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- 01 Oct 2001
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Philip L. Yeo: The Next Big Thing
too limited for his schedule. His proposed solution? Run universities like factories, with classes available 24/7. "I would love to take charge of a university and change it," chuckles Yeo, "but no one has...
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Government
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
Tim Leach (MBA 2015) had backpacked in Africa before, so he was somewhat prepared for the heat, noise, traffic, dust, and disorientation he and his FIELD 2 team experienced in early January, when they emerged from the airport and began...
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- 01 Jun 2024
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Turning Point: On the Line
Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Day 116 was bizarrely poetic. Or poetically bizarre. And not just because I was an HBS grad participating in his second strike. To that point in last year’s...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
authors propose that a process emphasizing learning and adaptation is the key to successful innovation in this emerging age. To understand the procedures required for product evolution in these new...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations
A new case looks at the Tulsa Massacre of 1921, when a white mob killed an estimated 300 Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses along 35 square blocks. Ashley McCray (MBA 2022) was a little nervous as she prepared to join all 700 of her first-year...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
strategies for a youth-oriented dot-com, who better to ask than a roomful of bright kids, especially kids with HBS in their genes? During reunions last June, HBS assistant professor Tom Eisenmann did just that when he conducted a...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
Illustration by Adam Niklewicz/theispot.com by Debora L. Spar In 1991, when I joined the HBS faculty, men outnumbered women by two to one in the student body and four to one among the senior faculty. Back then, male students saw nothing wrong in circulating sign-up...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
for KBRA as early as 2008; in his mind, Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P sold their souls to win business in the short run. KBRA would, says Becker, “value integrity above everything else.” The case begins in April 2010, as Fons, Kroll’s EVP, is...
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- 01 Dec 2000
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Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
Good people are essential for success. Keep the product and the process simple. Deliver the most reliable service at the lowest cost. Invest the time to connect with employees and customers. These are the basic tenets fueling the...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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Social Investing Pioneers
the social impact bond, an innovative approach to marrying social purpose with financial returns for investors. Still in the pilot stage in the UK, social impact bonds already have enthusiastic supporters determined to bring them to the...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for...
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April White
- 01 Jun 1999
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Short Takes
that will clearly define and equalize both private and social costs. In addition, he urges firms to take a hard look at their own operations and develop measures for pollution control and natural resource preservation as well as View Details
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
Managing Across Borders by Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal (Harvard Business School Press) A decade ago HBS professor Christopher A. Bartlett and London Business School professor Sumantra Ghoshal proposed a revolutionary new...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 11 Jul 2012
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A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
Bloom: In Mali with local dignitaries at rice harvest in newly irrigated fields. Photo courtesy Jonathan Bloom It seems poetic justice when someone named Bloom is involved in an exciting experiment that’s blossomed and bearing fruit. Jonathan Bloom (MBA 1972), View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
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Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Flying High
Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) When Uma Subramanian (MBA 2008) joined Aero Technologies as CEO in March 2019, the company was “just a kernel of an...
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April White;
aviation;
airlines;
entrepreneurship;
leadership;
innovation;
Air Transportation;
Transportation
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The Western Front
potential partners. The government is used to the request for proposal (RFP) model—an agency has a need, a company proposes to fulfill it, and...
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Jason Feifer
- 01 Jun 2012
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What Industrial Policy?
"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient
Jon Kingsdale. For years, argument has raged about how to fix these problems. Proposals range from tinkering with the current employer-based system; to moving to a more deregulated system with high-tech,...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
request from a florist that finally clarified the concept: “Beautiful products,” the florist said, “but do you do bulk rentals?” “It suddenly made a lot of sense to me. People want access, not necessarily ownership, and nothing like that...
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Jen McFarland Flint