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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
slowdown of wireless technology, and the increasingly bright outlook for venture capital and private equity. Global private equity funding has been on the order of $300 billion since the beginning of 2000, with over 60 percent of that investment occurring in Europe,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
To Educate Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World
mission of the University, and we are a far better institution for it,” Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers observed in his dinner speech. He then declared, “What HBS does in the next twenty years will be more important than... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Amy S. Langer
for me,” observes Langer. “I feel very fortunate to be alive, but I also found out how much needs to happen to educate people about access issues.” Lightning may have struck twice in her life, but Langer, who lives with her husband,... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
write to the government, and that started me thinking about America’s tax policy. Specifically, I recalled Warren Buffett’s observation that his secretary paid a higher tax rate than he did and that it was hard for him to justify that... View Details
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
categories were set by a strict rotation scheme, thereby mitigating the potentially confounding effect that they targeted only "hot" technology sectors. Prizes encouraged competition and medals were more important than monetary awards. The boost to innovation... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
(personal and individual) biases and all becomes 'rational' again for management purposes." Ron Palmer observed that the discussion "adds weight to the ideas that we need new and better tools for managing complexity ." Tony... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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SAS/CONNECT - Research Computing Services
necessary */ libname lcldata 'C:\Documents and Settings\hbsuser\My Documents\My SAS Files\'; /* Proc Freq on the remote data is processed locally */ proc freq data=rmtdata.salesdat; tables type; run; /* The WHERE statement moves only the type BP View Details
- 31 May 2017
- News
Father Agribusiness
Agribusiness, he explains, “..[i]s not just agriculture and business, it’s people from the medical school and government and the school for public health all working together.” For Goldberg, observing those connections in the context of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Karaoke Anyone?
After working in Asia for several years, Marti Speranza (MBA ’03) observed how karaoke was a very mainstream form of entertainment. “I thought it was fascinating it didn’t exist that way in the U.S,” she told the Boston Globe (December... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
presentations. Kawasaki's wry observations of the current business scene were relayed with self-deprecating humor and great panache. His list of the "Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs" included: In year three, we're going to do $75 million... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 22 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
"Luxury, Technology, Integration"
revolutionized by e-commerce. At HBS we learned how disruptors change an industry through the Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE) course, and I have certainly observed many of the elements of a disruptor at YNAP. Both... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
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Contacts & Resources | Information Technology
and documentation, check service status, or submit a help ticket. If you have questions about Records Management. Visit the Records Management Services page on the Baker Library website for assistance with managing your records and appropriately View Details
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
groups attract the necessary financial investments. “There is no blueprint, as every member is at a different place,” observes Goodwin-Groen. “Our role is to help create opportunities for investment in this sector.” One of the biggest... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty
experiencing. To get through this, professionally and personally, here are a few suggestions for things we should do and some we shouldn’t do. Big-picture observations The first thing we should do is understand how complicated the problem... View Details
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Sarah Zia
cultural norms for how to work in groups. My leadership style constantly flexed based on whom I was teaching or working with. While some people were more nervous and preferred gentle coaching, others appreciated “tough love” and direct feedback. That said, I also View Details
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Konstantin Chebotar
Growing up in a mining town in the Far East of Russia, Konstantin Chebotar naturally gravitated to geoscience and the oil and gas industry. "I observed all these geological processes and overheard geological conversations," he... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Cracking Conferences
background: “Anyone who is an immigrant to the United States lacks a sense of entitlement or any sort of establishment status,” observes Molloy. “You tend to be more appreciative of people’s time and more likely to follow up and say thank... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Maasai Village
fact that we had been on safari for three days, observing animals and taking hundreds of photos. Now we were doing the same with people. In discussions afterward, the range of emotions included fascination, distaste, and confusion. Carrie... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
“Mobile phones are becoming more, not less relevant,” he observed in Campaign, noting that the devices are such a mainstay of modern culture that young consumers will find a way to afford them, even during economic downturns. A key... View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
accelerate discoveries. “We built an organization we would want to invest in ourselves,” observes Greg. “We need to broaden the net and provide incentives for scientists to work together within food allergies and across disease states to... View Details