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24 Apr 2014
News

Seeing glass in a new light

Rao Mulpuri (AMP 171, 2006) wants to transform the building industry by disrupting a common product: glass. View Dynamic Glass brings smart windows to buildings, and is gaining rapid adoption in North America—the California-based company sold out of product in 2013.... View Details

Career Coach

Lindsay Muller

Dallas. She can talk to students interested in working in consulting or transitioning from consulting into other industries. Employment Experience: United Health Insurance (Health Insurance Co; Medicare Strategy Internship) Oscar Health... View Details

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Jennifer DeWhitt

world, but it was the most meaningful thing I've ever done." Living a “messy” but rewarding life Jennifer returned to Bain, where she has negotiated a transition that allows her to work at home while she reconsiders her post-Bain... View Details

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Veterans & Active Military | MBA

opportunities for others. For more information, visit the LunaCap Foundation . The American Warrior Association Scholarship The American Warrior Association Scholarship provides up to $10,000-$15,000 to veterans transitioning to civilian... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

3-Minute Briefing: Fred Newman (MBA 1978)

always listening. That is the key. When people ask “How do you do that?” I say it’s not about getting the sounds out, it’s about getting them in. Since I was 10 years old, I’ve recorded sounds wherever I’ve gone, particularly at dawn and dusk. That View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions

revenue-neutral reform: A much-reduced rate, to facilitate US domestic investment and discourage transfer pricing games. A transition to a territorial regime of taxation with only US-earned profits subject to taxation and foreign... View Details

Keywords: ask the expert; Finance

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

Hofmeyr (43rd PMD), and Peter G. Wrighton (64th AMP) - were key members of the Consultative Business Movement, formed by the business community in the 1980s to facilitate the transition process. "Those individuals were instrumental in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

September 2007
Case

Still Leading (B4): Lee Iacocca—Driving Impact

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce

Lee Iacocca, a successful CEO of an auto company, devoted himself after retirement to several social causes. Describes issues in the transition. View Details

Keywords: Transition; Transformation; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Civil Society or Community; Auto Industry

13 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

December 2010 (Revised March 2013)
Case

Growing Pains at Stroz Friedberg

By: David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In late spring 2009, Stroz Friedberg co-presidents Edward Stroz and Eric Friedberg had to set growth targets for 2010. The leading global consulting firm they had built specialized in managing digital risk and uncovering digital evidence and had grown very rapidly.... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Change Management; Transition; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Consulting Industry

8 AM – 5 PM EDT, 31 May 2018
Career Events

HBS Career Reboot Camp in Boston

Career Reboot Camp is coming to Boston! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details

March 2015
Case

Pearson Affordable Learning Fund

By: Michael Chu, Vincent Dessain and Kristina Maslauskaite

An in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF sought to invest in business models providing superior educational outcomes in emerging markets on a... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investment; Low Cost Private Schools; Investment Fund; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Transition; Investment; Development Economics; Business Growth and Maturation; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; Education; Education Industry; Asia; Africa

Profile

Folafolu Folowosele

A self-proclaimed “global citizen,” Fola Folowosele found the transition from Nigeria to Williams College full of surprises. “It was my first intense winter,” Fola says. “You think you’re prepared, but then you experience it. I’d run from... View Details

01 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Reflections on the Peek Weekend Family Business Cohort

feat to undertake and that sometimes a transition away from being a family business must take place. These ideas resonated with me and I decided to share what I learned with my family – my comments were well received, and while I’m not... View Details

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The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation | Information Technology

Dean, Chair, MBA Program Previous Previous Next Previous Next More Featured Cases The Reinvention of Kodak Professor Ryan Raffaelli, Dave Habeeb, Ruth Page Success Academy Charter Schools Professors Robin Greenwood and Josh Coval, Denise Han, Ruth Page, Dave Habeeb... View Details

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Success Academy Charter Schools | Information Technology

Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon Professor Michael L. Tushman, Ruth Page, Tom Ryder Terror at the Taj Professor Rohit Deshpande Lupoli Companies: Riverwalk - Making an Impact Professors Richard Ruback and Marco Di Maggio,... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Embrace the Corona-Blur

isolation of current times has made this kind of self-care even more crucial, Taylor reminds us. Jordan Taylor is the cofounder of Medley, an executive coaching program that provides small-group experience, discussion panels, forums, and workshops. Next: Take Time to... View Details

June 24, 2016
Other Article

Why Brexit Is a Big Deal

By: John A. Quelch

The consequences of yesterday's vote by the British people to leave the European Union will be far-reaching, but there is no reason for global markets to panic.
Brexit is a vote against the European Union. Once heralded as the engine of a one-for-all and... View Details

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March 1974 (Revised June 1996)
Case

First National City Bank Operating Group (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Growth in the banking field has produced new demands on the "back office." Traditional management practices in check processing and paper handling operations have resulted in ten years of cost increases and quality loss. New manager of the operating group faces an... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transition; Banks and Banking; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Production; Banking Industry