rankings - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

Keywords: by Josh Lerner & Mark Schankerman; Technology

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

21 Oct 2013
News

Moving the Needle

talked about how the GDP of a nation correlates directly to the health, education, and productivity of women." Seegull, who lives in Santa Monica, California, and is a ranked beach volleyball player, recently returned to HBS for an... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

Gardner Abstract Hierarchies are pervasive in groups, generally providing clear guidelines for the dominance and deference behaviors that members are expected to show based on their relative ranks. But what happens when team members disagree about where each member... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 2008
Teaching Note

LinkedIn Corp., 2008 (TN)

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for [709426]. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Social and Collaborative Networks; Rank and Position; Job Search; Revenue; Competition; Valuation; Financing and Loans; Mergers and Acquisitions

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16 Feb 2016
First Look

February 16, 2016

Delivery System In 2013, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) was the top ranked hospital in Tennessee by U.S. News & World Report and among the leading academic medical centers in the entire southeast region. The 2012 U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

5,000 board members from around the world to find out. We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards. Although directors in certain industries are more cognizant of the threat of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Web

Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar - Course Catalog

relationships with incredible investors Course Content Field-Based Work: Teams of three will work with an investment firm on a specific investment theme or question; students will be allowed to rank top choices from a curated list of... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

wings battle over who gets the biggest piece of the pie, while paying little attention to expanding the pie of social resources for all. Q: If I recall my political science studies, lawyers and career politicians are disproportionately represented among the View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

10 Mar 2021
News

Shattering Glass

Gender Initiative Director Colleen Ammerman and HBS professor Boris Groysberg ask why. When women made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States in 2019, why are they still dramatically underrepresented in the ranks... View Details

Keywords: April White; gender equity; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Bharti Tele-Ventures

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas

Following the liberalization of India's telecommunications service industry in the early 1990s, Bharti Tele-Ventures grew from a small entrepreneurial telephone equipment importer and manufacturer to become India's largest private-sector telecommunications service... View Details

Keywords: Private Sector; Growth and Development; Customers; Foreign Direct Investment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Public Ownership; Profit; Partners and Partnerships; Rank and Position; Telecommunications Industry; India

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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

14 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid

with both insurers and providers. A recent Blue Cross-Blue Shield survey found that satisfaction levels exceeded those achieved by non-consumer-driven plans, while patients in Switzerland, which has a century-old consumer-driven system, View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

13 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

immigrants. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54963 Reverse the Curse of the Top-5 By: Kaplan, Robert S. Abstract—The past 40 years has seen a large increase in the number of articles submitted to journals View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 May 2020
Blog Post

A PRIDE Farewell

efforts to make the HBS experience more accepting for URM MBAs. Together, for the second year in a row, our partnerships drove PRIDE’s ranking as one of the top five clubs at HBS for student satisfaction and number one for return on... View Details

01 Jan 2008
News

Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

from outside the United States last year, proving the company’s standing as a truly global entity. And Immelt has made it a priority to ensure that the ranks of upper management reflect this new reality. “The way we train our people is... View Details

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

little communication between the ranks and the top about how they were (or were to be) achieved. Both are now trying to regain reputations that may be lost for some time. Stretch goals have wide acceptance in the business world.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

assessments of corruption such as enforcement actions, independent directors, and more rigorous auditing. Furthermore, relative to firms with high anticorruption rankings, firms with low rankings had higher sales growth in regions... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

scientists that may be due to a performance management system that leaves top performing employees slighted by the practice of uniform ratings. In an effort to retain top employees, the company institutes a forced distribution model of performance rankings, moving from... View Details