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- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
camp in Uganda, and you heard a woman's song. Heaney: I was over in Africa doing some work, and in Africa, many of the organizations need very specific skill sets, medical training, logistics experience. I didn't have those, so I had to look for a while to find... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
can't assume that the essential complements to your business are going to be there. And if they are missing, you can't assume that the market will solve the problem. You have to work with others to create them or create them yourself. Companies involved in today's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
the research has been far slower than it should be.” Van Etten is committed to improving the process on the business and management side. He is promoting the concept of “team science” and trying to increase the sharing of data and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
as a means of moving tax-evading money across borders, I conducted a highly structured research project involving 550 business owners and managers in 12 countries. Later, when I came to the Brookings Institution, I traveled to 23... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
useful when collecting information on a problem, Assistant Professor Ethan Bernstein and his fellow researchers found, but it can be detrimental in solving the problem, leading people to a consensus before all the solutions are explored.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Online Entrepreneur
In September, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce announced that its 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year is Diane Hessan (MBA ’77), president and CEO of Communispace Corporation, a firm that helps companies generate customer insights via online communities. The chamber... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
video, and it completely democratized mobile data,” Menard observes. The jury is still out on 5G. Experts agree that it will bring massive improvements: speeds 100 times faster than 4G, and latency—or time needed for information to travel... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
company can ever be completely safe — even if a firm disconnects from the Internet, unauthorized personnel or disgruntled employees inside the company’s facilities can figure out ways to access its computers — some firms, especially those dealing in nonpublic View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
conversation. What are the major market forces that are transforming the health-care system? First and foremost, it's consumers. They have already revolutionized the retailing and information industries because they are so busy working... View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
Amy Schiffman Langer "My life experiences inform my work, and vice versa," says Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977). She has turned physical challenges—breast cancer, a disability, and chronic pain—into a focus on cause-marketing and... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
stroke; a solo parent to two sons, 11 and 14 years old, she takes a very centered, practical approach to managing her time. Depelsha Thomas McGruder: I would say my top three tips for living a balanced life. Well, one thing I said very... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
member, ed tech veteran, and current cofounder and managing partner of Ethical Ventures, a management consultancy dedicated to social enterprises. In its first month, the Business for Racial Equity Pledge... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
President and CEO of Banana Republic since 1995, Jeanne Jackson (MBA '78) has been credited with transforming the faltering safari clothing brand into one of the nation's leaders in - and definers of - casual attire. In 1998, Business Week named Jackson one of the top... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
examined the role of business in ending global poverty, strike anyone else as being in poor taste? If “Every day, nearly 3 billion people have to get by on this,” as the headline and stark image of two crumpled dollar bills on the magazine’s front cover View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
Finale’s original lead investors acquired a majority ownership in the business, folding it into a Rhode Island–based holding company where Conforti now serves as managing partner of the restaurant group. “When I started Finale, I... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
inform his unborn child about how to live a happy life. In this special live Skydeck episode, recorded during spring reunions, Neil talks about his book with the Bulletin's associate editor, April White. And takes questions from the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
regional issues. I tried to get better informed on general world issues and solicited suggestions from former ambassadors. When it came time to leave, the President gave me a nice send-off. What do you do during a typical week? My day... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
person is doing something wrong, but it's more that collectively, we're not able to work together. So it's more this idea of collective action versus me and another person. Hannah Vazzana, 2002. You don't work for the company; the company works for you. I had a View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
was taken with the opening of Fab 3 in Livermore, California, in April 1973. It was here that the now familiar “bunny suit” was introduced. “The bunny suits and the whole routine were a huge joke around the company for years,” according to manufacturing View Details