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- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
what is clear is that the organization will have to be one that both consumers need and doctors trust, says John A. Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Professor in Health Policy and View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
Carroll has increased operating profits and decreased debt. “Once we started partnering with the local communities, unions, and governments, we saw a positive change in performance,” she observes. A mother of four whose husband gave up...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
34,000 Pages and Counting
saucers, mugs, figurines, and the like — filling his office and his home. “It’s not a hobby, it’s an obsession,” he admits. After nearly a quarter-century as Class Notes editor, nobody is more steeped in the enduring spirit of the HBS community than Keith. Next time...
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- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
not, multinational brands have taken up the mantle of responsibility, establishing codes of conduct that their suppliers are—theoretically at least—obligated to adhere to. Often, the brands also monitor their suppliers’ performance with...
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by Michael Blanding
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
removing distractions or unnecessary time pressures, managers can help free up employees' creative impulses and guide them down the path of real innovations that can help the company. "In contrast to...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Does My Résumé Work?
narrative about themselves. How long will this take? It depends. Career changes take longer than transitioning between related jobs. “My general advice,” said Radtke, “is that it takes seventy meaningful conversations to turn up three...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Centennial Goes YouTube
of all time lines” by its chief architect. This year’s reunion participants can sign up for a video storytelling session while on campus. So can attendees at the Centennial Business Summit in October. If you don’t plan to be on campus...
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- 15 Nov 2016
- News
China IFC: Global Access, Global Perspective
and their management teams.” The Business of Going Global, China-Style, one of six IFCs in the MBA Program’s Elective Curriculum in 2016, was designed and led by two faculty members with extensive knowledge of the region. Willy C. Shih,...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report
Despite a sluggish economy that constrained revenue growth for a second year, HBS finished fiscal year 2003 last June with a balanced budget and double-digit growth in its endowment funds. “Through careful management of our expenses, we...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
employ to successfully return to the Red Planet. The case, "Mission to Mars," looks at changes the space agency has made not only recently but also over several decades as it followed a faster, simpler approach to program design. MacCormack's findings may...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
Summing Up The central debate among respondents to this month's column was joined early when the first respondent, Aaron Tice, commented, "Without the execution of business objectives in the pursuit of that purpose, the purpose will...
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by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Class All His Own
with one of his friends, Brigham is on the road again — back to his desk to catch up with correspondence and cajole a few classmates into sending their latest news (and a check). For someone thirty years younger, it might be considered a...
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- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
feeling just the opposite — inauthentic and false. And Greg is not alone. I have observed experienced managers plan carefully for their negotiations but end up with very different deals than those they had...
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- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
explains how large and small companies can position themselves to survive—and thrive—in turbulent times. Applegate is head of the School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit and faculty chair of the Executive Education Owner/President View Details
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- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
China, commit to localization efforts, and continue to introduce products like Ninjago that have global appeal. When Mikes followed up with LEGO, she realized that the managers "were largely moving in...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
expectations; create and implement an effective customer-access strategy; capture and leverage the customer’s voice to set priorities and improve products, services, and marketing; and use customer-relationship- management systems,...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
difficult to manage and prone to conflicts between actual and optimal investment behavior. An inherent lack of flexibility compounds these challenges, because most projects involve binary “go/no-go” decisions. Esty uses the forthcoming...
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- 10 Sep 2008
- News
Thanks for the Memories
is a real trip down memory lane, with hundreds of photos divided into two dozen categories and also accessible by year. The Timeline is a truly remarkable feat of interactive programming. Start with 1908, when the School was founded, and browse through key events right...
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Frank Spencer
for Humanity Charlotte. "What I loved about Habitat then, and still love now, is that it's a tangible demonstration of how I believe God calls us to work in the world," he says. "Show up with an open heart and willing...
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- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
new study of physician offices transitioning to electronic health records (EHRs) used in managing patient care. In general, larger offices in the study that employed EHRs recorded productivity gains, but certain types of smaller practices...
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