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- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
General Electric 1997 Named President and CEO, GE Aircraft Engines 2000 Named Chairman and CEO, 3M 2005 Named Chairman, President, and CEO, Boeing 2015 Named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine 2016... View Details
- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, sold $315 billion worth of goods in 2006. With its single-minded focus on "EDLP" (everyday low prices) and the power to make or break suppliers, a partnership with Wal-Mart is either the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
after my father-in-law pointedly mentioned the difference in earning power between teaching and business. Although I wasn’t especially interested in a business career, when I secured admission to HBS, I could not pass up the opportunity.... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
injects uncertainty into the consumer's relative product valuations since she is unable to observe the entire catalog of products that the retailer will sell that season. Rationally acting consumers may respond to this additional uncertainty by purchasing more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the local electric utility came together with foundations and educators to ensure digital access for all citizens. They addressed a specific issue, connectivity. They did not take the stance that, “We're... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
Incompatible Assumptions: Barriers to Producing Multidisciplinary Knowledge in Communities of Scholarship Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract Co-locating knowledge workers from different disciplines may be a necessary but insufficient step to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
area for business school. Howard’s HBS experience expanded his already broad sights. “I left feeling emboldened and empowered,” he says. His plans to join the corporate world were initially sidelined by a call to serve in Afghanistan, but later he worked at View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
the state-owned power company, is one of the best electric companies in the world," says Vietor, adding that South Africa is the continent's primary provider of electricity. In a recent Cape Times article... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
building a bedroom suburb or a freewheeling entrepreneurial hub. A competitive infrastructure is vital: Each of these projects put down a main trunk road of more than 20 kilometers, with room for mass transit in the median. Each invested in central water and waste and... View Details
- Profile
Ben Faw
of duty, previous injuries from an airborne exercise worsened on the field, leading him to seek less strenuous duty. In a move that is unusual for an infantry officer, Ben became an aide-de-camp to a one-star general in the Army Corp of... View Details
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
decades have generated rich empirical data on firms and business systems that can confirm or challenge many of today's fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines. Business history has broadened its scope in the last two... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
HBS's Unique Economic Model
potential. While the endowment largely comprises restricted funds that likely will generate only modest returns in the next decade, gifts to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation (formerly known as the Dean's Fund) can be used in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
General Electric and its CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA ’82). GE has announced its intention to reach $10 billion in water-business sales over the next decade. Worldwide, as water becomes increasingly precious, it is... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
strategy, even though this is less efficient than generating electricity from a coal or gas plant. The company has to decide whether to stick to its waste management roots or expand into an opportunistic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
from across Harvard bring new ideas and models to address these crises,” said Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002), director of the Social Enterprise Initiative. “The NVC’s 25th anniversary is a celebration of a generation of bold students and their... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
government incentives to bolster their arguments. This view was characterized by Mark Townsend Cox, who commented, "I can count almost twenty methods of creating electricity without burning something, every one of which is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Portrait Project
Kirsten Hassert
I will unleash my own Inner Spiderman...with his motto: "With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility." I'll keep believing in the power of People, of 'Small' Things, and of Being Real – and use this to empower myself and... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
operations tell their materials suppliers exactly what specifications to meet. Similarly, companies should demand reasonable levels of security from software vendors. Look at the wording of this contract between General View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
and analytics than liberal arts when you don’t speak the language,” observes Ma. Her hard work and focus paid off: She was accepted at MIT and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. “I believe in what the School is trying to... View Details
Matthew Reardon
Matthew Reardon is a partner in the firm’s Business Law department and a member of the Technology M&A practice. Matt represents the companies, firms, and institutions that power innovation in the technology and life sciences industries,... View Details
Keywords: Legal