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HBS Global Initiative & Research Centers - MBA
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- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
risk, Raman explains, has been through inventory. But "for numerous reasons, inventory became very expensive." Shorter product life cycles contribute to higher expenses, for example, in the personal computer market, where the...
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by David Stauffer
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
life and death for patients. "One device I am studying allows you to replace a heart valve through a catheter inserted in the thigh, rather than doing open-heart surgery," she says. "It allows a whole group of people who are very sick to...
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Influence: High 501950s19 Medical advances extend life expectancy More people now live in suburbs than cities Population soars to 179 million largest ten-year increase Influence: High 601960s19 Baby boom...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
recognized tattoo-removal program, free to gang members, here at the QueensCare Clinic in East Los Angeles. A six-year veteran of the police force in El Monte, a heavily Hispanic, working-class city of 120,000 at LA’s eastern edge, Timken also knows something about...
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- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals
pursuit of it. The Harvard JD/MBA is a life-changing experience. It is rewarding, rich in experiences, and associated with near-limitless opportunity. At the same time, it is four years of hard work—and if you pursue internships in challenging industries with high...
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- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
shenanigans have become so common that they're almost invisible. The budgeting process is so deeply embedded in corporate life that the attendant lies and games are simply accepted as business as usual, no matter how destructive they are....
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by Michael C. Jensen
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
system. Natalia Rigol Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School In the private sector, in public life or even at HBS, women who look like me or have my background – immigrant, Latina, queer - have not...
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- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
widespread acceptance would prove a bane for incumbent U.S. tire makers. Radials' longer life would decrease unit demand in the profitable replacement market, providing an opening for foreign producers and smaller players like B.F....
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- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and, with the flavors of the drink...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
life “a credible example of how an individual, with faith, hard work, love, and support, can achieve her purpose.” — GE Brendan Kennealey Inner-city school founder, social entrepreneur, dreamer Kennealey Brendan Kennealey began to hone...
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- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
chronicles the brand's origins, life experiences, and evolution over time in a selectively constructed story." Keinan recently participated in an e-mail interview about the research and its importance for marketing strategies. Martha...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
(AMS), an international business and IT consulting firm. "The impact the professors were having on my sectionmates and me made a deep impression." Wasserman recalled that one of the most enjoyable aspects of his work life had been helping...
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- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
life transitions—a new job, a sick parent, a partner’s layoff, or a return to work after a maternity leave, Whillans says. “Most employees will go about their day-to-day lives and be fine most of the time,” Whillans says. “But when we...
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- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
drama' (of which everyone seems to have plenty), it's not worth it." One way around this can be to treat an investment from a friend or relative as a gift rather than an investment; that is, with no particular expectation of being...
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by Noam Wasserman
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
expectations and measurement. Donald Regan: he wasn't the most popular guy at Merrill Lynch, but he assembled something that hasn't been duplicated.” Best business advice ever received: “Buy low, sell high. Sounds simple, but it's...
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- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
successfully market an innovative product? The idea that we rail against in class is that product development just throws a new product over the wall to marketing and expects them to go sell it. For the last 50 years, innovation theorist...
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- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
When the COVID-19 virus spread worldwide and normal life ground to a halt last year, we thought voluntary employee turnover would drop as well. But the opposite happened in one area: Lift outs—a group of workers who defect...
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- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
significantly as more consumers than ever started shopping online. As vaccines fuel hope about life after COVID-19, retailers are trying to learn more about the pandemic shopper. Are they different from the existing online users? Do they...
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- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
Danaher, a conglomerate with brands in diagnostics, life sciences, and environmental and applied solutions. "Stars practice, and they keep practicing long after they become stars." Toyota employs a system known as the Toyota Production...
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