Design Of Core - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1999
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Myra Hart Named to Professorship

Company. At HBS, she holds the title "Professor of Management Practice," a designation that enables nontenured appointees with extensive backgrounds in the practice of... View Details

07 Jun 2011
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Back to the Future

University. That was as far as the idea went, until recently. Partnering with an MIT expert on autonomous vehicles and mobile robotics, Alden has a new company, Alden DAVe Systems (with “DAVe” an acronym for Dual-mode Autonomous Vehicle), View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo

Bob DiRomualdo admits that he wasn't much of a reader until he paid a visit to Greenland. The son of a Philadelphia fireman, DiRomualdo took a job with RCA after graduating from high school to earn money for... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

31 Jan 2025
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New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses

“But we had never thought about trying to serve for-profit businesses prior to the pandemic.” Priscilla Jiminian, Founder of Skinergy Beauty LLC, a skin care and cosmetics line designed specifically for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2013
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Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet

also describe an approach to reaching your unique potential. This includes: Assessing your strengths and weaknesses. Many people I speak with do not have a clear sense of their core strengths or an accurate... View Details

11 Dec 2017
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Growing from Within

Photo courtesy of Paulo Pena Photo courtesy of Paulo Pena The great majority of McDonald’s U.S. restaurants are run by external owner/operators. Paulo Pena (MBA 2004) is... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Jun 1997
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Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

overlap, into four areas: competitive strategy, corporate strategy, global competition, and technology strategy. The largest of the subgroups, competitive strategy - essentially the core View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 2021
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HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures

Ahmed (AB 2012) and his team designed WHOOP, a wearable fitness strap that collects physiological data to help athletes, their coaches, and trainers analyze strain, recovery, and sleep. The startup, one of... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals

centerpiece event of the WSA, a fifteen-year-old organization whose mission is to foster a supportive environment for women at the Business School and to provide services that help them to succeed as students and in their careers. The... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

25 Feb 2020
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Ink: Your Best Self

the driver’s seat anymore.” Based on lessons learned through nearly 20 years of coaching and laced with edicts from the Eastern philosophy she grew up with in an Asian American family, Su’s book is designed... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

Rosabeth, you mentioned the structure and design of the organization as possibly contributing to the current problems. What improvements can be made? Kanter: We need more external information — both... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

book based on their expertise. Les chantiers de ma vie by Claude Lefebvre (OPM 10, 1985) with Hélène-Andrée Bizier (Cyfbel) An autobiography of an engineer and entrepreneur from Québec. Design Thinking for... View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Origin Story: Ricky Cordova (MS/MBA 2025)

South of the border: “Both sides of my family are from northern Mexico; my mom’s side is from Hermosillo, Sonora, just a four- or five-hour drive from Tucson.” On the beat: “I was captain View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Apr 1999
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HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students

leveraging HBS's strength in this area by launching a series of programs designed to connect professors to practice. The group has since sponsored workshops on the case method, interactive learning, and... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

09 May 2022
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Green House

In the Observatory Hill neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Betsy Harper (MBA 1984) has built an oxymoron: a brand-new, historic home. The recently completed structure combines traditional architecture and the latest in... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management

the class on October 25. Garvin structured the dialogue by creating alumni-student groups, posing a series of guiding questions, and instructing participants in their roles. Support came from several quarters: Information Technology... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Dec 1999
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New Releases

the characteristics of distinct types of property - apartment, office, hotel, industrial, and retail. Noting that this book is designed to help people spot risks, develop... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Jennifer L. Scott

design one of the most innovative student-driven initiatives to hit the HBS campus in years. The contest provided students with the opportunity to develop a business idea from concept through execution - an... View Details