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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
gotta go. "His point was that we were talking, talking, talking. Let's make a decision and go," says Beeninga. "But Gerry was also someone who really listened, instead of just waiting for his turn to talk. He would say, 'What does Barry... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
give me a recommend basketball player. I didn't think much would amount to it. But as it turned out, by pure luck, my job with Jordache involved going to different countries and interviewing companies that wanted to be their licensees. So... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
satisfy finicky customers. It was a baptism by fire that gave Makarim the confidence to turn to Go-Jek full-time and reimagine the company as an app-based service similar to Uber. Uber, which launched in San Francisco in 2010 but had not... View Details
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
New School
seen revenues increase 20 times over. “It turns out, doing what is right and what is good offer the best returns for investors, for customers, and for employees,” Waldron says. Waldron is optimistic that more companies are embracing a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
dominant architect of the building boom in the early 20th century. But the Depression ended all that. Nothing like 740 or 834 was built for another 75 years. What newer additions to the New York skyline will future generations be chronicling as the city’s most... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
What happens when a group of Missouri corn farmers gets into the energy business? With consumers paying more than double for gasoline than they did a year ago, turning crops into fuel, not food, seems like a good way to go — but not so... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
really confront gender and justice at work. But I think in order to solve the problem, we've got to break these respect wreckers down and just take each one in turn because all of these problems demand different responses. Dan: Now, you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
allow an efficient handling of failed companies. “We really need to insist that no institution is too big to fail,” says Moss. “With what I’m proposing, all systemic institutions would get limited support during a period of economic turbulence. But if that View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
number of talented women attracted to the sector, Groysberg says. And he sees a moment of opportunity for smart tech businesses to turn inclusiveness into a competitive advantage when competing for talent and investments. Tech cofounder... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
Instead, he applied to the Ph.D. program at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and was accepted. Once at MIT, Nohria realized that in management education he had found his true passion. After completing the program, he turned down offers... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
body? It turned out that there was another solution. They didn't need to manufacture new organs for transplant; instead, they needed to make better use of existing ones. "We could literally multiply organ transplantation on Earth 15 or 20... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
The Good Writer
phone at his home in Los Angeles, Dick, one of eight writers on the show, has had about seven days to turn in a 60-page script. “My wife will tell you that I’m an insufferable ogre when I’m on deadline,” he says. “But you have to feed the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
impeccably turned out in a suit and tie, he required all of his students in his class at HBS to dress accordingly. “Sport coats are for newspaper boys and college boys,” he would chide his pupils. The more I researched Doriot’s life, my... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
traditions with you. This guide gives tips about turning everyday ingredients and products into a simple, two-minute ritual in four steps: purify, polish, prep, and nourish. But this book is also about a lifestyle, how you eat and sleep.... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
bigger: In seven years, the founders envision a web of half a million people—with initial donors each attracting people from their own networks, who in turn bring in additional people from their networks, and so on. At that scale, they... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
turns down sheer mountain faces, launching off snow-capped boulders, and even sliding along stair railings in the middle of a city park. Faction cofounders Alex Hoye (left) and Tony McWilliam at the company’s offices in Verbier,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
SHENKAR by Constantine von Hoffman For many of us, water isn't something we give much thought to. Why should we? Turn on the tap and it's there. If you have to pay your town or city for water, chances are you don't pay very much.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
significantly outpace supply that people understand what’s going on. I think if we don’t, we could have an unbelievably awful global tipping point. If the odds are 20 percent I’m right, why wouldn’t you do these things? Because if it View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
arm’ s length, that inherent cronyism makes it difficult to clean house when high-level insiders turn out to be bad apples. A CEO once said to me, “Business is the last monarchy.” All the recent disclosures about the incredible... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Conversation with Dean Nohria
connecting research to practice among our other initiatives. The i-lab continues in its extraordinary role of bringing together students from across the University and turning new ideas into practice. Meanwhile, our yearlong celebration... View Details