Core Values - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

method, under the guidance of a teacher, at the lowest possible level in the organization. Wipro Gains Efficiency In the paper, Staats and Upton describe how Wipro first launched its lean initiative in 2004 with a core team of managers.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Understand the key financial levers that drive financial performance Discover how and why finance is concerned with cash flow versus profits and why that matters for your business and budget Identify ways to create and measure View Details

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

program at the firm. Jointees at the Vermont Retreat in 2019 What are some of your most memorable moments from the first year of the joint degree program? I spent the first year of the MBA/MPA-ID program completing the core curriculum of... View Details

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

ever did,” he says. “As a leader, trying to understand and appreciate the cultures of the countries where you do business is key to building bridges of trust.” Now closing in on his 30th anniversary as CEO, Hess describes how his father started the company and the... View Details

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

expected to generate social value in addition to profit. As a result, they also increasingly face the distinct challenge of pursuing social and financial goals at the same time. Social enterprises have a great deal of experience dealing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Jul 2011
What Do You Think?

So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

to their book, Built to Last, advised us to "Preserve the core but stimulate progress." Phil Clark argued that commitment, embodied for him in habit, "gives us time to pay attention and think about what is happening around... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

create value for their farmer-owners, both economic and environmental. Supply Chain Sustainability. Behind their ambitious goals, Arla shared the strategic pathways that they plan to execute on their path to be carbon net zero by 2050. As... View Details

Portrait Project

Auden Laurence

joy in this mission. I will spend my life serving others, just as serving my sister taught me. I will lead with intention, staying true to my core values of empathy, impact, and service to others. And I will... View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

about your venture: Management Team Provide team information, including relevant work experience/skills and education. Business Product or Service Describe your primary product/service and its core value... View Details

05 May 2011
What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

that, under the circumstances, "we should be as ethical as the situation around us can determine while at the same time be mindful of the consequences ." Turning to the core issue of the column, why do we so often regard... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

next? Key Themes: As a public pension plan, CalSTRS operates in the context of a complex array of stakeholders, who from time to time push for divestment or other values-driven investment decisions. And yet, as a fiduciary, CalSTRS must carefully navigate the line... View Details

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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

[jharvard@rhrcscli01:~]$ bjobs –l MEMORY USAGE: MAX MEM: 788 Mbytes; AVG MEM: 446 Mbytes This MAX MEM values in bold can now inform how much RAM you would ask for next time you do similar work or work with the same data. If you would like... View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

successful. They should pursue situations in which their strengths are really needed, important weaknesses are not a serious drawback, and their core values are consistent with those of the organization; in... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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Philippe Rival

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After six years of working as a civil engineer, the importance and value of adding management skills to an existing engineering and technical base became apparent to me. The MBA was the... View Details

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

April 2002, started providing its branch managers with customer lifetime value (CLV) information about mortgage applicants. The data allow us to gauge the effects of enriching the information set of these employees in an environment where... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

is an essential skill, and where the science of negotiation is headed. Negotiation is a core competence for life, "not merely an important skill to be wheeled out for special occasions," they argue. James K. Sebenius is the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

conveyed the sense that the challenge is substantial. They suggested, among other things, that organizations need to change their value structure, training, hiring, and measurement. Danny commented that “Diversity and inclusion must be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

problems valuing the business, which seemed at times to resemble more of a holding company or conglomerate than anything else, nor that most consumers barely knew that Unilever as such existed. There was, in fact, coherence to Unilever... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

pricing strategies Benchmark costs compared to competitors through relative cost analysis Apply conjoint analysis to understand what features customers value most Understand the power of network effects to drive demand Identify sources of... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

GDP, that is, total aggregate output, the market value of all final goods and services produced. In a sense, all that you (as a country) have is the total output that you produce in a year—your GDP. Sometimes people think if everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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