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- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
platform he launched in 2007. Alison’s first six courses were among the first MOOCs—massive open online courses—to take advantage of the reach of the internet, debuting even before the term was coined. Now, 14 years later, Alison offers some 2,000 different courses... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
company opened a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Livonia, Michigan, thanks in large part to $249 million in financing from President Obama’s stimulus package, with a second plant coming online in Romulus, Michigan. “The... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency
speedily sourcing garments and apparel for customers in the West. Its solid reputation is based on its ability to meet required specifications at a competitive price. Fung believes his company’s levelheaded approach to the IT revolution is a View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
recent study, “The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS,” Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun and her coauthors conclude that a singular leader is far less effective in these large and complex public... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
that can't tell you exactly how much our customers have on deposit. We have 35-year-old systems for maintaining records on tape files. Our collection process and compliance examinations are months or years behind, largely due to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
José Royo
array of academic and administrative online resources. It has changed the way students, faculty, staff, and alumni communicate. The project also changed Royo's career aspirations. While working at the Business School, Royo, who is fluent in Japanese, completed his... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
be represented at the gala. One of this year’s nominees for Best Picture, Winter’s Bone, and Biutiful, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, are both distributed by Roadside Attractions, cofounded by Eric D’Arbeloff (MBA ’93). A... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
two-sided marketplace, it must achieve a critical mass of both employers and employees in each market to be successful, an endeavor that takes time and resources. Focusing on a small number of states would allow the company to prove the value of its View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
Administration. “The traditional model has been turned upside down. Having the data to innovate at scale is now the main thing.” Lakhani and Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration, are frequent... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
return to campus. We are viewing reunions as an opportune moment for substantive teaching and learning—and not just for alumni who return to campus. And then we flip this model on its head with our new Insights sessions, which explore... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success
faculty members representing diverse academic units at HBS traveled to Munich to probe the factors underlying the Mittelstand model. They visited companies both private and public, large and mid-sized, to understand the innovation... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
models are very powerful,” he explains. “We have trucks that do deliveries, but the innovation is in how we are able to suit local needs, with many different collection models customized for local... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
methodologies differ so much that “the best” school in one ranking can fall far behind in others. So while the rankings game is great for selling publications, it’s confusing for readers. Bloomberg Businessweek bases its ranking largely... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
and Sharp - remain on that path, and they are all in Japan. In computers, the Japanese have been and remain major challengers to the U.S. industry, with growing market share in large systems, servers, and software. These have been... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Len Schlesinger Returns
other. Right now I feel very much like a kid in a candy store who is trying not to overeat. What are you looking forward to working on? I continue to be intrigued by the role of entrepreneurial activity inside large corporations. Right... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
largely as a result of widespread ignorance of financial history. When you began working on this book, did you see a global financial crisis coming? When I began in 2006, I was certain that a major liquidity crisis was imminent and that... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
like realistically modeling molecules for more efficient drug discovery and material design. The equipment that SEEQC—short for Scalable Energy Efficient Quantum Computing—and pronounced “seek”—is using to achieve this computational dream... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
JetBlue, and Ryanair all grew during recessions, as did Charles Schwab, Home Depot, and Trader Joe’s. A second customer hook is affordable indulgence. As consumers pare back, they also need ways to entertain themselves and indulge in small luxuries and distractions. A... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
"HBS Ventures." Thanks in large part to Mitchell's efforts, revenue from these businesses, now run by hired professionals, goes straight into SA coffers rather than into individuals' hands. "This benefits the entire School community... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
terms. As Zofnass explains, Envision is “based on the simple premise that you can’t improve something unless you have the means to measure it.” Envision considers five key areas of large civic infrastructure projects, criteria that were... View Details