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Truman K. Gibson

In 1943, Gibson became head of Supreme Life Insurance, which had $53.8 million in industrial insurance policies in force. Gibson ushered in a solid seven years of growth and financial stability. Gibson’s sales force used a “mass... View Details

Keywords: Finance

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

The health care industry needs so much improvement, it will take a whole movement to fix it. “The more leaders, the better,” says Luc Sirois (MBA 1997), who sees progress coming not through a single organization, but rather from groups of... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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Women | MBA

meet some of your closest friends. Women’s Student Association The Women's Student Association (WSA) is the largest student club on campus. The WSA actively supports a community that empowers and mobilizes women to thrive academically,... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Faculty Books

communication and collaboration between the FDA and the private sector. The editors place the perspectives of agency leaders and industry representatives within the context of the FDA’s regulatory history... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2015
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Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right

tools to get beneath the surface of their impact. These include a massive four-year study of industry disruption by millennials, which included responses from more than 20,000 people about 125 brands spanning 25 industries. It revealed... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Accelerating Climate Solutions - Short Intensive Program 2023

grief, that thing we’re afraid of losing. Because only when we consider the stakes of that, and the feeling of that loss, will we start to think about what it is to love it and care for it. Then you build the community you need to... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies

Your research examines industries that once seemed doomed but have experienced a comeback. How does this happen? I did my dissertation work on the Swiss watch industry, and I looked at what it takes for a technology to reemerge. For over... View Details

Keywords: April White; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Printing and Related Support Activities; Manufacturing

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databases or via HOLLIS, the library catalog for all of Harvard. Baker Curated Content Please sign into the Baker Library site to subscribe to the below: Industry Highlights Newsletters Bi-weekly newsletters for select industries... View Details

17 Oct 2016
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Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

farmers, academics, policy makers, and social service organizations. “We’re seeing a movement to rethink what we are doing as a food industry and as consumers,” says José Alvarez, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School who was once... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

industrial complex that limits healthy competition in order to promote its continued growth and caters to the power and profit-driven demands of its best customers instead of the broader public interest. During the 2016 election cycle,... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

01 Jun 2012
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Made in the USA

Jim Knott's Aquamesh lobster traps set a new standard for durability, quickly supplanting the wooden traps used by generations of lobstermen. Chinese knockoffs failed to match Aquamesh's patented process. Will business leaders reconnect with their View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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LifeSpan Inc.: Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Raises the powerful issues of measuring marketing performance in a not-for-profit services setting. Also raises several interesting ethical issues. LifeSpan Inc., a Minneapolis based not-for-profit organization is the parent holding company of three hospitals and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Ethics; Marketing Communications; Health Care and Treatment; Service Industry; Service Industry; Minneapolis

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01 Jun 2017
Blog Post

How To Partner With a Club: Engage With Club Leaders

can tailor their communications with the club, based on what is important to their members; they can set up time to talk with them one-on-one during a coffee chat, send them specific job postings, share View Details

Keywords: All Industries; All Industries

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Frost & Sullivan | Baker Library

Business & Financial Services Chemicals, Materials & Nutrition Electronics & Security Energy & Power Environment & Sustainability Healthcare Industrial Automation Information & Communication Technologies... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Health Care a Top Priority at HBS

Berkeley, and who has worked in the health-care industry for fifteen years, explains why health care is important to HBS. “It’s 17 percent of the U.S. economy and growing. As an industry, it’s underperforming so it requires new thinking... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Boston

Where can I find industry, market, company information and news about Boston, MA? Industry and market research The industry and market research recommendations below will have data/analysis for the United... View Details

21 Nov 2017
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Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

Justin Dawe (MBA 2007), president, Scoot Networks (photo courtesy of Scoot Networks) What do you think the state of the energy industry will be in 2030? HBS students in the Energy and Environment Club asked alumni working in the field to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Fellow Tatiana Novaes Theoto (MBA 2024) Tatiana Theoto 02 Aug 2023 The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore... Empowering Cleveland Communities Through Homeownership: SE Summer... View Details

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Avoiding Startup Failure - Course Catalog

struggle Tactical steps for managing a venture’s shutdown to preserve relationships, reputations, and integrity How to learn from a venture’s failure and what to do with those learnings Addressing founder burnout & weighing tradeoffs when deciding if and when to found... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Career Services Shifts into High Gear

benefit from additional career coaches, increased program offerings, and extended walk-in hours. “One thing we learned from the last downturn in 2001 and 2002 is that the students need more communication from us,” Kierstead adds. “The... View Details

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