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- 01 Apr 1998
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bottom-line value is extracted from the key dimensions of implementing sense and respond strategies," says Nolan, the William Barclay Harding Professor of Management of Technology, who is a frequent collaborator with Bradley, the William... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
or adaptive organism, there are changes. Karl Marx, while he was wrong about almost everything, was actually right on at least one thing — the labor theory of value. What matters most is the people in your company, more than the capital, the technologies, or the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
and alternative energy development. China is capable of steady growth over the coming years and will continue to be a key component of GE's global strategy, he added, provoking a question from one audience member regarding the propriety... View Details
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
turbulence in talent markets that isn't ending anytime soon. "There's been a fundamental shift in the marketplace, where employees have more power than they had in the past," says Kwok. "So companies are asking, ‘how do we attract and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
organizations, a deep sense of purpose was their key to growth. Humans are wired to find meaning in what we do, and tapping into that can have a transformative effect on an organization—and the people who work there. Here, in a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
(or maybe the Big 2, after Chrysler’s merger with Daimler) continue to dominate the U.S. market, they are beset by falling sales, staggering financial obligations, and the relentless pressure of globalization and foreign competition. GM, for example, while it still has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
done. Any contractor offering a payoff to Roshan was immediately blacklisted. Any employee caught taking or offering a bribe was instantly fired. “In emerging markets, you have to be very persistent and clear in your messaging—dogmatic,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Illustrations by Andrea Manzati Prescription: Free the Data! On a bright September morning, on the expansive lawn outside the Watertown, Massachusetts, headquarters of the e-health firm athenahealth, city and state officials, company executives, and hundreds of View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
No Mistake About It: Trust Is Key in Learning It's a real Catch-22: Learning is more critical than ever to firm success, yet the process often requires making mistakes. And many people believe mistakes lead to failure and thus avoid... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
skills for our students. We’re fully convinced this is going to be fundamental mainstream investing in 20 years. Vikram Gandhi: One key driver is investor demand.If you look at the big pools of capital—family offices, pension plans,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
company can ever be completely safe — even if a firm disconnects from the Internet, unauthorized personnel or disgruntled employees inside the company’s facilities can figure out ways to access its computers — some firms, especially those... View Details
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
Photos by Jeff Moore Conventional wisdom says expertise gained through years of experience is the key to business success. Conventional wisdom has never met Ross Freeman (PMD 30, 1975). Freeman’s unfettered approach to life—“Well, I’ll... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
that she also published in the August 2002 Harvard Business Review. For the time-pressure study, Amabile endeavored to “trap creativity in the wild” by surveying employees at seven companies across three industries. She and her... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
guidelines and encouraging employees to create value through long-term thinking - rather than by trying to follow the latest "flavor-of-the-month." "Predictability is not certainty," Stevenson emphasizes. "It isn't about having a lifeless... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
intended to build an e-commerce platform, but she changed course and invested in bricks and mortar when she saw a need for customer-friendly neighborhood stores. The pivot offered a personalized shopping experience that relied on a cadre of beauty experts. View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Delta’s Flight from Bankruptcy
September 2005 and was about a month away from its announced plan to emerge from Chapter 11 when Whitehurst visited the campus. Observing that a key to any turnaround is identifying the problem correctly, Whitehurst explained that Delta... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
CEOs several decades ago. The airline’s previous generation of leaders settled tough union negotiations, made agreements that allowed them to operate profitably and look good in the short term, and dumped their pension obligations into... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
company’s culture of innovation that has seen Intuit expand into small-business and web-based products. The key to entrepreneurship and innovation, says Cook, a 1996 recipient of the School’s Alumni Achievement Award, is “solving the... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
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Class Day and Commencement 2001
presidents Mini Desai and Stephen Moret, two of six students who received this year's Dean's Award, opened formal remarks on Class Day with their amusing descriptions of the HBS experience. They then reflected more seriously on some of the View Details