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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
Why They Buy The first big puzzle Professor Clay Christensen tackled when he joined the HBS faculty in 1992 was an elemental one: Why was success so hard for businesses to sustain? The search led to his theory of disruptive innovation,...
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- 03 Apr 2016
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The Tampon of the Future
Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Is it possible to draw blood from a person without causing discomfort? That question has puzzled scientists for years. And the solution—for women, at least—finally is coming to market as...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
financial theory but also has important implications for the character and performance of the global financial system. Bob's is a voice of leadership that speaks at once to the academy and the world of practice." READ MORE "Economists are View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
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Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE
just kind of lets you see why being here matters,” he told the Globe. Another piece in the puzzle of why Immelt wants to be in Boston brings him back to his roots at HBS, as he has developed strong relationships with the School, including...
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- 01 Dec 2002
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Think Globally, Teach Locally
it's of such vital importance for our faculty to spend time outside the United States. You get out and see new things, new parts of the puzzle — and in the process, your work becomes more relevant.” In the stories that follow, the...
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- 01 Jun 2010
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Health IT at the Bedside
puzzled through the fragments of his history, my mom and I did our best to fill in the gaps. Clinical decisions are only as good as the information you have to make them. As competent and well-meaning as my dad’s doctors were, they lacked...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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Feedback
percent. Screen Saver Re: AMC Theatres’ quest for a third place Very interesting story of what brick-and-mortar can do to compete in a tough video entertainment market. The puzzle is if this is a strategy of building better mousetraps or...
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- 01 Sep 2012
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Hierarchy's Last Stand
It’s a puzzle that some people still seek high status for its own sake. Leadership, wealth, and well-being have increasingly little to do with hierarchy, and the perks of power aren’t what they used to be. Hierarchy hasn’t disappeared,...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Picture This
from wall art to puzzles to pillows. And its acquisition, last August, of Spoonflower—an artist marketplace for custom-designed fabric, wallpaper, and other home-decor items—puts Shutterfly in a prime position to leverage consumer...
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- 01 Sep 2017
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A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
Illustration by Jonathan Bartlett In an era of artisanal coffee bars blossoming in neighborhoods worldwide, how could a producer of award-winning beans be struggling to stay afloat? That was the puzzle confronting Chijioke Dozie (MBA...
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- 01 Mar 2007
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Ideas That Stick
memorable. Dan spoke from his home in North Carolina. How did you get the idea to write a book about sticky ideas? We were puzzled and a little disturbed by the fact that a lot of “junk” ideas succeed in the world, while a lot of...
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- 01 Apr 1996
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"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
Crimson Greetings simulation, for example, made use of Shad's squash and racquetball courts and a huge basement room equipped with vast tents) was like "solving one of those puzzles whose squares you slide around to create a picture -...
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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
of the product is identical by law. That was an interesting puzzle to me.” After focusing his study on antiretrovirals, Deshpandé saw other issues emerge. At the same time, he was asked to join the teaching team for Leadership and...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade
pharmaceuticals and software, and far above the average of all industries. Many apparent paradoxes add to the puzzle posed by the industry. While rarely considered fundamentally “bad,” such as the trade in narcotics or tobacco, the beauty...
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- 26 Oct 2017
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Can Farming Save the Planet?
work on it. I have an answer for climate change.’ I was stunned and didn’t really believe him. But it turns out, he did know.” Wiviott was particularly puzzled as to why, if the solution was so simple, no one else was already doing it. He...
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- 01 Dec 2011
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Reimagining the MBA
question: where would they travel for their Global Immersion project? Each box contained a jigsaw puzzle with a map of the selected destination. Once students had assembled their puzzle, they also learned the name of the Global...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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Redefining Health Care
important work by John Wennberg and his colleagues at Dartmouth. This was the last piece of the puzzle for us in truly understanding the problem. We have known for a long time that U.S. health care is high cost. What everyone assumed was...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
told Bulletin readers that they were puzzling over how to expand the customer base of Saga, a mobile app that they cofounded to help families share stories in an audio format. They were wavering between whether to invest in partnerships...
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- 01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005
Photographs by Webb Chappell Now in its tenth year, the Bulletin’s annual student profiles have become something of a tradition. Faced each spring with a mountain of potential candidates, we puzzle our way through a dizzying array of...
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- 11 May 2011
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In a Good Place
that skill can come in handy when juggling the many demands of GreenFlea, a moving puzzle of vendors, each with his or her own personality and demands. (Gehrke’s is the only full-time position; twelve employees help out on the day of the...
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