Runs - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

If you were looking for the perfect candidate to run a nonprofit that fights poverty through entrepreneurship, Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is just the person you’d want. That was the opinion of Cindy Ko (MBA 2005) in 2013 when she was... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

only takes one or two mistakes to cast doubt on a nonprofit organization. It takes many years and a lot of hard work to reestablish the credibility of nonprofit organizations and rebuild consumer trust. Nonprofits run the risk of not... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

telecommunications company in which there was a greater than 50 percent difference in revenue-per-call between top-quartile and bottom-quartile employees. “There are common pitfalls that people face in the sales process,” says Stanton. “People repeatedly View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Judges - Alumni

Laboratory. Brandon received a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Stanford University. He helped run BASES (Stanford’s leading entrepreneurship organization) and was awarded Pac 12 All-Academic Team honors as a varsity... View Details

02 Nov 2018
Blog Post

When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

to run events and are hoping to automate key pieces of our product by the end of the school year. Our hope is to raise some financing that will allow us to pursue Venuefly full time after graduation. Maybe I’m not a natural-born... View Details

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

operations that Guide Dogs had been responsible for, such as running hotels and holiday programs for the blind. "She sought partners who would have the capability to take ownership and continue running... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Mar 2023
News

Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

have their own age-specific needs and preference. Tingting Zhong, MBA 2006, Cofounder & Co-CEO Region: Asia/Pacific Deeper Pulse Deeper Pulse runs platform that generates innovative designs for electric motors. Its software provides motor... View Details

22 Sep 2022
News

The Beauty Guide

Courtesy Michelle Freyre Courtesy Michelle Freyre When Michelle Freyre (MBA 1997) was a brand manager at Neutrogena, Michael McNamara, global president of the beauty brand at the time, asked what she wanted to do with her career. She answered, “I want to be you. I want... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has hit many companies hard—some to the point of considering bankruptcy—Antill’s research findings may help business leaders make important decisions to avoid the high price of liquidation and choose a sensible path forward.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Research - Health Care

The CommunityConnect case management program for Medicaid beneficiaries is run by Contra Costa Health, a county safety net health system in California. Case management infrastructure modestly improved Covid-19 vaccine uptake in a... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Derek Ferguson

less positive messages of rap and hip-hop. He describes how he and others at his church have been supporting a Christian hip-hop group called Corey Red & Precise. “I don’t think we’re called to run away from controversial environments.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

Fast Answer

Article databases: Which to choose?

regulations, and other government information. ProQuest TDM Studio Yes Yes Yes TDM Studio is a text / data mining tool Allows researchers to run... View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

for full access). Adweek Long running publication dedicated to advertising and marketing. Tiered subscription model (free registration for a limited number of articles per month; subscribe for full access). Alliance for Audited Media... View Details

29 Jan 2024
News

On the Road to Recovery

Alejandro Moreno (MBA 1988) didn’t know much about travel nursing when he met a fellow entrepreneur by chance at a child’s birthday party in 2003. The man was considering starting a new business providing short-term staffing assistance to hospitals around the country.... View Details

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

your heart is already racing, you can use that high arousal in a positive way by being energetic, enthusiastic, and passionate," she says. "People's intuition is to try and calm down. You are better off running with your high... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

contributed an essay on creative capitalism to the blog Creative Capitalism: A Conversation (No longer available, -ed.), run by Michael Kinsley and Conor Clarke. We reprint her comments here with permission from the site. Bill Gates has... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

appropriate for certain types of jobs. As she puts it, “working remotely and workflow is better in some departments as they do not have to deal with the somewhat unhealthy political environment at work. In other departments like sales and admin View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Machine Learning frameworks (Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, OpenCV) - Research Computing Services

ML/AI frameworks can be run on the standard compute nodes or on our compute node equipped with NVidia GPUs. Please see GPU Computing for more information on how to submit jobs to utilize the GPUs. View Details

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

the proposal was for a very innovative automotive parts product, and no one could have logically defended the superior worth of all the other projects in the works. But those who were running some of the current programs, and receiving... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

and sometimes outside of work.” He added, “Everybody needs to be touched by someone who cares.” Of course, this takes time that many managers don’t feel they can spare. As Guy put it, “Improving employee engagement is not done through some blanket program View Details