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- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
706-714 Abstract Background: The increased focus on quality and efficiency improvement within academic surgery has met with variable success among plastic surgeons. Traditional surgical performance metrics, such as morbidity and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
says, attributing the success of the partnership to the fact that Time Inc. did its homework well. “They are a magazine shop just like us. They’re completely committed, and they’re the best in their business.” Expanding across the... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
staff are well positioned to conceive improvement opportunities based on first-hand knowledge of what works and does not work. The innovation contest may be a relevant and useful vehicle to elicit staff ideas. However, the success of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
today. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307075 Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.: The 'Talk to Chuck' Advertising Campaign Harvard Business School Case 507-005 Schwab management is evaluating the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
wonderful businessmen who were very good role models. I loved the idea of marketing and serving customers, and I planned to go to business school right after college. My father talked me into going to law school first, but after I... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
On August 31, 2016, many investors celebrated the 40th birthday of one of the world’s most successful financial instruments: the mutual index fund, created by Vanguard founder John C. Bogle. Index funds, which automatically track an index... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
Incentive Plan By: Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/ August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
their children, plan social interactions, be alerted to pertinent products and services, and accelerate the value of a person's connections. Two trends will lead to this outcome. First, people are already sharing private information... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
discussed German incubator Rocket Internet, which clones successful business models and sites like eBay and Groupon around the world. Rocket Internet, a buzz company on campus that has attracted a number of HBS students as employees, is... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
encouraging, how and when we set overall rules for encouraging (volunteerism) and how we plan to assess, monitor, and manage need to (be) addressed." Alden Cushman added: "how information is collected, put into context,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School
Behind the success of every student’s experience in immersive project-based courses—from visas to travel advisories to detailed itineraries—is the Global Experience Office. Kate Mitkevicius has just arrived in Mumbai after an 18-hour... View Details
- 05 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
of the arduous journey of building a successful venture,” said Jodi Gernon (MBA 1991), director of the Arthur Rock Center. “The winners and the participants have gone on to raise over $21 billion and have created over 15,000 jobs in such... View Details
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
the program. Rabbitt, a highly successful leader in the male-dominated construction industry, urged Groysberg, along with Frei and Senior Associate Dean and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration Lynn S. Paine, to create a... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
of successful investment in the inner city that Porter has written about are Sprint and Walgreens. In Missouri, Sprint decided to locate a new call center in a struggling section of downtown Kansas City and provide job training for nearby... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
and is operationally sound.” On top of building out the business plan and managing manufacturing delays, one of the other challenges Girard faced as a new CEO was deciding what she was going to hire for and what she would do herself.... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
Sara Enright (MBA 2004) speaks with students at the Community College of Rhode Island. Courtesy Sara Enright When former Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo came into office in 2015, she included in her plans to make the state more... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
investments, the key to success is to buy low and sell high. Buying low in the art world requires purchasing the work of emerging artists and hoping they become a success, just as a venture capitalist invests in many startups in hopes... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
Wall Street, this time working in corporate advisory and M&A where she rose into executive level positions and managed massive strategic clients across West Africa. With a hugely successful career and a growing family at home, it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
creating a strategic plan to address the crisis, with the Department of Public Health leading the effort. A two-day meeting to gather information from stakeholders, including state legislators and public health officials, kick-started the... View Details
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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni
evidence of potential for a successful match between the applicant and the job, and applicant’s ability to succeed in that job. Commitment and long-term goals: Applicant's commitment to the relevant industry or sector as well as the... View Details