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- 19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016
with collections of thousands of pieces of curated educational content to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in some of the most impoverished countries around the world lacking in basic educational resources. Founder and executive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
can educate." Judging from the applause that punctuated the conclusion of his remarks, Nohria more than satisfied the collective curiosity about where the School is headed. Said Fred Fortmiller (MBA '53), an Alumni Board member:... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
planning has become outdated in today's fast-moving environments. What did you discover, and how did Microsoft do it? A: Planning is key. Planning is the glue that holds the organization together, providing a way to test the strategy, determine its feasibility, improve... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
process will become much more efficient. With the data we're collecting now, we'll have virtual clinical trials that will bypass actual humans. The number one challenge is going to be utilizing these vast quantities of data to create... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
participants pursued, resulting in greater individual and collective experimentation and greater dispersion of performance. We discuss the implications of such changes to the ongoing theory, evidence, and policy considerations with... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016
Kramer, Mark R., and Marc W. Pfitzer Abstract—Governments, NGOs, companies, and community members must all be involved in programs to create shared value, yet they work more often in opposition than in alignment. A movement known as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Stella McCartney's achievement in fashion and social awareness has been recognized on many occasions, and her commitment to sustainability is present throughout all her collections and numerous environmental and charitable initiatives. As... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008
results of an exercise in which members of Harvard Business School's MBA Class of 2009 collectively attempted to replicate Blinder's study. Overall, the MBA students' assessments of offshorability matched Blinder's well. Across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
loans in their portfolio. Specifically, we look at the abnormal returns on stock trades following loan renegotiations. By collecting SEC filings of loan amendments, we are able to identify institutional investors that had access to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
wrongdoers were just a disparate collection of lone bad actors on the corporate stage. End of story. Alternatively, the scandals reflected something systemic and pervasive in American business culture, with the trail winding its way back... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
sporting goods companies. But Kim and Coup weren’t interested in selling the company yet. Meanwhile, Timberland, based in Stratham, New Hampshire, had been assembling a collection of brands under the umbrella of its outdoor group to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
Shah Gordion Knots Books This is a collection of casebooks written as part of Harvard Medical School’s Mentored Clinical Casebook Project. The project pairs a first-year medical student with a clinical mentor and a patient to follow... View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
works in San Francisco, where he co-founded the solar energy software company Folsom Labs with fellow HBS alum, Paul Gibbs. And he's still dutifully collecting stats, having now amassed a full eight years of data about himself. He and I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Congressional Oversight Panel, told the Senate committee that he had “come to believe that the best approach is a body made up of the key regulators.” Given the amount of complex information that has to be collected and analyzed, an... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
depends upon the decisions of two or three people in the oil business— that's the leader of Saudi Arabia and the president of Mexico, principally," Stobaugh explains. Recent higher prices paid by consumers at the gas pumps aren't the work of OPEC alone, he says, but... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
always positioned itself as a fun toy that helps children develop, and it enjoys a healthy relationship with schools and educators throughout the world. About 90 percent of U.S. preschools and kindergartens use LEGO products. Its Learning Institute comprises an... View Details
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
This chapter proposes a new lens to understand corruption, using internal records collected from firms that pay bribes. We examine widespread corruption in three industries in an Asian developing country: procurement, pharmaceutical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
collective operational capabilities that underpin new product and process development in the U.S. industrial sector. As a result, America has lost not only the ability to develop and manufacture high-tech products like televisions, memory... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
explore the challenges of information collection and analysis. Students will, experientially, gain insights into how information is used and be exposed to a framework for identifying and evaluating information. In addition, the exercise... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
your 10th anniversary with MaiTai Global this year. Tell me how MaiTai got started. Bill Tai: So MaiTai, first of all, it's a very unusual group. It's a collection of athletes, and entrepreneurs, and innovators. And we have active... View Details