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01 Jun 2020
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Prognosis

patients than any other hospital in the state—to bend without breaking under the pressure of the pandemic. Professor Robert Huckman is an economist and health care researcher who serves as unit head for Technology and Operations View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

January 2008
Article

Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus

By: Zoltan J. Acs, Edward L. Glaeser, Robert E. Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan J. Goetz, William R. Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson and William C. Strange

Like all politics, all entrepreneurship is local. Individuals launch firms and, if successful, expand their enterprises to other locations. But new firms must start somewhere, even if their businesses are conducted largely or exclusively on the Internet. Likewise,... View Details

Keywords: Business Headquarters; Business Startups; Development Economics; Economy; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Taxation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Business Processes; Expansion; Internet

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Turnarounds and Transformation - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Turnarounds and Transformation Course Number 1636 Professor Ranjay Gulati Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 sessions Paper/Project (formerly Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment) Career Focus This course is... View Details

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

stylized facts: (i) shocks to N have a large effect on S, (ii) business cycles in N lead over medium-term fluctuations in S, (iii) the outputs in S and N co-move more than their consumption, and (iv) interest rates in S are counter-cyclical. August 2013 International... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 21 Mar 2023
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LinkedIn for Job Searching

Data can reveal what matters most in today's job market, and this interactive webinar from CPD and Jeremy Schifeling, LinkedIn's former head of student and alumni education, will share behind-the-scenes insights that can help you optimize LinkedIn for both job hunting... View Details

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Staff Catering Guidelines | About

in advance by the department Business Manager is required. Non-Harvard staff: HBS will cover any meals, even outside of regular mealtimes, that are provided for non-Harvard staff, when there is a significant incentive to strengthen the... View Details

March 1999 (Revised November 2001)
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Honda-Rover (B): Honda Draws the Line

By: Ashish Nanda, James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Joint Ventures; Alliances; Knowledge Sharing; Strategy; Contracts; Negotiation Process; Change Management; Negotiation Tactics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Auto Industry; United Kingdom

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28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

problem. As Deming told us long ago, poor outcomes are more often the result of bad processes than bad people. The weak shareholder/board relationship creates an untenable situation for directors. If we expect them to do their jobs, we... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

Stereotype Content Model Authors:P. Caprariello, A.J.C. Cuddy, and S.T. Fiske Publication:Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (in press) Abstract The stereotype content model (SCM) posits that social structure predicts specific... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2022
Blog Post

7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

professional development to be the best managers possible leads to better onboarding experiences and success on the job for all. Topics to focus on can include: Onboarding process Unconscious bias Delegation... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

11 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

them, and the notion of writing a check at the corner store to get money in a pinch suggests a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting. It is only a matter of time, online banking enthusiasts say, before the process of writing a check,... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

01 Jun 2013
News

Minding The Gap

Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Andrés Alonso for a prized spot on the team that represents the district at a weeklong summer institute run by Harvard's Public Education Leadership Project (PELP). Harcum's assessment of the program—which seeks to turn best practice... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2020
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The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation

Illustration by VectorStock As a doctoral student at HBS, Prithwiraj “Raj” Choudhury identified a little-studied phenomenon in innovation: Managers from emerging markets who migrated to the United States for jobs at multinational... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2011
What Do You Think?

Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?

Kahneman's diagnosis, but not his remedy Whether the decision is to be made by an individual, a team, or 'the bureaucracy', I would say that all would be well served by the discipline imposed by adherence to a rational process (which)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

to be so close to the steel production process, and it provided valuable insight about what makes the process so challenging and yet high priority to decarbonize. Perhaps most interesting was the role that policy played in the outlook of... View Details

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

buying a home or car. The first Harvard faculty member to hold tenured appointments at both Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, Subramanian is the faculty chair for the new HBS Executive Education course Managing Negotiators... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Apr 2002
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Breakthrough International Negotiation

managing conflict, and building momentum. The authors guide readers through detailed accounts of complex negotiations involving North Korea, Bosnia, the Middle East, and Kuwait, raising questions and providing commentary at critical... View Details

Keywords: Michael Watkins; Susan Rosegrant; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring - Course Catalog

companies and their corporate customers, suppliers, and competitors. Restructuring is the process by which companies renegotiate the financial contracts and commitments they have entered into with their creditors and other stakeholders,... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

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