Step Processes - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part

saw that the reach of the Anti-Racism Fund had grown well beyond their networks and that there was something there they could harness to propel their efforts forward. Next steps would be to turn this fundraiser into a sustainable... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

the process of coverage, coding, and payment in the U.S. and the varieties of cost effectiveness analyses used in many other developed countries to determine the price. The third module contains cases of innovative healthcare firms that... View Details

06 Sep 2016
News

The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards

boardroom, so this article is not a discussion about why to add female directors. The focus here is on a solution to the slow pace of women joining corporate boards. In 2016, women occupy only 19.9% of S&P 500 boards, a modest step up... View Details

Profile

Kenny Salas

Kenny says, “so they can take the necessary steps to make their businesses more attractive." Kenny and Sean understand the dangers of lack of understanding about credit from firsthand experience. Their mother had successfully turned... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

04 Oct 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go

developing Wily's technology, landing some important sales, and leading a strategic transformation of the company, David Strohm (MBA '80), a VC advisor on Wily's board, requested that Cirne step down to CTO and clear the way for an... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Technology

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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment

materials and required for handling waste streams. Because closed-looped processes are more efficient, they emit few greenhouse gases. Major Impact Areas Refrigerant Management Refrigerant gases, commonly used in air conditioning, are... View Details

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense" - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

product and service development is changing; creating the potential for higher R&D performance, innovation, and value creation for customers. The choice is simple: Organizations can either ignore these changes or take action and tap into this new potential. Q: What... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

21 Dec 2018
Blog Post

The Dedication - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

the outside of the buildings, but in the work and training on the inside.” George F. Baker, Dedication Address, June 4, 1927 Aerial view of Campus during Dedication Ceremonies, June 4, 1927. The celebration of the new HBS campus on June 4, 1927 began with an academic... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

Enron’s Legacy

class-action suit against the corporation) had adopted the salient structural characteristics and processes of experienced private-equity boards, I believe that many of the red flags signaling Enron’s economic woes and ethical drift would... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance

01 May 2019
Blog Post

Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset

ideas by synthesizing them at a higher level. For instance, in the reimagining capitalism session, we explored the idea of “shared value”, which is a state where a business achieves both profitability AND social value. The process of... View Details

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

growth, Nneka felt she could make a significant impact at home. After obtaining her degree in chemical engineering in London and studying French at the Université Paris-Sorbonne, Nneka moved to the United States to begin her career as a View Details

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

their practices. Today's quality movement in healthcare is a welcomed step in the right direction, but it is not really focused on results; it is focused on methods, or processes of care. Q: What about pay... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

26 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 26

Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large UK banks over a period of six years. Our analysis highlights that a process we term toolmaking, whereby... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

lofty target of commercial space travel, where he hoped to change the New Space sector as dramatically as Amazon was changing retail. His timing was characteristically prescient, since NASA was in the process of winding down its space... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

book offers the steps necessary to building the new principles and guardrails to empower flexible, high-performing teams. And it teaches readers to lead with purpose, to manage and measure differently, and to believe that by letting go,... View Details