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- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
enforcement, and intelligence—that had never been brought in a systematic way to the business world. We all make high-stakes decisions that can punctuate the course of our lives—who to hire, who to work for,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary
company. “There is a clear distinction between the board of directors and the management team,” explains Tian. “I have the right to hire and fire people. I’ve hired about twelve hundred employees so far but none of them on instructions from my shareholders. I View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
humiliated. Higher status used to be equated with wisdom. A person at the top, or anyone older and more experienced, could claim to know more than those below. He could have the final word, issue decisions in a puff of smoke, and tell... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
The Next Big Swing
in 1987, the game puts players in the manager’s seat, letting them make tactical decisions against a mathematical model that determines outcomes based on everything from how a batter has historically fared... View Details
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
that buyers aren't just looking for "stuff" anymore—they want pieces that have meaning and context (that's why Voight's cheeseboards make a killing). Koss and Paranjape, who run Brika with the aid of only four interns, are not your... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
With his thorough understanding of the airline industry's complex pricing policies, Brier was the ideal person to explain to carriers how they, as suppliers, would benefit from the new venture. With the airlines on board, more than five million customers would follow,... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
partisan issues. But we do advance science and document the consequences of decisions that we make as a society. And while businesses like GE, Wal-Mart, and Johnson & Johnson are showing real leadership on... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Clubs Hopping
computing changes the way people use data to make decisions. “We’re seeing more of analytics and big data as a means not just to support the decision a person wants to make, but also as a way to provide... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Health Care’s New Frontier
athenahealth was operating 13 practices and achieving 50 percent revenue growth. The only snag was cash flow. “It was almost impossible to get claims paid reliably or to keep track of the basic information flow among practitioners, labs, hospitals, and patients,” says... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
Less than 20 percent of new businesses last five years. Despite those daunting odds, three MBAs from the Class of 1998 are among the elite who succeeded, and their stories make compelling reading in a new book. Former Washington Post... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
Foley. As consumers move away from the formal dining experience to more casual entertaining, Foley says that his company’s brand must preserve its aspirational quality while maintaining its relevance in people’s daily lives. “Luxury goods are so wrapped up in the... View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
peers on a group project?” Zaikos explains. “We’re trying to force them to make decisions about their own learning, about what they need.” The organization wants more Chicago high schoolers to apply and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
rates or the minimum wage, reflect the public’s efforts to find the right balance between these competing arguments. That may not be pretty, but it makes me hopeful. How do people make View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
successful turnaround management is to try to make the least bad decision based on imperfect and incomplete information,” Tisch says. “The case method helped prepare me to do that.” Tisch's leadership... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
gain in understanding about themselves and their own work context through the lens of distant colleagues. “The two kinds of knowledge offer different insights that, in complement, foster trust and make you feel closer to distant... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
competitor analysis, trend research, and leadership programs. Since then, the team has helped Granite Equity research individual company profiles, whether it’s for an acquisition or a vendor or a potential partner. The service also has helped View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
not as giving back but as ‘giving in turn.’ Volunteering keeps me balanced and rooted in the real world.” Of her immediate future, Brown says, “I am interested in providing capital and resources to entrepreneurs to build compelling businesses.” For the longer term, she... View Details
- 28 Aug 2013
- News
Inside Comcast's $30 Billion TV Bet
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Measured Approach
after the project has ended and never make it back to the teams that implemented the program. IDinsight makes these assessment tools available to the decision-makers and tailors them to the organization’s... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov