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- 13 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
How To Hire A Millennial
Connecticut is nothing less than a capitulation to an emerging business reality. For GE, leafy Stamford was simply too hard a sell to make to increasingly urban millennials, who not only prefer to live in cities like Boston, San...
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- February 1993 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Bernd Sterzel at the IVth Medizinische Klinik (A)
By: Linda A. Hill
After 10 years of running a small laboratory at Yale Medical School, Dr. R. Bernd Sterzel assumes leadership of a nephrology clinic in Nurnberg and Erlangen, Germany. In his ambitious efforts to transform the clinic into a leading academic research institution, he...
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Change Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Problems and Challenges;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Health Industry;
Germany;
Connecticut
Hill, Linda A. "Bernd Sterzel at the IVth Medizinische Klinik (A)." Harvard Business School Case 493-059, February 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
- February 2010
- Case
Foxwoods: Turning Data into Insights in the Hospitality Industry
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah L. Soule
This case describes how an IT director identified an opportunity and implemented an innovative business solution designed to enable line managers and executives to convert data to information to insights. The case also details how the company partnered with an emerging...
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Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Technological Innovation;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Partners and Partnerships;
Information Technology;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Connecticut
Applegate, Lynda M., and Deborah L. Soule. "Foxwoods: Turning Data into Insights in the Hospitality Industry." Harvard Business School Case 810-083, February 2010.
- November 1995 (Revised January 1998)
- Case
Transformation of Pratt & Whitney North Haven (B)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Linda A. Hill, Andrew P. Burtis, Sylvie Ryckebusch and John Schiavone
As part of the restructuring effort underway at the Pratt & Whitney North Haven plant, Ed Northern and a group of Japanese consultants are transforming the manufacturing process from a batch process to a single-piece flow, and are organizing the machines and workers in...
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Restructuring;
Business Processes;
Production;
Machinery and Machining;
Human Resources;
Product;
Connecticut
Bowen, H. Kent, Linda A. Hill, Andrew P. Burtis, Sylvie Ryckebusch, and John Schiavone. "Transformation of Pratt & Whitney North Haven (B)." Harvard Business School Case 696-067, November 1995. (Revised January 1998.)
- November 1995 (Revised January 1998)
- Case
Transformation of Pratt & Whitney North Haven (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Linda A. Hill, Andrew P. Burtis, Sylvie Ryckebusch and John Schiavone
Pratt & Whitney is a leader in the development and manufacturing of gas turbine engines for commercial and military aircraft. Economic conditions for the airline and defense industries are forcing the airplane engine builders to restructure. Ed Northern, a new general...
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Transformation;
Restructuring;
Production;
Opportunities;
Economy;
Aerospace Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Connecticut
Bowen, H. Kent, Linda A. Hill, Andrew P. Burtis, Sylvie Ryckebusch, and John Schiavone. "Transformation of Pratt & Whitney North Haven (A)." Harvard Business School Case 696-066, November 1995. (Revised January 1998.)
- Portrait Project
Jessica Gelman
obstacles including losing loved ones and moving from Chicago to Connecticut in the middle of my high school years. As a result, sometimes I lost sight of my goals, but these challenges also opened my eyes to new interests and dreams....
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- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
he nor his family could have afforded for him to go to the University of Connecticut and HBS without the GI Bill,” explains Bishop. “With his gift, he wanted to help keep HBS accessible for future Charlie Waites to attend and also wanted...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
forum for networking and sharing best practices. Following in their footsteps, several clubs this year are organizing their first-ever nonprofit conferences, including those in Atlanta, Charlotte, and New York. This past winter, the HBS Club of View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
Charlotte New York Philadelphia Fundraising for local nonprofits or for scholarships to attend Executive Education’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management program Austin Ottawa San Diego Washington, D.C. All-day alumni conferences Ottawa Puget Sound Panel...
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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
future investment bankers, consultants, and Fortune 500 leaders. "Hey, Stumm!" boomed a loud voice. I was astonished to see my Dartmouth buddies Giff Foley and Ken Wilson. Our last encounter had been at college graduation, when I watched them shoot bottle rockets...
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J. Hans Stumm
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
been too far away, otherwise.” Along with pandemic-related shifts, the Black Lives Matter movement inspired a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion in the alumni club ranks and in projects and programming. The Community Partners programs of the HBS Club of View Details
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Margie Kelley
- February 2018
- Case
Aetna and the Transformation of Health Care
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Russell Eisenstat and Matthew Preble
Mark Bertolini, chairman and CEO of the health insurer Aetna, faces a number of questions as he seeks to transform Aetna from a classic insurance company into a business that will engage much more deeply with its members around their personal health goals. His strategy...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Insurance;
Transformation;
Behavior;
Leading Change;
Strategy;
Insurance Industry;
Health Industry;
United States;
Connecticut
Henderson, Rebecca M., Russell Eisenstat, and Matthew Preble. "Aetna and the Transformation of Health Care." Harvard Business School Case 318-048, February 2018.
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
study with University of Connecticut Assistant Professor Namho Kang; EDHEC Business School Research Associate and Affiliated Professor Gideon Ozik; and Boston College Professor Ronnie Sadka, chairperson of the finance department, Carroll...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
tick — putting structure to chaos and solving problems from big to small.” Before discovering what truly excited him, Wu was on a more traditional course. After graduating with an accounting degree from the University of Connecticut in...
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- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project
Charnovitz, George Washington University; Stacey M. Childress, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Mihir A. Desai, HBS; Daniel C. Esty, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Yale Law School; Robin Greenwood, HBS;...
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- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
programs to engage seniors who can’t or won’t go to Manhattan. A New Jersey group is underway, and, if all goes smoothly, Polaner says a Southern Connecticut program will be next. For his part, Polaner is remaining involved but is...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
Connecticut native, Bremer serves on several boards, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is the founder and president of the Lincoln/Douglass Scholarship Foundation, a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit that provides...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Schwartz (MBA 1978) MissionPoint Capital Partners Norwalk, Connecticut Clean energy, energy efficiency, and environmental private equity Laura Shenkar (MBA 1992) The Artemis Project San Francisco, California Consulting practice dedicated...
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- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
books: Foundation, by Isaac Asimov; Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card; and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, by Mark Twain. In Foundation, actually a series of books, fast-forward into the future where a “psychohistorian,” who...
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
with a recruiter in an HBS corridor in 1969 led Hawes to a small Connecticut company that focused on insurance company mergers and acquisitions. In 1972, he ventured out on his own and founded Insurance Investment Associates, which soon...
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