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Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work
taking candid and anonymous 360-degree feedback, and playing it forward. Also, spreading the word via a generative AI avatar. Bonus episode: Introducing HBS's latest podcast, Think Big, Buy Small 14 AUG 2024 | Managing the Future of Work...
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- 20 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Positive Professional Image
colleagues, generates high-quality connections with clients, or enhances their experience of authenticity and fulfillment in their work. In other situations, these same individuals may choose to minimize their race in order to draw...
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by Mallory Stark
- Program
Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual
Lead strategic and organizational change to generate value Improve health care quality, system delivery, and patient value Access a network of health care institutions and facilities to enhance quality and coordination of care Leverage...
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- January 1995 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
GuateSalud
Dr. Glenn Lopez, the founder and general director of GuateSalud, faces cash flow problems and some crucial choices about how to expand his innovative health maintenance organization for agricultural workers in rural Guatemala. The case describes Lopez's six-year...
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Social Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Government and Politics;
Conflict and Resolution;
Health Industry;
Guatemala
Dees, J. Gregory, Marc Boatright, and Jaan Elias. "GuateSalud." Harvard Business School Case 395-125, January 1995. (Revised March 1995.)
- 18 Sep 2014
- News
Entrepreneurs anonymous
- 08 Jul 2014
- News
Reframing infrastructure: It's really mobility
- February 1992 (Revised April 1993)
- Case
Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A)
The Southern Co., an electric utility, is planning its compliance with the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. The Act established a system of tradeable permits for sulfur dioxide emissions. The company must decide whether to install pollution control equipment and...
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Business Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Cost vs Benefits;
Financial Management;
Strategic Planning;
Investment Return;
Government Legislation;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Utilities Industry;
Energy Industry;
United States
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-060, February 1992. (Revised April 1993.)
- Web
Women’s health is more than female anatomy and our reproductive system—it’s about unraveling centuries of inequities due to living in a patriarchal healthcare system. - Blog: Health Supplement
women generally have less favorable opinions about their health insurance compared to men, and we feel less favorable toward healthcare organizations we must deal with. How come? Well, patriarchy in healthcare is as old as healthcare...
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Strategy - Faculty & Research
economics, sociology, and political science, and focuses on both domestic and global competition. The objective of the work is to generate findings and develop concepts that will help managers improve their strategic decisions while...
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- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
company does not have a strong presence in the USA.” 3. ING. The Dutch bank converted its weakness (no retail branches in the U.S.) into a strength. Following a successful Canadian market test, ING gave its entrepreneurial general manager...
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by John Quelch
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Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s...
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Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s...
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- 16 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults
2012, as well as the “Generations and Gender Survey Core Questionnaire” in the Generations and Gender Programme from 2002 through 2013. All told, the two surveys of more than 100,000 men and women across 29 countries revealed how the...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- Research Summary
Risk, Trust and Escalation Behavior of Owner Managers
Professor Montgomery and Professor Deepak Malhotra (HBS), together with scientists from Harvard's Program on Evolutionary Dynamics, are studying risk-related decision making of owner managers in newly-founded and established companies. This experimental...
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Experiential Learning and Knowledge Mentors
Dorothy Leonard’s research on innovation and knowledge transfer has always emphasized learning by doing. During the past several years, she has been exploring how organizations can foster faster skills learning. While there are generational differences in... View Details
- August 2022
- Supplement
Zalora: Data-Driven Pricing Recommendations
By: Ayelet Israeli
This exercise can be used in conjunction with the main case "Zalora: Data-Driven Pricing" to facilitate class discussion without requiring data analysis from the students. Instead, the exercise presents reports that were created by the data science team to answer the...
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Keywords:
Pricing;
Pricing Algorithms;
Dynamic Pricing;
Ecommerce;
Pricing Strategy;
Pricing And Revenue Management;
Apparel;
Singapore;
Startup;
Demand Estimation;
Data Analysis;
Data Analytics;
Exercise;
Price;
Internet and the Web;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Retail Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Singapore
Israeli, Ayelet. "Zalora: Data-Driven Pricing Recommendations." Harvard Business School Supplement 523-032, August 2022.
- August 2015 (Revised January 2017)
- Technical Note
From Correlation to Causation
By: Feng Zhu and Karim R. Lakhani
To make sound business decisions, managers must be comfortable with the concepts of correlation and causation. This background note provides an overview of correlation and causation using examples and explains why the former does not imply the latter. It also describes...
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Zhu, Feng, and Karim R. Lakhani. "From Correlation to Causation." Harvard Business School Technical Note 616-009, August 2015. (Revised January 2017.)
- 2013
- Chapter
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial responses to securities mispricing. The...
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Keywords:
Managerial Roles;
Theory;
Corporate Finance;
Financial Management;
Investment;
Market Timing;
Behavioral Finance;
Prejudice and Bias;
Economics;
Forecasting and Prediction
Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey." In Handbook of the Economics of Finance, Volume 2A: Corporate Finance, edited by George M. Constantinides, Milton Harris, and Rene M. Stulz, 357–424. Handbooks in Economics. New York: Elsevier, 2013.