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- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
operations." Fair enough. But how can that actually be accomplished? With the help of Bart Blackburn (HBS MBA '97) of SupplierInsight, Paul Deninger (HBS MBA '84) of Broadview, and Ted Fischer of SCB Enterprise Solutions, Upton set... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
A Bridge to the Future
Written “life lessons learned” were gathered from 350 alumni, who provided heartfelt guidance for students to discuss, and seven faculty members chosen by the class offered TED Talk–like counsel about following one’s passions, making time... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan
After 35 years with IBM, Tatsuyuki Saeki could have chosen to put his feet up and relax — perhaps after a few rounds of golf. But that just isn’t Ted Saeki’s style. Instead, the feisty 60-year-old veteran executive has started a second... View Details
- Blog
Tech Power at HBS: Faculty Boost Technology Ecosystem
Leadership: Book: Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business Book: Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You TED talk: How to Build (and Rebuild) Trust View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Nancy Hall (MBA 1974)
everything. There’s so much predigested information out there, but that’s not where creativity comes from. There’s much more to life than what goes on in the classroom or the boardroom. And yet, the classroom is important. I still use what I learned from Ron Frank in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
I was scared to death that everyone would be smarter than me. And they were. On the first day of class we were all anxious to talk and make a good first impression. I held my hand up until it had gangrene. Then Professor Ted Levitt ate me... View Details
- January 2023
- Case
Rentokil: The Terminix Acquisition
By: Ted Berk, Emily R. McComb and Julia Kelley
When announcing their agreement to merge in December 2021, creating a clear leader in global pest control, UK-based Rentokil and Tennessee-based Terminix described extensive benefits of the cross-border combination. The companies touted the advantages of their combined... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business and Shareholder Relations
Berk, Ted, Emily R. McComb, and Julia Kelley. "Rentokil: The Terminix Acquisition." Harvard Business School Case 223-061, January 2023.
- Profile
Luciana Baigun
Collaborate.com, a startup in Cambridge, I saw all the excitement TEDxBoston was generating – it was attracting people from all industries and walks of life,” she says. It occurred to her that TED and HBS could be the perfect match. “HBS... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
fits with the public side of his SLOC work. "It's not unlike the clamor of a political campaign," notes Romney, who ran unsuccessfully for Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy's seat in 1994 and whose father, George, was a Presidential... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
accidental, as Khan relates in his TED Talk from 2011. TED Talk: I was an analyst at a hedge fund and I was in Boston and I was tutoring my cousins in New Orleans remotely. And I started putting the first... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
takes in the matter of two U.S. Treasury bonds with identical maturity dates but widely different yields. He must decide what to do next. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211050-PDF-ENG Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (C):... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
Late last fall, Dolly Chugh (MBA 1994) made a guest appearance on After Hours, the podcast where HBS professors discuss current events. (The podcast is part of the TED Audio Collective.) Chugh was joined by professors Mihir Desai and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Hybrid Learning the HBS Way
made remote-only classes as interactive and engaging as possible, he says the hybrid classrooms elevated the experience. “I immediately perk up in my seat and feel more attentive and alive,” he says. “I’m reminded of just how electrifying HBS classes are.” View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
example," she continues. "It's where HBS professor Ted Levitt first outlined the principles that defined the field of marketing and where Mike Porter first identified the five competitive forces that shape strategy. It's also where key... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
was no disputing the significance of Levitt’s contribution to the theory and practice of global marketing and to the ongoing assessment of its impact. As HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow noted of Levitt’s work, “It’s all in the question, and View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
My Classroom Experience During Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program
Mobilizing Capital in Africa" case), I reflected upon my experiences being the grandson of an African political revolutionary and giving two TED talks by the age of 20 to underscore the importance of empowering young leaders who want to... View Details
- 17 Sep 2018
- News
The Business of Being Belichick
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Ink
risk, causing us to perform better in job interviews, for instance, and generally configuring our brains to cope well in stressful situations, she says. Her 2012 TED Talk on power posing, with 30 million views, is the second-most viewed... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
buries his hands in his pockets. The screen lights up, of course. It always does. This isn't magic, after all: it's science developed by WiTricity's founder, MIT physics professor Marin Soljačić, and his team, who wirelessly lit a 60-watt bulb in 2007 from a distance... View Details