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- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
Basketball Association was a recently launched, little-known organization, and Gelman had accepted a promising post-college job as a strategy consultant with the Mitchell Madison Group in New York. But her decision to defer the consulting... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
given the seriousness of the topic at hand. Some of the schools represented had already implemented major MBA program reforms. Others were considering them. But everyone had one thing in common: Each had assisted HBS professors Srikant... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
distinctive mission and to put in place the processes that will allow us to recognize and implement valuable new technology and then use it to develop powerful new applications as quickly as possible." "As we thought about what we wanted... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
international firms, “corporate culture trumps national culture,” is in line with what other studies show. They indicate that as high-performing global companies implement transnational strategy and strive... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
hundred people, each of them looking at a different area. That process obviously takes longer to do," he notes, but is well worth the effort, because it "creates more understanding of why we've chosen a particular direction, as well as more readiness to View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
National Science Foundation grant to implement an ambitious inquiry-based science curriculum.” Highest and Best Use With that synergy as a starting point, since 2009, Thompson Island’s Connections program and the science department of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and the costs sometimes associated with implementing "green" strategies - strong government regulation at home and abroad will continue to be necessary in order to motivate many businesses to become more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
enjoyed their own versions of success with the mega-retailer. Getting a ground-level view of how two companies achieved those positive outcomes illustrates the story-within-a-story of implementing corporate change. “Achieving that is... View Details
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
Christopher Poliquin (now assistant professor of Strategy at UCLA Anderson School of Management), were at first unsure about how they could have an effect on a dire statistic: Nearly 40,000 gun-related deaths occur annually, almost 15,000... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
assumed it was some combination of choice, poor financial decisions, and bad luck,” says Shumway, the founder, chairman, and former CEO of Cicero Group, a Salt Lake City–based consulting firm that uses advanced analytics to help clients develop and View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Australia, and Wichita, Kansas. "Boeing Company: Moonshine Shop" - A case by HBS professors Robert Austin and Richard Nolan details front-line innovations implemented at Boeing by a small group of creative generalists. Sailing instructor,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
dollars, the world’s institutions are making scant progress toward the promise of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The central cause: top leaders lack the means to construct and implement comprehensive diversity View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
self-cleaning rat cages for psychology labs. Learning that pharmaceutical companies use large quantities of rats, they negotiated a deal with him and over the next few months also executed a roll-up strategy that eventually made them the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
lab and the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases. But in a much larger sense, Yeo is looking out on Singapore's future-a future he has played a primary role in creating since 1986, first as the longtime chairman of the Economic Development Board (EDB), which plans... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
fully answered in advance. "Executives from each side may have different assumptions about which strategy and management practices will be best for the new company," Beer says. "These issues are often hidden and not discussed during... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
to the technologies, techniques, and practices for designing and implementing high performing EtherNet/IP control networks. There are many web sites, papers, books and other resources for learning the protocol, but there is no other... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
(DBA 1972) (MIT Press) China is moving from a strategy of imitation to one of innovation, and western businesses need to prepare for a tidal wave of innovation from China The authors explain this transformation and propose View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
new brands, revitalizing existing brands, and managing brand portfolios in the rapidly evolving modern marketplace. Integrating academic theories with practical experience, this book covers fundamental branding concepts, strategies, and effective View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
struggles, which cause the demise of so many family businesses? The authors describe the practices that characterize entrepreneurial individuals, families, and organizations and offer detailed advice on how to develop and implement those... View Details