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- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
include bodies as varied in scope as the Financial Accounting Standards Board on one end to the DSL Forum on the other. On the tech side, SSOs work both with technology sponsors and users to develop a set of standards for products to... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
our first visit, Sr. Director of Technology Soren Kristiansen walked us through the LEGO Group’s efforts to develop the next generation of blocks. Their team is working in parallel on bio-based and recycled plastics, iterating on formulation and manufacturing View Details
- March 1998 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
FAG Kugelfischer-A German Restructuring
By: Stuart C. Gilson
A large German manufacturer of ball bearings and precision machinery experiences severe financial difficulty brought on by poor management practices, an ill-conceived acquisition of a former East German ball-bearings company, and an industry recession. The company... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Acquisition; Restructuring; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Machinery and Machining; Policy; Resignation and Termination; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Europe; Germany; United States
Gilson, Stuart C. "FAG Kugelfischer-A German Restructuring." Harvard Business School Case 298-046, March 1998. (Revised November 2004.)
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
interest portion of the School’s debt service amounted to less than 1 percent of total operating expenses in fiscal 2018. University Assessments University assessments cover essential services provided to HBS by the University, including payroll and benefits... View Details
- 24 Jul 2014
- Blog Post
Create a Content Marketing Strategy for your Talent Acquisitions Team
development. Outside of work she enjoys keeping up with her social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Google+. Matthew is a senior level business development executive within a CPG firm. He is not particular about the industry he... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
tinkerers from across the globe led to a process of cumulative innovation unhindered by rivalry operating through the intellectual property rights system. Yet in 1903, the year the Wright Brothers achieved controlled sustained flight at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
associated with high used ship prices and heightened industry investment in new ships, but we forecast low future returns. We propose and estimate a behavioral model of industry cycles that can account for the evidence. In our model,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Judith Prior Lawrie Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
confidence and some understanding of what the process was about. Certainly none of us knew that the first day we showed up. What's business? It was not in a young woman's vocabulary at the time. Career When I graduated from Harvard, I... View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
minds of those responsible for governance. When a business is profitable and paying healthy dividends to its stockholders, fraudulent activities and accounting irregularities can go unnoticed. However, when revenue and cash flow decline,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
training-up to be 'as good as' men," says Ely. "They don't take the systemic gender biases in organizations into account when educating women about how to move into and exercise leadership." How People Become Leaders The... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
crossed with small incentive (ranging from U.S. $3 to $14) to open a bank savings account. We find that the financial literacy program has no effect on the likelihood of opening a bank savings account in the full sample but do find modest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
forgotten figures to light, and how her finance career prepared her for assembling an art exhibition. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Denise, can you just tell me about the process by which you began thinking about a career in art history? You... View Details
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
HBS research associate Brian DeLacey, are studying the processes of mentoring and coaching in entrepreneurial environments. Leonard and DeLacey discuss their findings with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean Silverthorne.Silverthorne: In... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
90 days to work with your accountant and attorney on confirmatory due diligence. Transition into leadership. After the sale closes, your priorities should be building relationships (with employees, customers, and suppliers) and setting up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
Harvard Business School and Marc Epstein of Rice University. Key concepts include: Tightly monitored employees were less likely to make independent decisions, even if their job descriptions allowed them to do so. They were even less likely to adjust their decisions to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
sustainable building. According to the United Nations, buildings and their construction account for 39 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. It was the measurable impact of the work that attracted her. “I had used a lot of analytical tools... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
extremely limited. Theoretically, delegation of authority is expected when locally adapted choices are most important to the overall value of the firm, when local information advantages are significant, or when the cost of processing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
out of the air-conditioned tractor cab to do,” he says. Hand-worked chores account for a huge portion of labor on farms, says Andersen. Take, for example, table grapes, which are picked exclusively by hand: California farmers gross... View Details
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
enthusiastically showed him the parts and assemblies they are building for various aircraft and space vehicles, as well as industrial process controls. His interest and knowledge impressed everyone,” Sherrill adds. Shih says he jumped at... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley