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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
companies, requiring the same critical, honest thinking about leadership development. Improving the cross-fertilization between business and education would help. It'd be great to have a kind of CEO-in-residence be part of the... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Addressing Gender Equity In Business And Society
June of 2015, 124 undergraduates from 14 women’s colleges attended PEEK, a new two-day on-campus academic experience designed to give applicants an introduction to HBS and to business. Ultimately, Ely hopes the School will become the go-to destination for relevant... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
research will make a difference for everyone from the young superstar basketball player to older people struggling with mobility issues. “Everything that we’re learning that applies to athletes also applies to the whole world and can View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
virus. “They created products and services that have the potential to reduce the spread of the virus, improve patient care, and create community when in-person gatherings aren’t possible,” explains Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), the Bruce and... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
that’s faster and safer—and they’re able to build new facilities where needed. But equally important is the higher quality of work and life for the teams: “They're happy and proud of where they work now, but then there’s also an View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
survey cited specific actions their companies had implemented to remain competitive. The majority had taken steps such as improving worker training, investing in technology, growing exports, and expanding to new markets. Among the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
upsetting the West's conventional wisdom about the reasons for Japan's success, Porter and his coauthors emphasize that Japanese practices such as total quality and continuous improvement were valuable... View Details
- 13 Mar 2020
- News
Expanding Cancer Care
able to impact the work that we do, improve the quality of care that we give to our patients, and also make our clinicians more efficient. One of the things that we focus on doing is creating clinical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Health Care’s New Frontier
consultants in the managed care practice of Booz Allen Hamilton, acquired an obstetrics practice in San Diego with $1.6 million in seed capital. The concept of a clinic where midwives and nurses provided quality care for healthy women... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
improve their ability to approach the public, make plans, and set goals." Baxter worked at the "Grandma's" cookie division of Frito-Lay before coming to Interbake Foods in 1987. His earliest priorities included updating production... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
could reorder the way a lot of corporations work today. Instead of having 1,000 people in the same office, create localized offices or give people a budget to create an office at home. In doing so, you would significantly improve the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
government. For example, we need to figure out how to improve the quality of education in this country. Our public educational system is failing, and true to form, entrepreneurs are rising to the challenge.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
creating the best cost structure in the market. But the company wanted to compete primarily on quality not price. To that end, it struck exclusive deals with suppliers and marketing partners. Where they are today: The company continues to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
from depression to optimism,” explains Kanter, who says she grew up “thinking that Americans have a special responsibility to improve the state of the world.” While her agenda is ambitious, Kanter notes, “The country can accomplish a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
New Releases
Leading Change by John P. Kotter (Harvard Business School Press) Total quality management, reengineering, rightsizing, and restructuring -- innovations intended to make companies more competitive -- routinely fall short, says HBS... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a working paper, "Environmental... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
on comedy writing at the People’s Improv Theater in addition to writing for Monk, a USA Network weekly comedy-mystery series. Toplyn and his wife, Sherry, are the parents of two teenage sons. As an undergrad, I worked on the Harvard... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
capacity, and identify where improvements in quality and productivity will have the highest payoffs. The authors reveal how managers can conduct fact-based negotiations with customers and suppliers -... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
lighting designs,” Brownell explains. “That brings innovation in design quality to bear on LEED certification, architectural objectives, and clinical-medicine needs, for example. It also improves the View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
key areas of work that reflect our commitment to improving the way we carry out our mission. MBA Admissions We continue to seek outstanding students from a wide range of backgrounds whose experience will enrich our classrooms. We... View Details