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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
Schwarzman defended his industry and cautioned that the good times can’t go on forever. Private equity’s been all over the headlines for months. Why is it suddenly such a big deal? Over the last ten years it... View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
help the organization," he writes in his new book, Revival of the Fittest: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Managers Remake Them. These actions or commitments behave as double-edged swords, Sull says. They have a lifecycle, he... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the Process of Innovation
distribution. Big Idea Group, by contrast, uses a low-overhead approach that welcomes any and all inventors. These "Big Idea Hunts," held at regular intervals around the country, allow inventors to present their ideas to a panel of View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gray
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
industrial model to the new information economy, said CEOs of incumbent (pre-Internet) companies are trying to compete with dot-coms, "but they get dot-com vertigo. They trust their senses, even after realizing they're wrong, and they get... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
food industry interest you, because there are many different facets. What functional areas would be a good fit for you? What part of the food supply chain? If you aren’t sure, your time at HBS is a great... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
development of the U.S. railroad industry in the latter half of the 19th century. Al went straight to the sources and expanded upon them in a series of important articles in the Business History Review. That work developed into his... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Case Study: Citizen Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway, would no longer invest in newspapers "at any price." "Very smart people looked at Buffett's offer and wondered what he saw in the declining industry that others did not," notes Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Successful Internship Matchmaking: “With Citadel, I could be myself.”
Sarah refine her search. “I looked at industries hyper-dependent on people, and concentrated on technology and financial services.” Like her HBS colleagues, Sarah launched a campaign to “reach out and connect to people,” perusing the... View Details
- Profile
Oliver Bladek
timeline." After a few years at McKinsey, Oliver became restless. "Consulting is good for thinking, but I wanted to learn about doing," he says. Oliver moved to Bell Canada, where he led teams tackling projects, such as... View Details
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Matthew Mariner
Negotiation has always been a part of Matthew Mariner's life — including his home life. "Growing up, my dad and I always made deals," Matthew says. "If I got good grades, I could get rewards." Ultimately, many of these... View Details
- Web
Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact Keeping Pace: Innovation in Nonprofit Governance Kay Mathers 19 Oct 2017 It’s not out of the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Guitar Hero
As any music industry executive will tell you, rock-and-roll drives the business. And as any ten-year-old with a boom box knows, the guitar rules rock. So when it comes to pop music's signature instrument, even though he may lack flashy... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo
trucks and working in a machine shop at a U.S. early-warning ballistic missile detection site. There he discovered that nothing whiled away the cold, dark, and tedium like a good book. By the time he was ready to attend Drexel Institute... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
a business landscape replete with possibilities, they select a single modern-day example -- the electronic computer -- as the focus of their study. Baldwin and Clark argue that the computer industry could not have experienced its... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
taking people from unemployment to good jobs (in the case of FocusHope, in partnership with the auto industry). The US community college network, by instituting the kind of co-op program with industry... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
Good people are essential for success. Keep the product and the process simple. Deliver the most reliable service at the lowest cost. Invest the time to connect with employees and customers. These are the basic tenets fueling the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers
It was the summer of 2017, and after working at Mars in R&D for eight years, I started to think about the next step for my career. I enjoyed my role as a product innovation manager in the Consumer Packaged Goods View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
The commercial real estate business was in a shambles fifteen years ago, but just look at it now. After a complete rehab, the industry has become the darling of investors eager for alternatives to lackluster stocks and bonds. But will the... View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Energy
excited to contribute to companies who are increasing energy efficiency, investing in energy innovations, improving infrastructure for transportation and natural resources, and making improvements to the smart grid. There are also students interested in oil and gas,... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
Above: photo by Sarah Frankie Linder Vinyl is back. The once-anachronistic segment of the music industry was on target for its seventh straight year of double-digit growth in 2017, according to a Deloitte Global forecast, selling an... View Details
Keywords: April White