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- 01 Feb 1999
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against Netscape, as the two companies vied for leadership in the Internet-browser software market during the mid-1990s. Based on extensive interviews with key officers and employees of Netscape - including founder Marc Andreessen and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
moments when I am a good leader and there are moments when I am not,” he admits. Having devoted his entire career to Corning—both the company and the small town where it sits on the Chemung River—Weeks’s success is hard to miss, whether measured in View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
consulting firm focused on the nascent field of Internet marketing. He spent several years building Conduit into one of Europe’s fastest-growing technology companies, eventually counting 130 employees around the globe and $20 million in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
healthy marriages and productive careers. Organizations can have employees who are devoted to their work and their families and who bring the diversity that any organization needs to thrive. "Fixing the women problem" is not about fixing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
humans or the environment. Magagnini and Strugatz treat their workforce with the same care that they extend to environmental issues, holding open-book monthly staff meetings and naming an employee of the month. “People are definitely not... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Corruption 101
increasing number of red flags, he had to consider not only his US employer and his HBS position, but also his local client, his client's employees and their families, customers throughout the region, and all the suppliers for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
industry entirely. Instead, the Miami native went home after graduation to join an upstart agency that seemed interested in doing things a little differently. At the time, Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B) had a regional focus, with 55 View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
now has 140 employees and forecasted revenues of $125 million in 2009. Behind those figures, however, is the story of a company that has survived more than one brush with the void by reinventing itself through continuous, deep-seated... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
repairs, in addition to billing for repairs to the personal vehicles of district employees, for a total of $785,195 from 2005 to 2017. The mechanic and his wife—neither employees of the district—also received full health benefits from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
that provides incentives to employees while generating profits and growth.” The plan: Rechargeable batteries are a safe, clean, affordable energy source. Each battery has the size and weight of a brick and can be delivered directly to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
join a groundbreaking urban redevelopment project and went home to Halifax in 1966. After the real estate aspect of the project was well along, I returned to the marine portion of my roots and became the first employee (and operations... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Fostering a Supportive Community
business and sparked his interest in leveraging it to address social issues, which ultimately led him to HBS. Mbanusi, who now works for Guild Education, a tech platform that helps employers reskill their employees debt-free, found in his... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
recentinterview. Yet tacit knowledge is often the unquantifiable advantage that makes an employee so valuable and leads to creativity and innovation within an organization. Are there ways to capture something that is so difficult to... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business
primacy of personal relationships and interpersonal reciprocity has been paramount in China. This poses a problem for those who want to use strictly commercial merit when choosing suppliers and employees and entering into contracts."... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
attention? Safety, first and foremost. Any fatality is a terrible thing, and there were too many throughout the group, particularly in South Africa, where 44 employees died in accidents the year before I took over. Two months after I... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
trade-offs are, because some of them, like time with your family, you can't get back. My name is Rosy Fynn and I am class of 2007. So best piece of business advice, I would say, put your employees first and make sure that they are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
others.” Cenedella recalled the first day he walked into his company and was greeted by an employee he was certain he’d never seen before. Recognizing that leading a company of 200 or 300 people would be a different challenge than leading... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
employees and from a variety of outside parties. We have, of necessity, been continuously involved at all levels, from setting and implementing strategy for the college and its place in Bhutan to negotiating contracts, hiring, updating IT... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
president and CEO of COMPS InfoSystems between 1992 and 2000. During his leadership, the small regional print-publishing firm that covered commercial real estate became a national electronic database publisher, with 420 employees and... View Details
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
as they just struggle to find individuals with the right skillset, the right dispositions, the right, frankly, desires on their behalf to be the right team member for what they're trying to do. And so that anxiety, I think on both employer and employee—or would-be... View Details