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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
and CEO Thompson terms "satellite infrastructure" (technology that enables people to conduct business activity anywhere on the planet). Before reaching its fifteenth birthday this spring, Virginia-based Orbital will have surpassed $450... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
1943, the School decided to send the Bulletin to all alumni - even those who weren't paying their alumni dues. To cut paper costs and attract more advertising, Hunt increased the trim size of the magazine.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
decreased supply of traditional food exports of wheat and corn from Russia and Ukraine will also result in rising prices, Shih said. "You'll pay more for everything that uses wheat and corn and flour.” Harvard Ukrainian Research... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
class. Harvard had been siloed by school, and the Harvard i-lab, which opened in 2011 and evolved into the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem, was one of the first things that very deliberately cut across these boundaries. It’s a resource... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
stimulates greater use for a given buyer). We find that higher prices screen out those who use the product less. The amount paid does not have a psychological effect on use, but there is some evidence that the act of paying increases use.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
We suspect that the mistakes happen when firms choose managers at any level—from CEO to business unit head to project manager—based on what we call "right stuff" thinking, borrowing the term from Tom Wolfe's famous book and the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
benefit from mimicking the showroom concepts started by online-first retailers and why online-first retailers can benefit from opening more traditional stores. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54316 March 29, 2018 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
Francisco 49ers football team, and Grousbeck, CEO of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise. The fund focuses on sports media content, an industry headed to $60 billion in revenue, according to the Causeway partnership. Higgins says the... View Details
- Profile
Michael R. Bloomberg
ambition in their eyes and fire in their bellies and no notions of social caste, who go the furthest and achieve the most.” As Bloomberg made the transition from public life back to the private sector, he returned to his company as CEO... View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
cruise lines use two different passenger models. In one, passengers pay for an expensive cabin boarding that separates them from the view of lower-fare passengers the entire trip. The second allows lower-fare passengers to witness “the... View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
along with a camera and other features. By September 2007, just 74 days after the June launch of the iPhone, Apple and its mobile carrier partner AT&T Mobility had sold one million units. When Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
2013), the founder and CEO of the Chinese electric startup WM Motor, puts the personal passenger vehicle market at around 28 million. Chinese consumers bought nearly half of all electric plug-ins sold worldwide last year, with Chinese... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
staying away or unable to pay and rising costs for personal protective gear and new technology. “Compounding the problem, SUD treatment and prevention programs risk draconian cuts to public funding as states... View Details
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
efficient. Entering patient data into a computer can cost doctors valuable patient time.Photo: iStockPhoto However, several studies indicated that when physicians spent extra time entering data themselves, it cut down time spent with... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
gaining information. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51329 July–August 2016 Harvard Business Review How to Pay for Health Care By: Porter, Michael E., and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—The United States stands... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
turnaround of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 2002-2003 season? Was it Paul Pressler as head of Disney Sports, because he got investment funds from Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then hired Bryan Murray? Was it Bryan Murray as the general... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
In the course of an hour-long interview, Keith T. Clinkscales (MBA '90), president of Vibe magazine, drops close to fifty names. Those mentioned by this 35-year-old CEO of an enterprise that is considered "da bomb" (a high compliment)... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
didn’t pay off. But generally, the New Bedford whaling industry of the 1800s thrived using this investment model, averaging over 14 percent annual returns, says Alex. Holding up the high end of that average was the firm Gideon Allen and... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Abstract In the continuing quest for business growth, many CEOs are turning to their CIOs and IT organizations because technology is absolutely essential to two compelling sources of growth: innovation and enterprise integration. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-012.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsArrow Electronics—The Apollo Acquisition Harvard Business School Case 607-007 Having already made 10 acquisitions of competitors in the last decade, the CEO... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace