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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
entire supply chain, from purchasing thread to delivering finished goods complete with price tags to individual stores. William Fung (MBA 1972) and his older brother, Victor (PhD 1971), who taught at HBS for four years, are the third... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
2009, we were both in section D. Go D! The dinosaurs. As anyone who’s been to HBS knows, you get to know the people who are in your section extremely well. Michelle really stood out as someone who was really trying not just to score View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future
to create value, either by lower costs, additional sales, or improved strategic value. What was the takeaway? “Top leadership needs to fully embrace this effort, set clear objectives, and engage their entire organization,” he says. “Measuring the company’s impact,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
similar opportunity. Best to have an intense focus and evolve your software in a rapid fashion. It is very common for software companies to start with smaller customers and work their way up. While it is harder (and takes longer) to sell into the enterprise, the... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
Administrator Gina McCarthy, who now serves as the director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, sees some moves in the right direction. “Boston is on the cutting edge of this issue,” she... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
Lewis Jr. (MBA 1969), George R. “Bob” Price (MBA 1970), and A. Leroy “Roy” Willis (MBA 1969). In commemoration of this milestone, four of AASU’s founders (Price died in 2012) reflect on their time at the School, the creation of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
would play a stabilizing role by stepping in and guaranteeing new mortgages. The corporation would exist in normal times and guarantee a small percentage of mortgages even then, but would scale up its activities during a period of crisis. From a financial stability... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
Wingspanbank was created completely outside the Bank One structure. From a consumer's point of view, there is no visible relationship between the two banks. While there is some pooling of technology and personnel, economies of scale are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
coauthored by Professor Tom Eisenmann and researcher Lisa Mazzanti, is under discussion by first-year students in The Entrepreneurial Manager. Wallace has the opportunity to offer a firsthand perspective and listen as her decision points... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
government agency bonds.) From America’s point of view, meanwhile, the best way of keeping the good times rolling in recent years has been to import cheap Chinese goods. Moreover, by outsourcing manufacturing to China, U.S. corporations... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
you will indeed be the successor. You're going to be the CEO of GE. And you made it a point in the book to note that Jack didn't tell you why you got the job. And I wonder: Why do you think you were named the CEO? JI: Yeah, no, it's a,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
to restructure home mortgages in a manner homeowners can afford is at the heart of our financial crisis. We have paid a terrible price for not addressing the foreclosure crisis at its inception, but it is never too late to start. How can... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
billion in assets under management. How did you first become interested in investing? My father had spent time in the Argentine and followed the price of Indian tea shares. As a young boy, it was romantic and exciting to chat with him... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
internal intranet, "thereby allowing customers to serve themselves through their own computers within their own organizations." Nolan also points to Microsoft founder Bill Gates's strategy of holding computer View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
used a bunch of mathematics. And I was given a flunking grade. And my view is, screw you, this is stupid that you have us discussing this competitive bidding case as though we’re supposed to just talk about it. We’re supposed to have this administrative View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
he’d reached at the bottom of the South Sandwich Trench; 8,376 meters—now he had surpassed the deepest point he’d ever taken the Limiting Factor, on an earlier descent to the bottom of the Puerto Rico Trench. His board was green—all... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
You can’t be that impatient. Another lesson from top-tier venture groups is the importance of a global perspective when it comes to best practices and competitive strategies. The smart venture firms make global connections. Too often, governments take a parochial View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
is that bad guys have so much data that they just haven’t gotten to yours,” says Thomas. It’s easy to steal your credit card. “The only hard part is using it without tipping anybody off.” There is evidence of the relative ease of these crimes in the View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
says. To that end, Clean Line has committed to buying from suppliers located near the lines and to building converter stations, the pickup points for the energy, in order to create jobs locally. — SA Window on a Greener World SOLADIGM A... View Details