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- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
Bulletin, about balancing Burning Man's books, and what a day in the life of a burner really looks like. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Jennifer, I was realizing that Burning Man has been around now for about 30 years. You've been attending for... View Details
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Sarah Bua
Sarah (HBS ’98) is an executive coach and career advisor with 15+ years of experience coaching students, alumni and executives at Harvard Business School. She has a diverse business background, having worked across multiple industries and functions, including middle... View Details
- 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016
plans and performance measurement systems to implement their strategy and explores the five organizational tensions that managers must resolve to ensure success: (1) balancing profit, growth, and control; (2) View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2013
- Article
Matching with Couples: Stability and Incentives in Large Markets
By: Fuhito Kojima, Parag A. Pathak and Alvin E. Roth
Accommodating couples has been a long-standing issue in the design of centralized labor market clearinghouses for doctors and psychologists, because couples view pairs of jobs as complements. A stable matching may not exist when couples are present. This article's main... View Details
Keywords: Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Balance and Stability; Jobs and Positions; Family and Family Relationships; Health Care and Treatment; Employment Industry; Health Industry
Kojima, Fuhito, Parag A. Pathak, and Alvin E. Roth. "Matching with Couples: Stability and Incentives in Large Markets." Quarterly Journal of Economics 128, no. 4 (November 2013): 1585–1632.
- September 2007
- Case
Still Leading (B4): Lee Iacocca—Driving Impact
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce
Lee Iacocca, a successful CEO of an auto company, devoted himself after retirement to several social causes. Describes issues in the transition. View Details
Keywords: Transition; Transformation; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Civil Society or Community; Auto Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Lance P. Pierce. "Still Leading (B4): Lee Iacocca—Driving Impact." Harvard Business School Case 308-046, September 2007.
- 09 Jun 2021
- News
Employees Are Lonelier Than Ever. Here’s How Employers Can Help.
- April 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
TD Canada Trust (A): The Green and the Red
By: Dennis Campbell and Brent Kazan
The case series illustrates the role of performance measurement and analytics in translating TD-Canada Trust's service model of "comfortable banking" into operational terms. In 2000, in a banking market where consumers and regulators were typically hostile to mergers... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Commercial Banking; Profit; Balanced Scorecard; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Banking Industry; Canada
Campbell, Dennis, and Brent Kazan. "TD Canada Trust (A): The Green and the Red." Harvard Business School Case 108-005, April 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
214-028 The Case of the Unidentified Industries-2013 This case helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
the risk-adjusted balance sheet, which shows the sensitivity of the enterprise's assets and liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors of an economy are viewed as interconnected portfolios of assets,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control
the most successful. Kost: Companies are used to controlling their brands and operations. But with user communities, companies need to strike a balance between influencing the group and stifling it. How do the best companies get it right?... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
holdings--estimates of the amount held by US public corporations easily exceed $1 trillion; several technology companies alone are sitting on cash balances in excess of $20 billion--are thought to result from the absence of investment... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
of an elBulli hotel and a chain of reasonably priced restaurants called Fast Good. But what is the balance between leveraging the Adrià/elBulli brand and breaking its core meaning? In a classroom discussion of first-year Marketing... View Details
- Profile
Omowale Casselle
difficult decision to place her in an assisted living facility as we could no longer manage her 24/7 care needs on our own. In the course of a few short months, I went from a professional high to a personal low." "Since that time, I have sought to better... View Details
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
we could no longer manage her 24/7 care needs on our own. In the course of a few short months, I went from a professional high to a personal low. "Since that time, I have sought to better balance personal relationships with professional... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
and refugees. In effect, nonprofit organizations act as a check and balance on government and on business." Valuable as they are, Herzlinger asserted that nonprofits need to overcome the Achilles' heel — ineffective oversight — that... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Economic Forum
featured speaker for the "25 Years of Business Strategy" discussion, and the moderator of a corporate citizenship panel. Professor Robert S. Kaplan moderated a session titled "Staying One Step Ahead: Winning through the Balanced... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
whether to keep or ignore ideas from previous years. As the Mystery Hunt has grown, organizers face the challenge of balancing efficient administration while keeping it free of excessive administration. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
engaged citizens and the potential for new innovations from the private sector. Potential drawbacks of open access including security and privacy issues are illustrated. Issues related to the role of government in releasing data and the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace