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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Driven
the result of conscious choices that are influenced by four fundamental drives: the drive to acquire objects and experiences that improve our status relative to others; the drive to bond with others in long-term relationships of mutual... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Levitt Brand
it gets assigned all the time.” Commenting on the status of globalization today, Levitt views overseas reaction against some American products as validating the notion of globalized markets. “To some people, it looks like a foreign... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
high-tech company about its two-year-old English-only language mandate. (She uses the pseudonym Frenchco for the company in the case.) She found that all employees whose native language was not English experienced a status loss under the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Redefining Work Life
wanted to define herself by more than her professional status and financial rewards,” reported Business Week (March 29, 2004) in its cover story on Fudge’s departure from — and return to — the workforce. After two years during which Fudge... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
incubators of innovation. Issue Focus: Innovation Innovating in Your Business Will This Alum Change Education? HBS Simulations Go High-Tech A Lesson in Israeli Entrepreneurship In the modern era, beginning after World War II, business’s View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Good Vibrations
won’t take those medications due to side effects. There’s a real gap for a simple treatment you can use earlier in the disease trajectory.” Status Update: The grand prize winner in the Alumni New Venture Competition, Bone Health... View Details
- 21 Nov 2008
- News
No More Squawking about the Campus Turkey
Turk definitely staked a claim to the HBS campus. But a little aggression wasn’t enough to run afoul of state law that protects wild creatures from relocation just to soothe jangled human nerves. Alas, perhaps the celebrity status Turk... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
No Small Beer
Beer Server status through the program, and 1,000 have earned Certified Cicerone status. Only a handful of connoisseurs, however, has passed the two-day exam to "pull themselves up to the top rung of Master Cicerone," says Daniels. View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?
that states with the largest pension deficits and those with heavy unionization were most likely to want to keep the status quo—even when the public and financial experts pushed for the opposite. It makes sense: “The most likely scenario... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Origin Story: Mary Chen (MBA 2026)
Address label: Born outside Cleveland, Ohio, Chen grew up in California and Texas before attending Emory University in Georgia, where she majored in business. “My three siblings live in New York now, and I’ll be working there this summer, so that feels closest to... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
An Oscar statue (CC BY-NC 2.0) The Academy Awards are coming up, that annual homage to movies and their place in popular culture. The festivities are also a reminder of entertainment’s importance as a mainstay of the U.S. economy and, for... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
are ostracized by directors enjoying the status quo, so there’s a social aspect inhibiting progress. That said, the culture will change. If directors do not raise self-standards of performance, shareholders, regulators, and the courts... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
Support System
without added chemicals, agents, synthetic processes, and transcontinental shipments that strip the butter of its natural qualities—all of the elements that give shea butter it’s gold status in Africa. But more important, she says, is the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Loan Program Signals Breakthrough in MBA Financial Aid
Corporation, a subsidiary of Citibank, that allows MBA students to borrow funds through a customized version of Citibank's private CitiAssist program. Citibank will be granted preferred lender status with MBA students at HBS, although... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Action Plan: Come as You Are
stop of the blockbuster exhibition, Treasures of Tutankhamun, was at Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art, where Basseches, then age 14, was dazzled by the gold statue of the boy king, the carved alabaster lions, and the elaborate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Ruling the Waves
cryptology, satellite television, and computers and describes how, before they became a routine part of everyday life, they seemingly threatened to overturn the status quo. "During the innovation and commercialization phases, the very... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
scavenger hunts—think Pokémon Go—and track down virtual badges to win prizes. The possibilities for advertising and marketing are endless. Point your phone at an ad and get a virtual coupon for 10 percent off at the concession stands; direct it toward a View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sorry, We’re All Out of Chilean Sea Bass
in the process, depleted — telling a bracing fish story about one of the world’s scarcest resources. What’s the status of the Patagonian toothfish? This is a fish that doesn’t move far. So if you find where it lives, and you’re fishing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
technocrats, I found plenty of talent and resolve to do things better. But the status quo has many allies, and the culture of management is inherently conservative. Liberia is making enormous progress, but it will need two generations of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
any type is a thorny problem at every stage — innovation, funding, product development, and distribution. “Big companies are not particularly good at innovating, and incumbents are very good at protecting the status quo,” said Dave Prend... View Details