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- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
expected to deal at arms-length with its "sister" businesses, while substantially reducing the size and functions of the corporate headquarters. But as the business units (BUs) and corporate headquarters View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
in press More Than Managing: The Relentless Pursuit of Effective Jewish Leadership Nudging as a Tool for Leaders By: Bazerman, Max Abstract—Jewish organizational life is inundated with publications on organizational change and effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
attention―manufacturing of launch vehicles and satellites―its growth is in fact quite strong. That’s especially true when you adjust for the quality improvements and price declines in that area; something... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
careful allocation of risks and returns among the various parties so that they have incentives to manage efficiently. Also important is the possibility for adjustments in risk allocation and responsibilities... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
completely scrapped. Traditional practices certainly still work for Boeing, which can't realistically release new airplanes with flaws the way Microsoft can release a new version of Windows with "bugs." Microsoft can serve and respond to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
for the orchestrating role of the manager; (2) adjust your leadership style to maximize your team's performance; (3) balance conflicting expectations from your boss, peers, and direct reports; and (4) deal... View Details
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
Its early milestones—comparative product tests launched by Consumer Reports in 1936, the Kennedy administration's Consumer Bill of Rights in 1960, Ralph Nader's critique of the U.S. automobile industry in... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Career to Smile About
Foods, joined Colgate in 1988 as head of its Far East and Canada operations. "How do you take an idea or product that may work in Latin America and introduce it into Asia or Africa, instantaneously? All multinationals are working on this... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
Seattle, Isaiah Kacyvenski (MBA 2011), all 250 pounds of him, was motoring full speed downfield on kick-off coverage, intent on destroying the St. Louis Rams returner. That's when a huge blindside block... View Details
Donald W. Douglas
Douglas developed and built all types of military planes as well as civilian transport planes. The big breakthrough for Douglas came in the early 1930s when he introduced the DC series of planes. In 1935,... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
expect doom and gloom or world-weary cynicism? Maybe it's because being an inside witness to the good, the bad, and the ugly provides such fascinating raw material for Tumulty to work with as she carries out her mission: interpreting the nation's political fortunes for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Professor, Historian, and Storyteller
evocative word. Can you elaborate? We are living in an age in which we are simply much more tired! laughter It’s the white-hot speed of the information revolution. It’s the technology that’s brought an... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
knew they would have to enhance their offering to franchisees in order to recruit some of the more established "mom-and-pop" stores they planned to target as franchisees. In addition, they would need to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Paul Yeh
I am friends with the local police in four states and seven counties. They love me because they can always count on my lead foot to fill their speeding ticket quotas. I am the worst nightmare for Boston area auto dealers. Known as the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
where you are and catch up. At the beginning of every school year, getting kids back up to speed has always been an issue, but it’s going to be that much bigger this year. If I were a district administrator,... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
simulate it, which means, on the computer, you would launch a golf ball at it and watch it come off. And the simulation program would measure the speed the golf ball was moving at, its spin, all that. And it would give you a really good... View Details
- Fast Answer
Bloomberg: comparing futures
How can I compare futures in Bloomberg? See How can I locate futures information in Bloomberg? to determine the ticker for the future contracts of interest. Type GP <GO> for the Line Chart function. Click 97) Edit and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
The starting five: This year's Alumni Achievement Award winners included (clockwise, from lower left) Judy Haberkorn, Lou Gerstner, Joe O'Donnell, Rahul Bajaj, and Nancy Barry. The group visited HBS in September and took part in a case discussion with members View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
“Prices adjusted and real estate became more attractive. And we got back to relative equilibrium through the tech bust in 2001. After the bust, a lot of money began to pour into real estate.” Suddenly the... View Details