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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
new role models and provided a wake-up call for older firms and has been a catalyst for old economy start-ups, as well. It's also been a catalyst for developing an understanding of entrepreneurial activity outside the United States, he... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
ever loses a job. Some Japanese attribute this mentality to Japan's agrarian history. Farmers all help each other. This mentality was reflected in a variety of policy areas. There is a lax antitrust policy,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- Profile
Sebastian Vargas
career at P&G, however, I learned that even the greatest technologies can fail without the right business model and organizations to support them. I knew I wanted to be a leader in technology so I thought an MBA would be a perfect way... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
the more traditional interest rate and tax channels-suggests new considerations in assessing the impact of government spending on private sector economic activity. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/cmalloy/pdffiles/envaloy.pdf EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTION:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
and how these ideas can improve towns, organizations, and companies alike. READ MORE DM: When did you start thinking about community joy? JP: I was in foster care partly because of my birth mother's mental illness and was aware of the... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
store chain with twenty-four locations in fifteen cities. The traditional consumer model in the market is the family jeweler, he explained, with a relationship between parties carrying on for generations. The consumer in India is far more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
Visiting the doctor can sometimes feel like being slammed down on an assembly line: Make co-pay. Check vitals. Diagnose the problem. Get a prescription. Next! The fee-for-service model of American medicine doesn’t put much value on long... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
bulletin@hbs.edu. Write us a letter. This is your magazine. It needs your voice. Gene Williams, featured in the December 2013 HBS Alumni Bulletin Top Story The story of Gene Williams (MBA 1987) and his new drug development model hit a... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
models are very powerful,” he explains. “We have trucks that do deliveries, but the innovation is in how we are able to suit local needs, with many different collection models customized for local... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting those with debilitating chronic illnesses and the dependent elderly.” —Professor Lynda Applegate, on Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande Excerpt... View Details
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
networks of networks. Currently, he said, universities and labs use it to connect researchers working on collaborative projects. These projects can range from building virtual reality models of the ear—a medical application—to studying... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
completing the Northwest Passage, and finally the North Pacific, which he did during the 2016 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race as a crew member on the 70-foot Visit Seattle). Those journeys proved both physically and mentally... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 29 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
try to use the brute force of thinking to push the situation forward. What is required, however, is an actual new experience about our current reality and both an implicit and symbolic understanding of that new experience. This will never come from employing our... View Details
- Web
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2025 | Working Knowledge
marketplace. My lighter read is Thomas Insel’s Healing , which offers a refreshing, human-centered take on mental health: one that moves beyond symptom checklists to focus on connection, purpose, and resilience. I was especially receptive... View Details
- 29 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives
Giovanna Abramo (MBA 2022) spent the last three years prior to HBS working at Bain & Company in Mexico City where she worked on performance improvement, strategy, and operational model redesign projects across industries like consumer... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
quick, and (3) learn and adapt. Axiom #1: Make A Bump Plan Military strategist Carl von Clausewitz coined the term friction, "the force that makes the apparently easy so difficult." Friction doesn't just refer to adverse weather or enemy fire. It can also be... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
get behind their ideas, going through fertility treatments while launching a company, managing investor expectations, prioritizing mental health, setting benchmarks, hiring to fill experience gaps, and even returning VC funding. “It takes... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
governance structures and norms in place, businesses could help put people, including their workers, and the planet back at their core. Through a series of essays, the book exposes the fault lines between democracy and capitalism and, building on alternative View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
may not be the right way to do things.” What’s needed is a different business model and different mentality about value creation. “Value is created by great science, not by dealmaking,” asserts Pisano, who... View Details
- Web
Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Course Catalog
for-profit ventures, many cases feature founders focused on broadening the benefits of innovation and technology. The course includes startups from across the globe, including the US, India, Ghana, and Colombia, and startups working on a range of problems, including... View Details