and volatile business environment, depending on forecasting as the basis for planning and strategy has become a particularly risky way to operate. Especially vulnerable are manufacturing projects that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 14 Jul 2010
- News
The Concerts in the Chapel
Riders to the Sea — have been staged in the chapel, and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was played there too, albeit in an arrangement for only flute, violin, cello, and piano. Composers whose works have been... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
young professionals) select pieces from curated collections on the company’s website—think Scandinavian, mid-century modern, or industrial looks. Within a week, a white-glove team delivers preassembled pieces and arranges the room. When... View Details
- 01 Aug 2019
- News
Investing for Good
arrangement to deliver social value and financial value. “The social impact bond allows government to transfer the risk of performance of particular social programs to the investors. So in the event of a project's success, the government... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
edition of Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution. This highly acclaimed, landmark work introduced a framework that would help companies achieve global-scale efficiency, respond flexibly to... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
companies gain flexibility in the range of projects they may undertake. "Hiring outside contractors is a way for managers to access the talent they need to get the work done," says Bradach. Independent... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
Welsh offers another take on the downside of part-time and flexible work arrangements in the corporate world. She has two children, took her maternity leave for each, and went... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
were the first company in North America to perform the Mahler, because it requires an extraordinary orchestra and corps of dancers.” It also demands something of the viewer, in a way that more narrative works like The Nutcracker and Swan... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
I am thrilled to address you in my new role as president of the HBSAA Board of Directors. I look forward to using this vehicle to update you regularly on the work of the Alumni Board as well as other programs of note to the greater alumni... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
About five years after Leonardo Letelier (MBA 2002) graduated from HBS, he found himself at a career crossroads. He enjoyed the work he was doing as a consultant, but something was missing. He didn’t have the word for it. “Today, everyone... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
Noam Wasserman (MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a VC firm, he observed important universalities in the decisions that founders faced. He also saw that the “fundamental implications of those decisions were getting the... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
to the ideal of entrepreneurship itself rather than to a single business model or product. That flexibility helps them react nimbly to market feedback, abandoning products and business models that aren’t working. 2. Look for problems to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
entering the premises for their interview to say that they were going to turn back because this was not a suitable office space,” recalls Agarwala. “One candidate went to the extreme of saying that he could never get married if he worked... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
workers), who work as virtual health care assistants, handling everything from long-term care arrangements to transportation. Wellthy’s digital platform is designed as a consumer- friendly project management... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
working in jobs that are low-paying or can’t be done from home, women who have lost their jobs, and those who have no access to retirement savings plans are especially affected. “When people have access to retirement plans, they’re 15... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
it needs to make more effective public health decisions, an issue that became all the more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. “While working in East Africa before HBS, I saw the challenges of delivering public services at scale,” says... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
Your Twitter bio reads like that of a superhero ("Management consultant by day, fitness instructor & wellness blogger by night"). Can you tell us about your day and evening jobs? "By day I'm a manager at Deloitte Consulting. I work with... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Insights into Business in Islamic World
business practices include prohibitions on paying or collecting interest, avoidance of any business dealings considered speculative, ensuring that contracts are fair to all parties, and treating distressed businesses with compassion. Hayes noted, however, that it is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
Women’s Venture Center that provides coaching, technical assistance, and access to investors for women seeking equity capital. “When we see something that women entrepreneurs are struggling with, we do everything we can to help them.” Hard View Details