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- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
deep statistical analysis, just good data and reporting approaches. It is often encountered in online businesses, where customer clickstreams provide plenty of data-often too much-for analysis. One expert practitioner of the CSI story approach is Joe Megibow, vice...
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- 26 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee
refugee resettlement, I knew that there was no more valuable way for me to spend my time than supporting those who are most vulnerable, which is why I immediately started searching for roles at the IRC. Luckily my search didn’t take long, as a former View Details
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Conflict of Interest | About
and establish a process for communication and management of real or perceived conflicts relating to: Conflict of Interest Relationships with Third Parties / Gift Policy Conflict of Commitment Harvard...
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- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
learning and advice when members are already embedded in existing networks,” Koning and coauthor Sharique Hasan of Duke University argue in Prior ties and the limits of peer effects on startup team performance, published April 11 in Strategic View Details
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by Danielle Kost
- August 1994
- Case
Higashimaru Shoyu Company, Ltd. (A): Price Control System
Illustrates how Japanese firms use profit pressures to increase efficiency. In particular, explores how pseudo profit centers create pressure on workers to increase revenues and reduce costs, and the use of semiautonomous teams in a traditional Japanese workforce.
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Cost Management;
Groups and Teams;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Efficiency;
Management Systems;
Japan
Cooper, Robin. "Higashimaru Shoyu Company, Ltd. (A): Price Control System." Harvard Business School Case 195-050, August 1994.
- May 2008
- Article
Working in the Gray Zone
By: Michel Anteby
Supervisors often turn a blind eye when employees use company resources and time to work on personal projects. They realize that stamping out such behavior may do more harm than good.
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Employee Relationship Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Effectiveness;
Behavior
Anteby, Michel. "Working in the Gray Zone." Forethought. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 5 (May 2008): 20.
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
alum). Our vision is to improve on traditional private equity by building a more concentrated portfolio and extending the time horizon for our investments.” How do you use what you learned at HBS in this work? Pradhan: “My time at HBS...
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- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
by building a more concentrated portfolio and extending the time horizon for our investments.” How do you use what you learned at HBS in this work? Pradhan: “My time at HBS gave me a great appreciation for the fact that most businesses...
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- January 1991 (Revised November 1994)
- Supplement
Black Caucus Groups at Xerox Corp. (B)
Describes the compromise worked out between Xerox and the black caucus groups. The implications of this arrangement for Xerox and black employees over the next 16 years is also described.
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Agreements and Arrangements;
Employee Relationship Management;
Race Characteristics;
Consumer Products Industry
Friedman, Raymond A. "Black Caucus Groups at Xerox Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 491-048, January 1991. (Revised November 1994.)
- 03 Feb 2023
- News
Making Performance Reviews Fairer in a Hybrid Workplace
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Work-Life Supports That Truly Help Your Organization
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
30-year customer of Filene's Basement, a retailer offering fashion goods at discounted prices, who was eventually fired by the firm. The case traces how company actions taken in the name of customer relationship View Details
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Anna Secino
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
complete, fixed description of each side's obligations. Not all breaches need be fatal; how they are handled can strengthen or rupture the social contract.—Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax, and James K. Sebenius Consider how cultural expectations damaged View Details
- June 2005 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
ACHAP (African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships): the Merck/Gates Initiative in Botswana
By June 2004, ACHAP, a three-way partnership of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Merck, and the Botswana government, had committed nearly $60 million of the $100 million toward various AIDS education, prevention, and treatment programs. It was time to evaluate...
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Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Social Marketing;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance Evaluation;
Business and Government Relations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Health Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "ACHAP (African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships): the Merck/Gates Initiative in Botswana." Harvard Business School Case 505-057, June 2005. (Revised March 2007.)
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
More importantly, when the CEOs were asked "What's your past level of success in managing significant change?" only 15 percent said they had been "very successful." Another 15 percent said they had had "little or...
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by Lynda M. Applegate
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
brands like Toyota, Nike, Sony, and Nestlé, Blackshaw shows managers and marketers how to establish and maintain credibility for their brand by being authentic, listening and responding to customers, and forming View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
The Toxic Effects of Branding Your Workplace a “Family”
- 22 Jun 2021
- News
How to Re-Onboard Employees Who Started Remotely
- June 2012
- Case
PV Technologies, Inc.: Were They Asleep at the Switch?
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Diane Badame
PV Technologies, Inc. is an industry-leading manufacturer of photovoltaic inverters used to convert the direct current output of solar panels into alternating current for the commercial power grid. In conjunction with a request for proposal, the company's largest...
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Marketing Strategy;
Customer Relationship Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Energy Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Cespedes, Frank V., and Diane Badame. "PV Technologies, Inc.: Were They Asleep at the Switch?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-505, June 2012.
- July 1997
- Case
Graffs, The (C)
By: Carl S. Sloane and Gregory C. Rogers
Supplements the (A) case.
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Sloane, Carl S., and Gregory C. Rogers. "Graffs, The (C)." Harvard Business School Case 498-004, July 1997.