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- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years
helped enrich the class’s understanding around cases in tech, marketing, and strategy. #3 The case method teaches you to lead in the unknown. The protagonists in almost all of the 500 cases we read and discussed had imperfect information. They had to make a View Details
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees - MBA
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- 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
organized systems for improvement. Traditional structures and cultures within AHCs, although well suited to the tripartite missions of teaching, research, and clinical care, are not easily adaptable to the tasks of measuring, reporting, and improving quality. Here, the...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
e-commerce, and what authorities and what decision rights that person will have relative to the existing divisions." With Fahey listening on, the students dive in. The first few think the position...
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3 Benefits of the Case Method - MBA
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Video: Inspirational Women in Business - MBA
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- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
http://ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2013.837889?nosfx=y August 2013 Harvard Business Review The Price of Wall Street's Power By: Mukunda, Gautam Abstract—Over and over again, executives make View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
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First Look: May 4
became clear that the technology had applications far beyond Tennant's core markets. In mid-2009, the company set up a new venture to develop the technology's promise. In 2010 this venture was wholly owned by Tennant and run by a Tennant manager. The case examines the...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
sets out to follow. An emergent strategy involves the decision to follow a new path when opportunity knocks unexpectedly, or when an unexpected roadblock arises. In work and in life, the question is always which path to take. To help...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
services that consistently meet customers' expectations. Put decision-making authority close to the front lines so employees can react quickly to changing market conditions. Constantly strive to eliminate all forms of excess and waste;...
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- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
[by the disputing parties] tend to be more industry friendly. This also incents arbitrators to slant their decisions in favor of the industry to increase their chance of being selected in the future.” Building on his 2018 research of...
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- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
by sales employees. “You get a lot of pushback at the initial stages,” says Chung. “You can see people who get a higher quota saying, this is not right.” When companies stick with the program, however, Chung has seen such resistance from employees lessen over time....
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by Michael Blanding
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical debt is created when design decisions...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-113.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 814-010 Experience! The Finger Lakes: The Groupon Partnership Decision In 2010, Experience! The Finger Lakes...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17
distinction is possible because strategy and business model are different constructs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-036.pdf The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
justifying my choices by telling myself what a lot of us tell ourselves: that we’re working hard now so we will have more time to be happy later,” she says. “We all need to make better decisions on the margins, so we don’t wake up one day...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23
reinterpretation of ideas related to agency conflicts and a holistic view of corporate financial strategy that examines payout and capital structure decisions jointly. Download working paper:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity
efficiency. In "Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity," the authors show that workers are especially productive on rainy days, simply because they're not tempted by the possibilities of a sunny day—a walk in the park, for...
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A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship - MBA
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1.17 Field Based Learning/Independent Projects - MBA
interest in the information. Provide the participant with an opportunity to ask questions about the nature of the project and the rationale behind the decision to keep the company sponsor name confidential. Offer the participant an...
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