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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
order to offset the negative impact of a sagging economy and sharply rising employee benefit costs. Over the course of the past three years, U.S. manufacturing has shed some 2.7 million jobs, with companies marshaling technology and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Wick Moorman (MBA 1989)
When I stepped down from Norfolk Southern after 45 years, I absolutely did not plan to take another job. I said no to Amtrak. Then they called again. I negotiated hard, obviously, for compensation. I’m making a dollar a year. . . . I... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
furniture design but in a warehouse, a fleet of trucks, and a staff of drivers—the type of capital-intensive vertical integration he planned for later on, after Gaia Design had established its reputation as a source for well-designed,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
fire alarm, security, and data lines — which is expected to grow to $10 million. For the employees, a stock ownership plan is in the works. “I want it to be a flourishing company that I’ll feel really proud of twenty years from now,”... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
1968 and named the first Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration in 1973. He was appointed to the Royal Little chair in 1980. In retirement, Christenson plans to complete work on a book he began years ago on... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups "R" Us
HBS Business Plan Contest. As outgoing Dean Jay Light said at the April awards ceremony, “The Business Plan Contest has become an important part of the HBS curriculum,” and its participants have created an... View Details
- 24 Jan 2025
- News
The Network Effect
recalls. Only later would they realize how well-matched their ambitions were: Model wanted to work in finance at a biotech firm, and Mathur wanted to become a health care investor. Today, Model is head of financial planning and analysis... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
unlike cord-blood or adult stem cells, are unique for their ability to develop into any cell in the body. (While the HSCI does not as yet have a permanent physical home, it may one day become HBS’s Allston neighbor as part of the University’s View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
by Ralph Ranalli Talking about his ambitious plans to create a safer, cleaner type of nuclear power plant, Russell Wilcox says, quite matter-of-factly, that he was "looking for a project that would have an impact on the world." There... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
Cars Verizon chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam said his company is connecting cars to infrastructure. At sports stadiums, for example, Verizon plans to put special chips into parking structures to alert drivers to an open spot. Daniela Rus... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
because if we go into business together, we'll surely get into trouble. Next, what is the vision, the technology, and are we addressing a really large unserved market? Then, is the financing plan reasonable, and finally, is there a sense... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
When More Is Better
issues. Visit our new “Faculty News” page to find links to articles featuring HBS faculty as well as to opinion articles written by them. Given the number of articles that quote our faculty, you’d think that the business press had HBS on speed dial. Upon hearing of our... View Details
Keywords: meta
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
causes pneumonia in ICU patients. When the drug goes to market, the company plans to have data to back up its price. “If we say, for instance, that we can wean a patient off a ventilator three days sooner and we get a patient out of the... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 21 Jan 2021
- News
New Menu
cheeses, such as Camembert, Gruyere, and feta, from cauliflower. Another is producing a facsimile of traditional pork dumplings from jackfruit, an abundant crop. Ive has the goal of investing in 100 companies over the next four years, and is making View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
happening on campus, in particular the arrival of the January cohort and the extraordinary advances in the uses of technology in the School's programs. Most of the January meeting involved working in Alumni Association committees that... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
start-up will be a phone call away, if you have the right idea,” write Senor and Singer. But the IDF experience is not the only reason for Israel’s business success. For one thing, Israel leads the OECD countries in the percentage of GDP earmarked for R&D, creating... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Liberal Smarts
talked to Mahindra about higher education, his passion for liberal arts, and his grand plans for an American-style university in India. What gap did you see in education that required this new school? In India, there is an insatiable need... View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach
digital innovation and business." Addressing society's rapid move to digital platforms, Dean Datar said, "As you look at some of the challenges that confront us as a society, one of those is the accelerated pace at which technology is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
corporate wellness market by partnering with health plans and employers, and has expanded into more general health and wellness areas, with apps for people who want to eat better, for instance, or be more fit. After discovering that their... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
Player One. And recently it’s felt like the right time in terms of technological advancements, accessibility, and investment for a field like VR to really start taking off and I wanted to be there when it did.” What promise do you think... View Details