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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Doriot Papers Arrive at HBS
Doriot’s famed Manufacturing course, which eschewed the case method for lectures that often included memorable life advice. In addition to Doriot’s student notes and papers, 400-volume personal library, and original copies of his speeches... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
purchaser, rather than the generator, of roadway data. The early days required a lot of evangelism, but in the past five years, most governments have begun seeing how much more effective we can be.” Turning government agencies into customers has also helped INRIX... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Cash flow struggles can take down a company or spark ideas that transform an industry
Plans that Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997) had for an obstetrics practice ran into trouble when faced with unpaid claims and problems tracking patient records. In that, Bush saw an opportunity that forever changed the health records services... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
Business on the Internet." Peter Granoff, whose company Virtual Vineyards sells wine exclusively over the Internet, and Steve Kirsch, president and CEO of the Internet search service InfoSeek, were among four panelists who discussed... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
for $6.2 million and plans to spend another $16.5 million to retrofit the building. Beyond the money they already have, Markowitz and her board will need to raise an additional $18.5 million. All in all, they are off to a good start: the North American Association of... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
looks at how the company built a digital organization that leverages AI and other technologies to speed its operations, manage its processes, and ensure quality across research, testing, and manufacturing in its race to develop a vaccine... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
Illustration by Edmon deHaro Even before we’ve seen the full potential of quantum computing in any material sense, the global market is estimated to reach $5.5 billion in the next five years. To begin to understand why, consider how it could transform the notoriously... View Details
- 12 Feb 2020
- News
Culture Shift at Big Blue
Getty Images Getty Images With the news of President and CEO Ginni Rometty’s retirement and the elevation of Arvind Krishna to replace her as chief executive, IBM simultaneously announced that Jim Whitehurst (MBA 1994) will step up as the company’s next president. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Students Top Marketing Contest
In January, Melissa Lau, Yanlin Liu, and Deena Malkina (all HBS ’08) took home top honors in Rice University’s seventh annual Marketing Case competition, besting student teams from nine other business schools, including Kellogg, Stanford, and Sloan. With the teams... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
encountered at a subsequent role in Raytheon’s missile defense program. Highly technical specifications were often tracked in low-tech Excel spreadsheets, which meant engineers lost considerable time to paperwork. That was frustrating, but even more alarming was the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
poverty was held; more conferences and seminars are set for the coming months. Baker Library is building an electronic library of BOP cases, articles, and other materials, the first such comprehensive compilation anywhere. Rangan and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
outsourcing, and integration services company that he founded in 1965. First in a Wall Street Journal ranking of one thousand companies listed according to best stock performance from 1987 to 1997, Keane Inc is considered among the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
services, or business initiatives in the chemicals, technology, and consumer products industries. Amabile is working on a book based on the data from the ten-year study, which includes questionnaires, interviews, independent creativity assessments, and 12,000 entries... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
As much as Kendall loved the nuts and bolts of manufacturing — he even trained on the company's assembly line and became a certified welder — he decided that the demands of a career in manufacturing would... View Details
- 30 Jan 2021
- News
Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
serviced by Simon’s three full-time drivers, Heath writes. The rest of his business comes from walk-ins: wedding gowns and formal attire, or a homeowner looking for careful cleaning of an antique rug, for example. Over the years Parkway... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
alumni and guests gathered at the HYP Club. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) was founded in 1883 and is now the world’s largest manufacturer of paints, coatings and specialty materials, with $15 billion in sales.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
study, they asked the subjects (all of whom were working on projects requiring creative effort) to fill out a daily electronic diary form that required numerical answers to questions about their work that day, as well as their emotions,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
application to the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). The framework covers many benefits provided by NPS units and programs, including on-site visitation, carbon sequestration, and intellectual property such as in education curricula and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
was spotted in 1986 by Alain Gomez (20th PMD), the charismatic chairman of the French electronics giant Thomson, who tapped him as his special assistant. In 1988, Djelic went to the United States to help with a new Thomson acquisition,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons