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  • 28 Jul 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Disagreement about the Team’s Status Hierarchy: An Insidious Obstacle to Coordination and Performance

Keywords: by Heidi K. Gardner
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

the basis of management processes because they’re easily copied. Operational effectiveness is table stakes in the competitive universe, it is often assumed, and thus cannot serve as a sustainable source of competitive advantage. But data... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

systems that place these leaders in positions of power, Indispensable sheds new light on how we may be able to identify the best leaders and what lessons we can learn, from both the process and the result. Profiling a mix of historic and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Michael W. Toffel

    Professor Toffel is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. His research examines how companies are addressing climate change (especially decarbonization) and other environmental and working condition issues in their operations and supply... View Details

    • Web

    Lifelong Learning - Alumni

    other subject experts addressing timely topics on business and society, recorded live in Klarman Hall. Includes presentations from recent conferences, reunions and other events. Career Coaching for You, for Free An HBS career coach can guide your career development and... View Details
    • August 1999 (Revised February 2000)
    • Case

    Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (A)

    By: Steven C. Wheelwright, Charles A. Holloway, Nicole Tempest and Christian G. Kasper
    Describes the procedures and processes used by Cisco Systems in its acquisition of high-technology firms. Its goal is to retain key engineering talent and to leverage existing product development efforts, but to quickly merge acquired companies its own systems and... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Leveraged Buyouts; Acquisition; Integration; Mergers and Acquisitions; Production; Activity Based Costing and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; England
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    Program Requirements - Doctoral

    Processing (MIT 6.864) Bayesian Modeling Inference (MIT 6.435) Inference Causal Parameters (MIT 14.388) Quantitative Research Design Courses Advanced Quantitative Research Methodology (Gov 2001) Program Evaluation: Estimating Program... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2019
    • News

    Ink: Big News for Small Business

    • April 2016 (Revised May 2016)
    • Case

    Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Partners In Health in Haiti

    By: Robert S. Kaplan, Bipin Mistry and Karla Bertrand
    The case describes the application of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) at a new tertiary hospital, operated by Partners in Health in Mirebelais, Haiti. A project team mapped the clinical processes for use in estimating the direct costs of personnel,... View Details
    Keywords: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Haiti
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    • 02 Aug 2021
    • News

    Why Bond Funds May Be Riskier than They Seem

      Fiscal Development Under Sovereign and Colonial Rule

      Dominant theories of state formation and nation-building lean heavily on the classic European tale of the simultaneous development of a ‘fiscal state’ and a ‘nation state’. However, this Euro-centered narrative does not factor in that more than two-thirds of the... View Details

      • Web

      Help - Alumni

      two-factor authentication) is a process that adds a second layer of security to online accounts. It requires users verify their identity before allowing the login process to complete. This helps reduce risk... View Details
      • 28 May 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: May 28

      learn the unvarnished truth from relevant stakeholders about how the design and behavior of the organization is misaligned with its goals and strategy. The Strategic Fitness Process (SFP) was designed to enable leaders to overcome... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • September 1997 (Revised May 1999)
      • Case

      Precision Controls, Inc.

      By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
      Precision Controls is a Minnesota-based manufacturer of electronic control devices. To enhance its product line, Precision would like to establish an artificial intelligence research group, either through internal development or, preferably, by merging with or... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Valuation; Research and Development; Negotiation Process; Stock Shares; Negotiation Tactics; Mergers and Acquisitions; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; Minnesota
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      Thin Political Markets: The Soft Underbelly of Capitalism

      By: Karthik Ramanna
      "Thin political markets" are the processes through which some of the most complex and critical institutions of our capitalist system are determined—e.g., our accounting-standards infrastructure. In thin political markets, corporate managers are largely... View Details
      Keywords: Business And Society; Lobbying; Sustainability; Leadership; Economic Systems; Accounting; Business and Community Relations; Financial Institutions; Business and Government Relations
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      • 27 Nov 2013
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms

      Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln
      • September 1997 (Revised May 1999)
      • Case

      Automated Intelligence Corporation

      By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
      Precision Controls is a Minnesota-based manufacturer of electronic control devices. To enhance its product line, Precision would like to establish an artificial intelligence research group, either through internal development or, preferably, by merging with or... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Valuation; Research and Development; Stock Shares; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Mergers and Acquisitions; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; Minnesota
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      • 24 Jul 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

      looking for talent in a tight job market. “A company has to understand that rigidity around job descriptions and work processes artificially constrains the pool of talent that they can access for a position.” The data were culled from... View Details
      Keywords: by Kara Baskin
      • 22 Mar 2016
      • First Look

      March 22, 2016

      forthcoming World Scientific Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets By: Iyer, Lakshmi Abstract—Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 12 Mar 2024
      • HBS Case

      How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

      Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology