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- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
When Reynold Levy took over as president of New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2002, he faced a classic challenge for any nonprofit leader navigating a...
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- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
the limits of attempts by outside governments to improve business and political conditions in other countries. Answering them, however, required a long and detailed romp through the history of US involvement with what Secretary of War...
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
reorient based on the new realities. While team launches set the course of a group at the moment it comes together, relaunches act as resets. The COVID-19 pandemic upending routines calls for relaunches to...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Working PapersRacial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives? Authors:Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas Abstract Diversity continues to be View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career
this kind of intentionality is essential in a complex and ambiguous business world as well, where you cannot control the outcome. Even if you satisfy everything that you should be doing and make sound...
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- May 2014
- Article
Digital Dark Matter and the Economic Contribution of Apache
By: Shane Greenstein and Frank Nagle
Researchers have long hypothesized that research outputs from government, university, and private company R&D contribute to economic growth, but these contributions may be difficult to measure when they take a non-pecuniary form. The growth of networking devices and...
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Open Source;
Apache;
Economic Measurement;
Digital Economics;
Measurement and Metrics;
Open Source Distribution;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Economic Growth;
Research and Development;
Web Services Industry;
Web Services Industry;
United States
Greenstein, Shane, and Frank Nagle. "Digital Dark Matter and the Economic Contribution of Apache." Research Policy 43, no. 4 (May 2014): 623–631. (Lead Article.)
- June 2006 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)
By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Robin Abrahams
Teena Lerner started her own hedge fund firm in 2001 after nearly 20 years as a star biotechnology analyst and hedge fund manager. After the start-up phase, her firm became highly profitable. In 2004, however, one of her four analysts lost a lot of money for the firm....
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Managerial Roles;
Investment Funds;
Performance;
Business Startups;
Compensation and Benefits;
Corporate Finance;
Financial Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-088, June 2006. (Revised January 2012.)
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About
Garber’s message to the Harvard community earlier this week reflected on the disorienting tension the University recently has faced, recognized Claudine Gay’s service and leadership, and urged us to rededicate ourselves to free inquiry...
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- November 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Internal Governance and Control at Goldman Sachs: Block Trading
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Ratna Sarkar
Although the explicit problem presented in the case concerns pricing a block trade, the real issue involves the decision-making and oversight processes used to arrive at a price that is appropriate for both the client and Goldman Sachs. Asks students in assignment...
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Price;
Governance Controls;
Trust;
Organizational Culture;
Decision Making;
Financial Services Industry
Salter, Malcolm S., and Ratna Sarkar. "Internal Governance and Control at Goldman Sachs: Block Trading." Harvard Business School Case 904-026, November 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
- June 2009 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Microfin
By: Michael Chu and Enrique Kramer
The case presents the management dilemmas of a new institution in an undeveloped microfinance market in Latin America. Supported by a globally recognized industry player, it is the result of the efforts of two fledgling local entrepreneurs with a business model they...
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Business Model;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Microfinance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Industry Structures;
Competitive Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Latin America
Chu, Michael, and Enrique Kramer. "Microfin." Harvard Business School Case 309-126, June 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
- Web
3.1 Student Accounts - MBA
Office manages billing for tuition and fees . Harvard University’s Student Financial Services (SFS) Office emails notification of fall charges in July. Students will not be permitted to register for fall classes if they do not pay all...
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- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
"reliability" and increase "relevance," partly due to their tendency to propose fair-value methods. We find opposite results for FASB members affiliated with the Democratic Party, although only when excluding a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?
After successful stints at Target (vice president of merchandising) and Apple (senior vice president of retail operations), it seemed Ron Johnson could do no wrong. But the winning streak came to a well-publicized end during his two-year...
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- January 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Blogs at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (A)
In May 2005, JP Rangaswami, the chief information officer at investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), wonders how to extend the bank's use of blogs. Corporations are now increasingly using these tools to diffuse news, opinions, and knowledge and improve...
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Blogs;
Information Technology;
Performance Productivity;
Governance Compliance;
Investment Banking;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., and Anders Sjoman. "Blogs at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (A)." Harvard Business School Case 606-072, January 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Understanding the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard
which senior executives identify as one of their top priorities, along with climate change and diversity, equity, and inclusion. REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES...
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- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Harvard Business Review Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong? By: Garvin, David A. Abstract—The article presents a case study of a business enterprise with high employee turnover...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
boundaries of the classroom. The idea stretches back to 2006, when, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a group of MBA students organized a service trip to New Orleans to...
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April White
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
large new order from an NGO in Pakistan that would require Rumie for the first time to provide ongoing services such as teacher training, performance monitoring, and other support. Some on the team felt that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- April 2021
- Supplement
Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Vice President of E-Commerce Supplement
By: Antonio Moreno, Santiago Gallino and Amy Klopfenstein
In April 2019, Sylvarella VP of E-Commerce Charla Limont must review an analysis of her department’s sales data to determine the impact of the company’s Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program. The program implementation created significant problems for the...
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Operations;
Service Delivery;
Logistics;
Infrastructure;
Distribution Channels;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Analysis;
Retail Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States;
Canada
Moreno, Antonio, Santiago Gallino, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Vice President of E-Commerce Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 621-106, April 2021.