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- 21 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC
and organizations after the fellowships, to hear about experiences. Seeing students and alumni during their fellowships brings us an entirely different angle. They may have just come from a brainstorming session or have on their mind a presentation to senior View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Becoming a VC Insider
Kids may grow up wanting to be entrepreneurs, but “no kid dreams of growing up to be a venture capitalist,” says Jeffrey Bussgang (MBA ’95). Thankfully, Bussgang has managed to do both and write about it, too. His recent book, Mastering... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)
managing call centers for insurance companies but wanted to switch from telephonic to face-to-face service, so I decided to focus on restaurants. I spent the first year at HBS researching the industry and settled on desserts. They are the... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
laboratory experiments in food service contexts that suggest that the introduction of operational transparency improves service quality and efficiency. The introduction of reciprocal operational transparency contributed to a 22.5%... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
on a Fulbright Scholarship. David Mou (MD/MBA 2014) Click Here David Mou is the co-founder and medical director of Valera Health, a behavioral health company that allows providers and payers to better manage chronic medical and mental... View Details
- Blog
Inside the Learning: How Faculty Prepare for Class
Executives who attend our programs always praise the quality of teaching. While the content from each course—from the curriculum structure to the cases to the take-aways—is carefully designed, faculty also work hard to create a stellar... View Details
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
spirited discussions on how HBS alumni could play an active role in the national debate, countering the "circus" in D.C. “People who should be allies are at cross-purposes with each other.” "We are trying to understand what we can do to actually move the... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
prevailing public health system, while operating under the same revenue structure (per capita payments from the Ministry of Health). A highly visible landmark initiative of the Medical School of the Catholic University, success would prove that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Eric Chavez
built his own commercial contracting business. “My parents came here to have a prosperous future they wouldn’t have otherwise in Mexico,” Eric says. Eric’s initial calling was in engineering. Through work at General Motors and an extensive career at Dell, he worked his... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
the midst of court-ordered desegregation. (Of that time he is often quoted as saying, "Our concern should be the quality of the school at the end of the bus ride, rather than the length of the ride itself.") In 1982, North Carolina... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
backgrounds or experience levels of the top management team -- the CEO, CFO, and chief scientific officer, in particular -- aren't really the deciding factors for investment bankers," explains HBS associate professor Monica C. Higgins,... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser... View Details
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
management control and health care. Her latest book, Market-Driven Health Care, won the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. Herzlinger opened the conference by reporting on the forces driving... View Details
- Profile
John Nordin
then, in January 2018, he got a buyer for the company; today, it's the customer interface for 180 South Solar in Massachusetts. Emphasizing the personal Many students, when asked about their MBA motivations, will cite ambitious plans and/or the desire for new View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
very grateful. As you know, the Alumni Board of Directors works hard to ensure that the quality of your experience as an HBS graduate doesn't stop when you leave Soldiers Field. The Board meets on campus three times a year, as a group and... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
“Nothing sells itself,” says Frank Cespedes, senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. “When companies introduce new products, they are offering something that by definition is going to replace... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
procedure performed or patient seen, without explicit rewards for the quality of the services rendered. This model translates internally into an incentive system that prioritizes patient volume over patient value. That is, physicians are... View Details
- 31 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water
quality with affordable prices. Gary Pisano and Oldani explain how. A Bank That Takes Parmesan Cheese as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan Nikolaos Trichakis discusses the Italian regional bank Credito Emiliano, which accepts young... View Details
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Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo
During her last year of university, Margarita interned at Citibank del Peru's Quality and Innovation area to streamline asset-based finance projects and "reduce workloads." After graduation, Margarita transferred to Credit Risk... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Health Care’s New Frontier
consultants in the managed care practice of Booz Allen Hamilton, acquired an obstetrics practice in San Diego with $1.6 million in seed capital. The concept of a clinic where midwives and nurses provided View Details