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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
who has raised $12 million for DZD, attributes the very existence of the company to the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem and is happy to share his experience with other founders. “When we started the company, we asked ourselves whether... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
Your personal accountability is laid on the line, and the anxiety level is likely to be quite high, as is the amount of social reinforcement for doing well. How much of imprinting can be attributed to the relationships that are formed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
entrepreneurs, now VC and CEO advisers) believe the four traits in the title (or HSGL) are critical for entrepreneurs. From their work with hundreds of business builders around the globe, they found that every one of their subjects possesses these View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
25-year-old company that sells fashion jewelry and home accessories to 450 retail accounts, discussed some of the challenges she has faced as a woman in business. Friedlander attributed her success to a "constant state of being creatively... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
for its milk glass, which it made more of and for a longer period of time than any other company. But it was once recognized as a glassware innovator, pioneering several kinds of glass that are now usually attributed to other companies.... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
to a major airline, and we saved them about 240 flight cancellations and 40 diversions. That alone is worth around $20 million.” Indeed, weather has an enormous impact on the economy. According to the National Weather Service, between 3 and 6 percent of variability in... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
Lloyd Zuckerberg (MBA 1990) attributes his love of architecture to weekend outings with his father. “I grew up in Nassau County, Long Island, where there was a master craftsman named José Allegue who built distinctive single-family... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
news programs were also the most “popular.” But that kind of program will only be popular if consumers place enough value on those attributes relative to others. The “flavors” of news offered at any point in time have always been those... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
the New England Patriots to a thriving family business. In the process, he’s had a tremendous impact on the Boston community. As a kid growing up in Brookline, Massachusetts, Kraft dreamed of going to business school, and he attributes... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
Photos by Joe Szurszewski “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.” That observation, attributed to Plato, is inscribed on the Athena Leadership Award that graces Barbara Nick’s home office in Madison, Wisconsin. Nick (AMP... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
organizations identify the net positives of tradeoffs and on making them thoughtfully and deliberately, without remorse. Could you talk a little about the four service “truths”? Frei: Companies that excel at service typically do a great job in four areas: identifying... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
unaddressed. In Puerto Rico, fewer than 100 people died during the storm itself, but the death toll was later revised upward to 2,975 to include those whose deaths were attributable to the aftermath of the storm, including people who were... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
promotions. If it’s not integrated into the real world of people making their way in the company, it’s just a theoretical discussion. So how do you measure it? Many different ways, but essentially we have a list of six attributes that are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
grounding in the principles of general management. Character means that HBS graduates are ethical, not simply in the sense that they don’t lie, cheat, or steal. What people look for in character is “someone who believes that it is important to create value before you... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
markets,” says HBS professor emeritus Walter J. Salmon, a specialist in consumer marketing and retail distribution. He cites “cultural sensitivity” — the ability to know what consumers will want before they know it themselves — as a key View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
approach illustrates a crucial leadership attribute for launching remote teams: leading by example. Her one-on-one sessions with teammates exemplified the communication patterns conducive to a psychologically safe and inclusive team... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
that the system is today less popular than it once was. There are other reasons, as well, that could be covered in a different, longer speech. But we should all keep in mind that the benefits of capitalism are not so obviously and directly View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
that sees something that others don’t see. You have to be convinced that three other people with the same idea in Silicon Valley or Bangalore, India, would not be able to out-execute this team. Passion, tenacity, and a magnet-like ability to draw talent, supporters,... View Details
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
3,600 when we arrived to up to north of 14,000 right now, and our sponsorship base is up about five times since we got here four short years ago. So you're talking about like a exponential increase in revenue and success. And that can only be View Details