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- 01 Mar 2023
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Action Plan: Casting Call
Bert Berkley (MBA 1950) calls it “the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” Having served in the US Army during World War II for three-and-a-half years, he was offered (and accepted) the chance to go home one day early if he signed up for the Army Reserves. Called... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; hobbies; balance; meaning; longevity; aging; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing
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Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni
listed in their Alumni Profile . To provide a positive and cohesive experience for everyone, we are not currently placing new inquiries outside of the enrollment period. Is there a fee to join? Are there associated View Details
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Introduction - The Collection - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
concurred that photographs were “especially valuable in the industrial management classes because they portray so clearly such practical industrial problems as the relationship between the laborer and the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
"I don't think Brazil today has the best image abroad. I don't think people look at Brazil and say, 'Wow, this is a country that I would love to visit.'" Those views are based on an antiquated notion of... View Details
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
prepared by Adrià and his team of thirty to forty cooks. The meal costs roughly 230 euros and represents hours of laborious research, testing, View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
technologies seldom make sense to managers, given their corporate perspective. There are two reasons for this. First, customers exert tremendous influence over managers' decisions and the directions they pursue. Since customers cannot use... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Ashish Dhawan (MBA ’97), founder and senior managing director of ChrysCapital, a private-equity firm based in Mumbai. Even so, Dhawan believes that a growing awareness of the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
describes the purpose of boards is phrased very broadly. For instance, in Delaware, which sets the standard for other states, directors find little help in the statute that defines their job: "The business and affairs of every corporation... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
to be so close to the steel production process, and it provided valuable insight about what makes the process so challenging and yet high priority to decarbonize. Perhaps most interesting was the role that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
intent is not to discover the next big idea,” Rangan says, “but to find models that business can use to engage with the base of the pyramid.” In December 2005, the GPP convened a three-day colloquium, “A Conference on Global Poverty:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Hood. “Our staff features not only business-trained project managers but also an unusually young group of scientific Ph.D.s whom we value as a new kind of expert. They bring their own innovative ideas about what directions View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services
- 27 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should I Pay the Bribe?
suspicious. Q: What countries and corrupt activities have you studied? Have you been particularly surprised by anything you have learned? What trends are you seeing? A: My research does not have a geographic... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
mistrustful of exotic foods." He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2000
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Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
going to the annual dinner." In addition, says Grossman, there's growing pressure from the government and other funders for "outcome-based" funding -- an approach based on nonprofits achieving certain goals.... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
different." To achieve that, the company follows a process that features a continuous series of brainstorming sessions, where new concepts are presented to a "product planning council" representing all parts of the organization, from engineers View Details
- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!
In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
values will be an important legacy. Do you have a stronger sense of the role and influence of HBS in academia? I believe our deep commitment to teaching as a critical and important professional View Details
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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog
work in small teams to undertake a project with an organization based in the Tokyo area. The course will meet for four on-campus sessions to (1) provide students with a basic understanding of the Japanese innovation ecosystem, (2)... View Details
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Policy - Business & Environment
climate change, not by reducing their personal carbon footprint but by activating their collective power.” Dan Abbasi HBS MBA 1998 Chief Executive Officer, ASAP.Earth; Managing Director, GameChange Capital... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
“We’re not going to occupy Berlin, and everything simply goes away,” says Rothrock. “Cyberdefenses must be part of business.” Winning means cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare have become a sort of View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai