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- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
designing and managing an operations organization. The best way to do something depends critically on the characteristics and capabilities of your organization and the competitive context in which it finds itself. That is, View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
experiences at HBS, Schock noted, “We've all learned there's no better place in the world to be than here. In the future, we'll realize there's no better place to be from.” Plunkett praised the character of...
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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: That’s Classic
to be killed, but I could be fired by my board of directors.” Give an example from the course of how you compare and contrast contemporary and ancient texts. FF: In the module Not Forever, we read Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s [MBA 1995]...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
early-stage venture capital firm Glasswing Ventures, Seseri is more focused on today’s “narrow” artificial intelligence: technology capable of mimicking human thought processes and learning when applied to a specific task. “If you go department by department View Details
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April White
- 13 Jun 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome
Sandberg’s [MBA 1995] chapter in Lean In about her husband, Dave Goldberg, then his obituary and Sheryl’s reflections on his unexpected death. That comes close to Marcus...
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by Julia Hanna
- Web
2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
the Atlantic and a LinkedIn influencer. She is an author of Lean In & McKinsey Women in the Workplace reports on the status of women in corporate...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Cure All
starting to think that there might be some intentionality. Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle is famous for having done a lean transformation that completely changed how the hospital is run. That type of...
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- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
world is in “a terrible fix.” Yet I came away feeling more determined to lean in to fix it—and optimistic that collectively we would succeed. Jennifer Nash was previously the...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
result in higher consumer costs and less agility. Alpha Architect’s focus on staying lean and minimizing distribution allows it to serve an account at almost any level, no longer needing to manage $1 million...
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- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
But increasingly, shareholders and stakeholders are focusing not just on the E of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) interests. They’re also aware of the importance of the S – of cultural and gender diversity.” In fact, Janice...
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- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
is a critical first step," Brooks says. "Though gender in entrepreneurship has become a hot topic (Sheryl Sandberg's wonderful Lean In and Ban Bossy campaigns, for...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
to reduce our costs through lean manufacturing and automation so we could get investors to buy into the business. It also required salesmanship to get people interested in the equine business, which is not...
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- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
Michael Beer and his coauthors at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, the executives underscored the importance of higher-ambition goals, including engaging with and developing employee and customer commitment, contributing to the community View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
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Brittani Rettig
blogging has led to other opportunities to share my healthy tips and inspirational stories on major media outlets like Good Morning Texas, Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In online community, and on Greatist.com....
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- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
does. You asked about advice. In fact, during one talk we had early on about the transition in leadership, he leaned back in his chair and said,...
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HBS - Financials | From the CFO
of its faculty, staff, and students as it leaned into its mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Faced with the most significant disruption to the MBA Program since World War II,...
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- 17 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete
through consolidation than to excel on your own merits. Sadun: That may be true. I’m also starting to think that there might be some intentionality. Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle is famous for having done a View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
to spot potentially underpriced stocks, and major stock indexes and institutional investors lean on the metric as well. Yet, in an examination of thousands of stocks over a period of nearly 40 years, Wang...
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by Rachel Layne
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
We all know how political influence works: company X donates money to politician Y, and then that pol leans on regulator Z to go easy on his new best friend. In economic parlance, that circle of...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
—Christian C. Johnson (MBA 1993) Got a case? To take part in a future “Case Study,” send an outline of your company’s challenge to bulletin@hbs.edu From Baker Library: Rethinking the direction of your firm? Discover research by HBS...
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