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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
array of challenges: HBS courses were taught in classrooms scattered across Harvard Yard; faculty and student ranks had been severely depleted by the Great War; finances were precarious; and the curriculum—focused on industry-specific... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 02 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Open Source vs. Proprietary Decision
same choices in terms of open source and proprietary software. There is no simple ranking of open source and proprietary software, either in terms of the full costs of adoption or the quality of the software. The basic reason is that open... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Being a Mom and a Founder at HBS
take a lot of support. I think the support I’ve received in both areas ranks among the most amazing parts of my experience at HBS. As a student mom, I chair the moMBA group which is a student club sponsored by Student Academic Services... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Air Time
trying to find parking.” “About 30 percent of the traffic in most urban areas is caused by people just driving around trying to find parking.” — Bryan Mistele (MBA 1995), founder of INRIX transportation information firm Trending @HBSAlumni View Details
- June 2008
- Teaching Note
The Treadway Tire Company: Trouble at the Lima Tire Plant (Brief Case)
By: C. Wickham Skinner and Heather Beckham
Teaching Note for (2189) View Details
- September 1994
- Case
Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Deryck Maughan, a vice chairman and co-head of investment banking at Salomon Brothers, learns that his superiors have been less than candid about their knowledge of bidding improprieties by the firm's government trading desk. He must decide what, if anything, he should... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Crime and Corruption; Rank and Position; Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-044, September 1994.
- 06 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
A Letter from the Women in Investing Club
organization and be consistently ranked as one of the clubs people value the most at HBS. With our generous sponsors, we were able to host over 700 registrants for our annual Summit in Klarman Hall, featuring fantastic keynote speeches... View Details
- 07 May 2019
- News
How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal
$42 million, and grew from there. For her part, Hoel Perkins joined Menlo Ventures in 1994 and became the youngest general partner in the firm’s history. Since then she has founded the Perkins Fund, as well as Project Glimmer and the investing group Broadway Angels.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
made their mark in the media and entertainment realm — be it publications, television, movies, theater, or the arts. At graduation, investment banking and consulting ranked as top career choices. But over the years, she’s seen her fellow... View Details
- July 2002 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Crucial Conversations
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Vineeta Vijayraghavan
Todd McKenna, a third-year associate at an investment banking firm, confronts his boss. His boss had told him he would be the top paid associate at the firm, and McKenna finds out that this isn't true. He approaches his boss to find out why he was lied to. View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Investment Banking; Executive Compensation; Employee Relationship Management; Rank and Position; Banking Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., and Vineeta Vijayraghavan. "Crucial Conversations." Harvard Business School Case 403-027, July 2002. (Revised November 2002.)
- Profile
Marco Crespo
ranked the quality of Brazilian nonprofits for potential donors. After completing his degree, Marco returned to Instituto Ayrton Senna, becoming its business director. His mission: Make education a priority for Brazil. "More... View Details
- Profile
Marco Crespo
building an online booking platform for pet hotels; and a social enterprise, in collaboration with three of his RC colleagues, that evaluates and ranks the quality of Brazilian nonprofits for potential charitable donors. View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’
1992 and hasn’t looked back since. Named last year by Thinkers50, the biennial global ranking of management thinkers, as “the most influential business thinker on earth,” Christensen has profoundly altered the field of business management... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? A Q&A with Professor Tom Eisenmann
experience—ideally, designing and/or developing technology-intensive products.” Is there a competitive advantage to pursuing a degree program like this in Boston? “Boston ranked first among 25 U.S. cities in a study conducted by global... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
Mahindra in 1991. Anand Mahindra has been leading M&M’s charge into the ranks of the world’s global corporations ever since. Established in 1945, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), named after one of India’s best-known business families, got... View Details
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
Zou Abstract—There is relatively little prior evidence on the potential impact of rank and file employees on financial reporting choices outside union negotiations. We contribute to the literature by providing new evidence that firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
spending a large amount of time and resources on activities that do not create any value for stakeholders or customers.” The World Bank’s annual report on global business regulation, Doing Business 2010, ranks India 133 out of 183 nations... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
individual performance may be penalized? What about the potential for substituting technology for judgement on the frontline? What about the fact that frontline employees are paid according to their rank rather than their potential impact... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)
A Michigan native and graduate of the University of Southern California, Richard Stillman served full-time in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1965. His military career, during which he rose to the rank of colonel and command of the Third... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
researchers then asked participants to rank from 1 to 10 how satisfied they were with their votes. Those who had been told their votes wouldn’t count at all ranked their satisfaction at 5.47, much higher... View Details