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- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, which are moving toward results measurement and integrated practice unit structures. Reforming the U.S. system does not require a top down, big bang, government-led... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
speed of these changes, observing, "Nobody on the organizing committee had any idea, when the planning for this conference began several years ago, how central concepts such as interconnectivity and the Internet would be by the time we gathered here in 1996."... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
played in accelerating innovation. We know that small, entrepreneurial firms are the source of much of the innovation in the economy—but our work suggested that in many industries the emergence of those firms is greatly facilitated by the View Details
- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
“historically there was an issue with the top guys having all the power and the economics, so there were quite a few spinouts in the past.” Another investor who decided not to invest in the firm’s funds said, “One of the things that we... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
political science and economics. Hustead returned to Alaska after graduation and in 1987 landed the top job of driller. At the same time, pressure was growing to help out at Wall Drug. “I made a deal with my brother that I’d come back by... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
vague, unrealistically grandiose goals. The research also revealed ways in which top managers can avoid these traps. Read the paper: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Governance/Leadership/How_leaders_kill_meaning_at_work_2910 Fiduciary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
check, testing every system on the Limiting Factor before the retractable hangar is opened and the submersible is lowered alongside the ship. Vescovo dons his flight suit. Along the right sleeve of the blue coveralls are the flags of the... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management Authors:Guadalupe, Maria, Hongyi Li, and Julie Wulf Abstract Top management structures in large U.S. firms have changed significantly since the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
traditional corporate social responsibility, the recent wave of CEO activism focuses on social issues unrelated to their core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBT rights and race relations. Using two field experiments we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
2016 Scientists Making a Difference: One Hundred Eminent Behavioral and Brain Scientists Talk about Their Most Important Contributions The Motivation for Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—Scientists Making a Difference is a fascinating collection of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
people who work in this field, and they develop such knowledge of these companies that they start to get a sense of something that's not right and then they follow up. In over a third of these situations it appears that the press did the... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
and other top executives representing fields as diverse as telecommunications, financial services, and pharmaceuticals, as well as government entities in the US and overseas-debated the pluses and minuses of Data.gov's decisions, its... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
complexity and broad implications for today. In a remarkably globalized industry, Porsche is a rare example of a company staking its brand, in this example the Cayenne, on the image of one particular country. Wiedeking, regularly ranked as one of Germany's View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
several important lessons from his school-board service: “Without innovative leadership, nothing gets done. We wanted a nontraditional change agent, so we went after the general and hired him. If you have the right people as... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
right side of racial and social justice, and we are more resolved than ever to take that commitment to another level. Our goal is to do everything we can to achieve progress on each of the targeted pillars, and we will work tirelessly to... View Details
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
and hazards. Several techniques can enhance the power and efficacy of queries: Favor follow-up questions, know when to keep questions open ended, get the sequence right, use the right tone, and pay attention to group dynamics. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
investors have taken short positions in the stock, leading Barakett to question whether his fund had the right trade thesis. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210071-PDF-ENG Lehman Brothers Tom Nicholas and David... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Georges F. Doriot
Arnold recalled that he even offered advice to his then all-male students on the importance of choosing the right woman to marry. Doriot believed deeply that a healthy family life was essential for a businessman’s success. His former... View Details
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Bibliography - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
only) Responding to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Harvard Business Review undertook a broad survey of the attitudes of 2,000 successful executives—half male, half female—toward the role of women in upper levels of management.... View Details
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
writing in an HR department. What addresses the issue is having numbers of men and women that are more equal—more gender balance. In Men and Women of the Corporation, I recommended working together and depending on one another and not having cronies at the View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely