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01 Sep 2004
News

Inside Executive Search

leading companies in the relevant industry sectors, then works to identify the managers most responsible for the success of the relevant business. We want to learn why a prospect may be an appropriate candidate before making the first... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Student-Profile

Ximena Garcia-Rada

doctorate, she preferred to gain some industry experience first. “I went on to spend two years in marketing consulting,” Ximena explains. “During this time, I realized how much I enjoyed the intellectual challenge of my job; I was more... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Networked Computers behind IT Payoff

initially islands, and we started to get good at interconnecting them (outside universities and research labs) only about ten to twelve years ago," writes McAfee. "We've become a lot better at it over the past five years, with the... View Details

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Real estate: emerging markets

Where should I begin my research on real estate in frontier and emerging markets? Research Topics Suggested Resources Overviews ABI/ProQuest
Find articles and reports using keywords specific to your market and real estate sector; also a View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network

their choice of industry and function. It's a tough year - you can't dress it up." Industries that have been hit hardest by the economic downturn include consulting and investment banking, two areas that... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2002
News

GE's Jeff Immelt

discussion. Even so, he continued, it's good to keep the situation in perspective. When he graduated in the early 1980s, unemployment was around 12 percent, inflation was close to 15 percent, and interest rates were in double digits. “I... View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

attributes such shortcomings to a prevailing "sense of entitlement" that's fostered in part by the absence of competitors. "You could make a good case that the very promise of job security is the first step in destroying... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

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Corporate Training Programs | HBS Online

global support team dedicated to participant success. Contact Us In Good Company HBS Online programs align with organizations large and small, across various industries and geographies. Here are a few of the... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

A Student Plan Goes to Washington

to their board positions, a situation widely regarded as a major impediment to good governance. Since the CGC’s professional directors would hold no other jobs, they would come to positions without industry... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

helping define company success in highly industrialized countries. In short, they reported that companies with cultures that embrace entrepreneurialism and competitiveness—the rabbits and tigers—outperform companies that tend toward the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

Portrait Project

Margaret Watson

A dark hospital waiting room was not how I imagined spending my night. I was about to start the second week of my internship and instead of getting a good night’s sleep, I was waiting for my boyfriend to get out of emergency surgery. I... View Details

Career Coach

Nathan Lasche

them. For students interested in tech, Nathan is happy to help them understand the tech / startup industry in general, which functions and companies may be a good fit, and discuss the pros & cons of... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

industry is desperate for good help. Ben Minden’s Bear Hug Cattle Company proposes a two-birds, one-stone solution. The Golden Thread Teresa Amabile spent decades studying creativity, motivation, and... View Details

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

modern consumer society: agriculture, retail, pharmaceuticals, and the credit industry in post-World War II Germany, France, Britain, and the United States. In postwar Europe and the United States, the consumer protection idea "emerged... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

almost any business action, especially in tough and uncertain economic conditions when price is a key and visible strategic choice. Conventional wisdom has firms cutting price in these circumstances. But most industries typically allow... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

07 Oct 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers

collection of research and readings about head-on collisions between corporations and consumers, how to think through potential problems in advance, and course-correcting when the inevitable disaster occurs. A Good Place to Start... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Air Transportation

22 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Memoirs of an International First Year Student

different points in the year – depending on what industry they’re planning to work in. A good chunk of students who are looking to spend a summer in the traditional sectors of consulting, banking or general... View Details

24 Mar 2017
News

Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named

Four alumni ventures from distinctly different industries and geographies have been chosen to pitch at the 2017 alumni New Venture Competition on April 25 on the HBS campus. This year's finalists were selected from among 17 high-caliber... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

New Releases

Apparel and Textile Industries is based on eight years of study. The keys to success in an age of product proliferation, the authors found, are no longer economies of scale and cheap labor but an up-to-the-minute knowledge of what is... View Details

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