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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Rent Out Your Ride
CLARK: A bright idea for utilizing untold idle capacity, America’s privately owned autos. It’s estimated that a privately owned midsize car costs about $8,000 a year to own and operate. In cities, it also spends most of its time parked and unused. As an HBS student... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
it hit me right there.” That moment, the moment Wilcox fell in love, was the starting point for a wild ride called E Ink, which manufactures the electronic “paper” used in e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle, cell phones, and graphic displays... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- News
The big share
- 20 Jan 2014
- News
Online marketplaces may encourage bias
- 06 Dec 2017
- News
Uber Really Wants You to Use Its Credit Card
- 08 Sep 2020
- News
In defense of Milton Friedman
- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
entrepreneurial style of management has benefited both Ayala and an island nation that faces significant social and economic challenges. At least once a year, Jaime Zobel, his brother Fernando (who shares leadership of the Ayala... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
four to one. When another premium brand lowers its wholesale price in an attempt to stimulate sales, Heublein’s president decides to increase the price of Smirnoff and put the additional revenue into advertising. This case taught me that you can increase market View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
he will cut back on his hours at Morgan Stanley in order to devote more time to some other important priorities, beginning, he says, with his family. For years, de Chazal's demanding workdays have been bracketed by lengthy train rides to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
100 slaves—received death threats and was spit on in public. He did not win reelection to the council and found himself shut out of work opportunities in the area. “It was time to return to Omaha,” he says. “We were heading into the downturn of 2008, so no better place... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
of 1974, "but we anticipated that the majority of our work would be relatively small-scale and client-oriented. I don't think anyone was ready for the amazing ride we've had." Ready or not, those 1974 classmates who entered the world of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
he estimates to be 3.5 million private trips Singapore residents make every day without adding to congestion. “This is the greener, leaner way to go,” Zou says of Ryde and the rise of on-demand ride services... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
small commercial satellites deployed by BlackSky can be built relatively cheaply and quickly. They can hitch rides on rockets operated by companies such as SpaceX and Rocket Lab, much like passengers piling into a View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
London’s congestion fee, for example, might be waived for shared rides. We know that consumers care about the price, but we’re also finding that once passengers get into a shared View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
Early Goals Ralph Dyer (MBA 1965) WHEN I WAS ABOUT 8 OR 10 YEARS OLD, my mother and I were in a taxi riding west on Storrow Drive. The cab driver was a talkative fellow who enjoyed pointing out important places, such as MIT and then... View Details