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- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
Oberholzer-Gee, the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration discuss the news of the day and what it means for business. Their conversation is smart and well-informed, but also relaxed and funny—which underlines the value of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
the future. But Chun has written a set of complex formulas demonstrating that this is not a foregone conclusion. Chun shows that the retailer who finds an optimal stockpiling balance can actually increase the intensity of brand competition. He suggests that the View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
apply so that more will be admitted, above the 25 to 30 percent that typically are found in an entering MBA class. Bulletin: Besides women, who else would you encourage to apply to HBS? Fadule: Put simply, we want smart people with the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
relevant in Korea as it is in Germany or Argentina,” says Whitman, noting that eBay is now in 39 markets around the world. Whitman built the brand by listening and responding to customers and through smart acquisitions, expanding into... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Power Play
the Holy Grail of renewables,” explains Graziano, “because when people talk about getting to 100 percent renewables, that’s not happening without the storage.” As SER looks ahead, the company knows smart energy is a View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
it is the way people will adapt to and use that technology and the way firms will mobilize it to do smart business. As Rayport points out, "Internet-based businesses encounter the same management and marketing challenges that traditional... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
services. “We’re working to introduce these technologies to clients in their 60s and 70s. These are people who don’t go to bed with their phones beside them.” Such technology, she says, includes screen readers for smart phones, for... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
[The tweet: @LoriGreiner: Smart girls, @SurpriseRide already well on their way, why let them give away equity? They're going to make it! #sharktank ] When did the show tape? What has happened with the company since then? The show taped a... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
economics, Harf decided to become a businessman. He had recently married the love of his life, Mechtild, whom he had been dating for 10 years. The pair moved to Cambridge so he could attend HBS. "We had a fantastic time. Madly in love, lots of friends, great parties,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Humor Us
when Hoffman passed away last August. His National Lampoon cofounder, Henry Beard, told the Dallas Morning News (August 22, 2006) that Hoffman was “extremely smart and utterly fearless. National Lampoon never would have happened, and none... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
study of smart practices by social and business organizations in Iberoamerica, based on research by Professor James Austin, senior researcher Ezequiel Reficco, and Universidad de los Andes professor Roberto Gutiérrez. When Product Variety... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- News
Why New England Needs New Ideas
foster economic prosperity. The trio offers the anecdote of Isaac Merritt Singer, a Charlestown-based printing machinery maker who became a sewing machine magnate thanks to a smart business model, a strategic sales approach, and... View Details
Keywords: New England
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
achieved more effectively through creative combinations of available technologies and smart management than through radical technological innovations. He has also published on topics such as strategic management, international trade, and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
here four years ago are wonderful and talented and smart and diligent and committed, but they couldn't make the leap to an organization that looked and acted very differently two years later. And so I think most organizations in heavy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
guy. Later, everyone said, "You guys knew nothing about technology. Why did all these smart people give you money?" And I said, "You know what? I think they saw two Indian kids sitting across the table and assumed we knew what we were... View Details
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
Committee's state partners already had travel and tourism information on their own sites, the Host Committee's website simply included links to those specific resources. The website was also made mobile-friendly, which turned out to be a View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
You can’t be that impatient. Another lesson from top-tier venture groups is the importance of a global perspective when it comes to best practices and competitive strategies. The smart venture firms make global connections. Too often,... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Leveraging the power of yes
Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) is chief innovation officer at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from poverty. “One of the things I’ve learned is how expressive and personal philanthropy is, and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ensuring a business’s profitability enables it to serve society
utilities, and trucks—each with the best quality, fuel efficiency, safety, smart design, and value.” Global demand and increasing vehicle production in North America and Asia have resulted in the addition of thousands of jobs in order to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
major developments: Ericsson opened its first 5G-enabled smart factory in the United States, Apple unveiled its first 5G-enabled phone, and carriers like AT&T and Verizon have been preparing their customers for major transition. So has... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint