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01 Jun 2010
News

MBAs on a Mission

Houston emphasizes. “How often does anyone get a chance to do that?” — DB Creating a Global Blueprint for Change: John Kim’s work as director of operations research at the Clinton Health Access Initiative focuses on fixing bottlenecks in... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 2021
News

Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges

challenges like climate change, health care, and wealth inequality.” To integrate and amplify HBS’s efforts, Dean Datar has appointed Debora Spar, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, to serve as Senior... View Details

Mar 2012
Article

Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness

as education and infrastructure, contributes directly to one or more of them, whereas spending on health care and entitlements does little to enhance competitiveness directly. Taxes are needed to fund public goods, but they sometimes... View Details

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Deep Links: Business School Students’ Perceptions of the Role of Law and Ethics in Business

Keywords: by Constance E. Bagley, Gavin Clarkson & Rachel Power; Legal Services

09 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Career Advancement Without Experience

careers," O'Mahony says. "In addition, they're moving in and out of contract work. There are a number of open research issues here, such as questions of health insurance and retirement. What we did was focus on a very specific... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Motion Pictures & Video; Technology

01 Mar 2005
News

One-on-One with Edwin Reed

challenge, ironically, is our own success. Due, in part, to our initiatives, people have recognized the value in Southeast Queens, and the rapidly rising cost of land has become an inhibiting factor to future development. Before we built... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Personal Services; Personal Services

Mar 2012
Article

How to Make Finance Work

crisis. Second, trillions of dollars have been steered into residential real estate and away from more productive investments. Third, the cost of professional investment management is too high, which drains talent from other industries.... View Details

13 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

energizes and draws on imaginative thinking. Managers tend instinctively to delegate; leaders like to get involved in working toward solutions to substantive problems. The picture in business today (along with government) is bleak. The mantra today is to lay off... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2025
News

Heartland

northeast of Denver. When it was introduced in 1983, DairyComp made it possible for workers to track and analyze the overall health and fertility of every cow, to ensure each animal was being cared for in a way that maximized milk... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photos by Vance Jacobs. OPEN CONCEPT: Lambert at Quail Ridge Dairy in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

James J. Hill

Hill, a railroad builder and entrepreneur, was a pioneer of the Northwest in a variety of ways. He located his roads and terminal facilities in potentially productive areas, he constructed them for economical operation at minimum cost... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

01 Jun 2012
News

FAQ

they are awarded a loan package first and then the fellowship amount is determined. Financing the MBA Sample One-Year Budget, Class of 2013 $18,390 Expected Student Contribution - Calculated based on student’s prior earnings and personal... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom

The similarity is about the need to make great first impressions, to really stand out in a crowded marketplace and figure out a way to find a personal brand and create that compelling 30-second elevator pitch. So in dating, singles are... View Details

Keywords: Zoom

October 2024 (Revised May 2025)
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Southern California Industrial: Freezer Drive

By: Arthur I Segel, Dwight Angelini and W. Matt Kelly

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Boston based real estate private equity firm was seeking to make their very first West Coast investments in hopes of establishing their presence in the strategic region. An exciting property suddenly became available on the... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate Development; Acquisition; Health Pandemics; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Cost vs Benefits; Investment Return; Real Estate Industry

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April 2017
Supplement

Imprimis (C)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karen Elterman and Marc Appel

This case is a supplement to Imprimis (A & B). Set in 2015, it first describes Imprimis’s decision to introduce its own line of compounded eye drop medication called LessDrops. The case then examines the moral dilemma faced by CEO Mark Baum, who was struck by the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Moral Sensibility; Competitive Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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01 Apr 1999
News

Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

financial world demands steady if not increasing margins. Disruptive innovations often promise lower margins than sustaining innovations. It is extraordinarily difficult for good managers to pursue worse margins aggressively. Thousands of DEC employees saw the View Details

31 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Why I Spent This Summer Coding

minimal viable product (MVP) for our mental health startup idea, and to achieve that, I decided to level up my technical skills through an intensive coding program for three main reasons: 1. Entrepreneurial empowerment 2. Future of... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Mar 2004
News

High Brow

You could be forgiven for not knowing it by the look of the average bloke on the street, but American men annually drop $19.5 billion on “hair services” and $5 billion on grooming products, the New York Times (December 25, 2003) reported. That’s a market that Guy... View Details

Keywords: men's grooming; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

17 Aug 2011
News

How Birchbox Is Disrupting Beauty

Keywords: Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

part of that-healthcare, quality of life services such as environmental technologies, and education. The white coat is a symbol for both health professionals and people working in laboratories to discover new things. Our entrepreneurs are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2023
Blog Post

11 Ways to Reengage Employees in the New Year

team members individually to talk about their professional and personal development goals. With more information about their team, managers can deepen interpersonal connections and recommend specific conferences, projects, courses, and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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