Focusing On Customers - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2013
News

A Focus on You

To sweeten the deal, we have something big to offer in exchange. Beginning this month, HBS is launching a brand-new Alumni website, featuring personalized content delivery (based on your profession and unique interests), View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

03 Dec 2024
News

From One to Many

In the years after Keith Ferrazzi (MBA 1992) published Never Eat Alone, he confessed some reluctance in being labeled “the networking guy.” “But 20 years after writing that first book, and after coaching thousands of teams, I’ve finally recognized there’s a... View Details

10 Feb 2013
News

The Dice Are Rolling on Dell’s Legacy

26 Apr 2021
News

Lumumba Seegars on Inequality and Agency in ERGs

19 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

unique for our customers—if we keep focused on that, it helps us stay grounded. How are you managing the grind? You know what? I’m energized by it. It’s not just the hours and travel, it’s the pace and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

16 Sep 2016
News

Gaining Ground on ALS

president and CEO of Cytokinetics, Inc., a California-based company that focuses on biology-driven treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other debilitating diseases associated with muscle... View Details

20 Apr 2011
News

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

03 Apr 2020
News

Venture-Backed Firms Could Miss Out On Virus Relief Loans

25 May 2016
News

A Focus on Sustainability

Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972) Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972), who enjoyed a remarkably successful career in the investment business, has spent much of the last decade focused on his passion for the environment.... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Lego Stays on Script

the Lego brand,” Moynihan recalls. “Ultimately, that led to an extremely difficult period around 2003 and 2004, when we almost lost our financial independence as a private entity.” After that, the company refocused its attention on View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

26 Apr 2022
News

Leading on Climate Change

role as a leader is “educating the public, through frequent communication, including via social media” as well as through the example she sets with her own personal actions. Polman, coauthor of Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

07 Sep 2021
News

One Degree of Difference

which means that all employees are “really focused on efficiency,” Wallace says. They developed a multilayered interview process to match the right person for each job, as the wrong hire can be extremely... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

06 Oct 2014
News

HP Split Lets Whitman Focus on Enterprise, George Says

01 Jun 2010
News

MBAs on a Mission

from disparate backgrounds.” During his final year at HBS, he heard a talk by WWF president and CEO Carter Roberts (MBA ’88). “In Ghana,” says Murphy, “I had come to the conclusion that sustainable business development was key, and Carter’s talk View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services