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- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
right mix between organic growth and external collaboration and in-licensing, and how to measure success when it takes so many years to develop and launch a successful drug. Purchase this case:...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
example, have any shares changed hands since the last meeting? Are there new tax laws shareholders need to be aware of? If your family has fifteen or fewer adults, you may be able to have in-depth discussions and create plans and policies...
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4.1 Student Travel - MBA
Cards Policy 4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities 4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important Contact Information Students are expected to review the Harvard...
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Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
opening question is not one of the assignment questions. Short notice: An instructor may give the opener notice during the class introduction in order to provide a few moments for the student to collect his or her thoughts. Advance notice: Less commonly, an instructor...
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- September 2008 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Odyssey Healthcare
By: Robert F. Higgins, Virginia Fuller and Umer Raffat
In January 2001, Dick Burnham, CEO of Odyssey Healthcare, and Odyssey's Board of Directors were considering selling the hospice care company to a larger provider or making an initial public offering (IPO). With 38 hospice locations in 21 states, Odyssey had been...
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Liquidity;
Venture Creation/development;
Hospice;
Venture Capital;
Financial Liquidity;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Plan;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Industry;
United States
Higgins, Robert F., Virginia Fuller, and Umer Raffat. "Odyssey Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 809-052, September 2008. (Revised June 2013.)
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
patients. Claritas wanted to increase the speed at which genomic research discoveries occurred and translate this research into better diagnostic tests. To achieve this, it planned to collaborate with other children's hospitals through a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
The Caring Company
employees are juggling work along with caregiving responsibilities—but management tends to lack a strategic response. This is because few employers calculate or track the economics of providing support to caregiving employees. Our research shows that employers who make...
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- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
noticeably lacking at Enron. These processes include: Liberating evaluation processes by adding qualitative judgment to whatever standard quantitative measures of performance that business plans may require Designing and implementing...
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- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
vaccinations, but, Sucher says, “there is such an overhang of bad conduct. It’s going to take an amazing amount of work to fully regain trust.” "The challenge is that it takes a sustained history of right to wipe out one wrong." Wells...
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by Lane Lambert
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental...
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by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
Abstract—Can a business case be made for acting sustainably? This is a difficult question to answer precisely, largely because there is no generally accepted definition of the term "sustainability." Is it acting sustainably to protect the human View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
must discover the right design and identity through experimentation. Both design change and identity change require management attention, which is a limited resource. So changing both at once and quickly is hard. An organization’s design...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2023
- News
From the Brink
support. The only sustainable economic policy path was legislative.” Preparing their pitch to Congress, the team released a white paper in late October of 2015 outlining a plan with four components: a holistic bankruptcy regime that would...
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Ralph Ranalli
- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
“birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement.” “And only 2 percent of the poorest residents ever managed to get out of poverty,” Hill recalled discussing in her conversations with Delta employees when researching and writing the cases. At the...
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- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
the Right Way Authors:Todd Rogers and Michael I. Norton Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (forthcoming) Abstract What happens when speakers try to "dodge" a question they would rather not answer by...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Never underestimate the importance of the 'softer' management lessons you learn at HBS—the ones that revolve around working with and leading...
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- 09 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back
Student Association, the South Asian Business Association, the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club, the Tech Club, and the Brew Club. She plans on starting a career in venture capital investing. What advice would you give to...
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
cost-conscious than they had realized. The founders debated doing more customer discovery, and whether it was the right time to expand their ambitions. Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation ; Business View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all...
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- 02 Jun 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?
hope the comments were as helpful and thought-provoking to you as they were to me. Those of you willing to venture to place weights on the determinants of success gave the nod to culture by a wide margin. As Mouaz AlZayyat put it, "Growth View Details
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by Jim Heskett