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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
South Asian Women at Work
Smart but passive. Good technicians, but not likely managers. Women from India and Pakistan frequently must combat stereotypes about how they function at work. But they should resist labels and pursue the careers of their dreams, said... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Renter’s Market
employees are smart and motivated, the vast majority of problems for a manager like me will disappear. I’ve learned that if someone’s not working out, it’s best to cut your losses early. Prolonging a difficult situation isn’t good for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Understanding the Digital Frontier
public response from your CEO has the potential to limit the damage or even change the momentum in your favor, the authors write. The book provides practical tools and assessments to help readers understand this digital frontier. And the case studies are memorable. For... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Seeing glass in a new light
Rao Mulpuri (AMP 171, 2006) wants to transform the building industry by disrupting a common product: glass. View Dynamic Glass brings smart windows to buildings, and is gaining rapid adoption in North America—the California-based company... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Action Plan: A New ’Cue
a roof deck; a small ‘captive audience’ model at supermarkets and stadiums; and a midsize ‘outlot’ model in shopping centers.” Make smart partnerships. “Because of the Food Network, the name Jeff Mauro is well-known in grocery stores, but... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
is energized by the growing enthusiasm for social entrepreneurship. "The whole field has evolved in interesting ways, and has expanded from a focus primarily on the work of nonprofits to larger notions of value creation by companies and 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
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
world and a smart investment. “Women and diverse-led companies are highly profitable, yet undercapitalized,” she says. “A perfect arbitrage investment scenario.” Among the seven companies in the WOCstar portfolio are Zero, a plastic-free,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Industry-Related Clubs Offer Alumni a New Resource
recognized the need for such an organization in 1999. "I wanted to provide smart people in the health-care industry with a way to come together and educate each other on current developments in the field," she says. "By bringing this... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
“When you are a startup, you need to trust your business acumen. But when your business grows to a certain size, it’s no longer about gut feel. You really need to know how to read the numbers, look at the data, and ask smart questions.... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
the budget, and the people needed to have a coherent and consistent vision,” says Genta. Another key asset is the country’s cohesiveness as noted by Prince Albert when he established the Extended Monaco, Smart Principality program that... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Releases
smart participants, but successful investing, whether direct or through syndicates and REITs, is a complicated undertaking. In The Real Estate Game: The Intelligent Guide to Decision-Making and Investment, HBS adjunct professor William J.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
What’s New in Educational Innovation? A Few Highlights
provides a thorough understanding of the principles of finance — a toolkit for making smart financial decisions. Negotiation Mastery Participants are introduced to analytical tools and interpersonal techniques for dealing effectively with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Books
global alliances and networks, and internationalization. Deep Smarts by Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap (Harvard Business School Press) Each time an employee leaves a firm, an asset most valuable to its future is lost: the know-how that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
wanted to know how some companies could grow so big so fast. “The answers we got were unsatisfying,” Yeh says. People cited the Valley’s concentration of smarts or its access to venture capital—which is useful for growing companies, “but... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
the underserved. “I’ve been blessed, and I believe very strongly in the importance of giving.” Smart money: The Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility, a new World Bank financial program that provides surge funding to prevent a disease... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Inner-City Advantage
are smart moves. “Think about transaction processing,” he counseled. “That’s measured in bits and bytes, not square footage.” There are also opportunities for people who want to build businesses of size, said James H. Lowry (PMD 25,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Tapping into more effective water technologies
market opportunities." Shenkar is seeing early leaders in water-quality monitoring, filtration, disinfection, and desalination. Smart grid water systems are spotting leaks and saving water as well as energy, and governments from Singapore... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
a company online in Estonia and administer it securely from anywhere in the world. E-Residents can conduct all their banking online, declare taxes online, and digitally sign documents via a smart ID card. That means entrepreneurs need no... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs