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- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
positions in society. Sociocultural distinctions may be race, ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, and sexual orientation. Theory And Practice According to Ely, there are two competing theories about the impact of cultural diversity... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 2010
- Working Paper
Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster
By: Nelson P. Repenning and Rebecca Henderson
Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Performance Improvement; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Management Practices and Processes; Revenue; Quality; Competency and Skills; Motivation and Incentives; Auto Industry; United States
Repenning, Nelson P., and Rebecca Henderson. "Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-033, September 2010.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges are the Benefits
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ingrid M. Nembhard
The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the interdisciplinary nature of the work and industry trends necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest quality product in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
At Work in the Fields with the Lord
In California’s Coachella Valley, Sister Marsha Allen (MBA 1976) is spearheading a coalition of nonprofits and charitable organizations in an effort to build a tent city for the 20,000 migrant farmworkers and their children who come to the valley every year to harvest... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
Parker Imagine having a conversation with the head of HR that goes something like this: Over the past several years with the company, I’ve helped turn around an ailing division. Now I’d like to try my hand at managing a growth business. Anything available? When you... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
Photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University News Office Jay Light, the School’s ninth dean, retires in June after a distinguished forty-year career at HBS. As a young mission analyst at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, Light applied to the MBA Program... View Details
- Profile
Katy Lankester
where in healthcare I wanted to build my career, and in what types of companies. I wanted to work in healthcare, but I didn’t know what the big verticals were, or which types of competencies were most important. I learned that I wanted to... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- Profile
Jaime Mendez
just seven minutes and managed to place second out of seven. "All the other teams presented variations on the same idea," Jaime says. "We took a risk by planning something entirely different." "After the contest, the judges congratulated us by... View Details
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Fred Smith
At HBS, classes do not lead to definitive answers, but to a greater comfort with – and competence within – ambiguous situations. "Any business decision we have to make," says Fred, "is more than just about profitability.... View Details
- Web
War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity - Course Catalog
competing ideas, ideologies, and narratives. Examine the powerful role that our implicit models and “theories of the case” play in the choices we ultimately make as leaders and strategic actors. Face the possibility that our strongly held... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Books
examine the ways in which software differs from other technologies in promoting economic development; what motivates individuals and firms to contribute to open source projects; how developers and users view the trade-offs between the two kinds of software; and how... View Details
- April 2019 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
Clear Link Technologies, LLC: Driving Sales with Peer Effects
By: Christopher Stanton, Richard Saouma and Olivia Hull
The importance of a good peer or coworker is widely discussed, but understanding the glue that makes coworkers valuable is less understood. This case sheds light on the importance of peers and the practices and environments that make a group greater than the sum of its... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Interactive Communication; Experience and Expertise; Decision Making; Training; Design; Compensation and Benefits; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Measurement and Metrics; Outcome or Result; Performance; Performance Improvement; Research; Sales; Salesforce Management; Motivation and Incentives; Telecommunications Industry; Utah; United States
Stanton, Christopher, Richard Saouma, and Olivia Hull. "Clear Link Technologies, LLC: Driving Sales with Peer Effects." Harvard Business School Case 819-072, April 2019. (Revised January 2022.)
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
their corn commitments to the plant, and some have even invested in a competing interest. Another alternative is to sell the plant, although Utlaut believes that the best offer would be the book value, roughly $50 million. The third... View Details
- 11 Mar 2009
- HBS Case
The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine
long time. To keep those states close to Russia and its sphere of influence, Gazprom had been billing them less for natural gas than its European customers. However, when Gazprom and the Russian government resolved to compete more openly... View Details
- 04 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
and competencies that are not always resident within a firm. This challenge requires negotiation and communications skills as well as a strong ability to project manage several elements of various marketing campaigns. Q: Is there a tie... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
particularly textiles and agriculture, to compete globally. He said it is estimated that 27 million jobs in the developing world have not been created due to subsidies on farm and textile products in developed countries. According to... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- Web
IT Strategy: Building a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategy for HBS IT | Information Technology
competency and community engagement. The Task Force is comprised of HBS IT staff of various departments, backgrounds, and identities who are dedicated to DEI in and out of the workplace and are passionate about effecting positive change... View Details
- Web
Digital Transformation - HBS Online
Certificate Courses (2) AI Essentials for Business Professors Karim Lakhani and Marco Iansiti Compete in the age of AI with a comprehensive approach to building, leading, and operating AI-powered organizations. 4 weeks, 5-6 hrs/week... View Details
- 22 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles
Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Tuesday, March 21, more than 100 alumni in Southern California gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "HBS in Los... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
and state officials to build up reserves of the device for use in the event of future surge demand. Umbulizer took home the $75,000 grand prize in the health/life sciences track of the 2020 President’s Innovation Challenge, in which the top 100 teams are invited to... View Details