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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
it a case of dé jà vu or an unprecedented, systemic failure? This roundtable discussion, moderated by Professor Krishna Palepu, sought answers and suggested some corrective measures. Highlights of the conversation follow. Krishna Palepu: Let's View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
economy. I know that a lot of things have been done to address these problems already, but my own sense is that what we've seen is incomplete. Too much of our public discussion has operated on the surface of the problems. We need to go a... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 04 Dec 2020
- News
Hour by Hour
for hourly workers, Morris realized: Companies lost money on training, and employees often started right back at minimum wage with each new job as they worked to learn an entirely new set of skills. This insight is at the heart of Syrg,... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
Photography by Susan Young Even though government spending and philanthropic capital are powerful tools for helping people improve their lives and rise out of poverty, there are still problems with them. Regular infusions of outside... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
The so-called chicken-and-egg problem is arguably the most discussed and most obvious business dilemma in the sharing economy. Platform providers–like Uber, Airbnb, or Etsy–rely on both consumers and producers to create and sustain a... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
Software giant Microsoft is launching the Windows 8 version of its operating system this week, and suffice it to say that it's radically different from Windows 7. The familiar Start button and menu are gone, for example, replaced by a... View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
employees sit through training and attest that they understand the rules, but failing to assess the effectiveness of their compliance programs, or doing so with faulty metrics. The authors explain how we reached this sorry state—and how we can remedy it. Firms should... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
involved with; that company is still in business today. Thanks, Walt, for your passion and commitment. Allan N. Mackey (MBA 1970) I was in Professor Salmon’s Marketing class my second year. We were discussing a case where the company had a serious View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
both of whom started remotely in June. They have been collaborating with McKenna on any number of major issues over several weeks—onboarding a new leadership team, steering the NGO through the pandemic, finding ways to continue to deliver... View Details
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
think. It's part of my process. Shaan Kandawalla: Shaan Kandawalla, 2004. Probably late at night when the kids are in bed and everything from the day sort of wound down a bit, you know and you have that down time to kind of actually stop working and running and View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
genocidal Nazi ideology, it was not doomed from the start. Rather it represented Hitler’s best chance to achieve his war aims for Germany. In Ellman’s recounting, Barbarossa did not fail because of flaws in the Axis invasion strategy, the size of the USSR, or the... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
needed to be working on solving problems I have a passion for; otherwise, I was going to be useless.” That passion was finding ways to provide young people with the same kind of support he’d received, something he’d done as a volunteer... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability: Career Advice from HBS Career Coach Hillary Mann
businesses where sustainability is at the core; others are interested in an organization where sustainability might be a newer initiative. A common question from MBAs is how to decide what type of company to pursue- whether an early stage View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
acquisition of small- and medium-sized companies, Baker first observed the corrosive effect of corruption. "I didn't come out of HBS equipped to deal with it," he recalls. "It was so harmful to the business process, I started trying to... View Details
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
inroads in important ways in collaborative learning and R&D. When privatization and business applications start to enter the picture, which he predicted would happen by the year 2005, managers will have much to gain—or lose. Research... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
Eastern agreements. These include the opening to China after decades of mutual hostility with the United States; détente and the first nuclear arms control treaty with the Soviets at the height of the Cold War; the Paris peace treaty with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
Donald Trump’s administration is requiring hospitals to publish their charges in a way that consumers can easily understand, starting in January. The required information includes the rates hospitals negotiate with insurers. For their... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)
everything. In school and in her career, she enjoyed starting as a generalist before specializing and was energized by exploring industries and functions. The consulting world, specifically McKinsey, offered that exact opportunity. “I... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Get to Know Class Day Speaker Adán Acevedo
that HBS has to offer—not feeling overwhelmed by what needs to get done, but just being certain that at any given moment I’m doing the right thing.” As he and his wife return to Los Angeles and he starts his new consulting job, Acevedo... View Details
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Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton
year at HBS, I started working with a number of faculty on various projects that I am excited about. It feels a bit like a start-up in the sense that I'm given the necessary support to not only pursue ideas, but to develop ideas. And the... View Details