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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance
dinner in honor of André Jakurski and his family at the Dean's House in October celebrated a remarkable relationship with HBS that began in 1971, when Jakurski first arrived at Soldiers Field from Brazil as... View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
For women executives, having both career and family can mean making hard choices. When it comes to caring for family, more women typically choose to take on this responsibility than men, and, in doing so,... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business
having a roaster on site and only serving organic coffee are what differentiated Bean&Bean from the many other coffee shops in New York when her family launched the company 12 years ago. While Han knows... View Details
- Web
Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog
influence by the day. Family offices and family foundations are also family businesses and growing in numbers... View Details
- 29 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS
choose between staying in the military and accepting my spot at Harvard Business School. To provide some context, I had wanted to “go to Harvard” ever since I was 5 or 6 years old. I didn’t have the means or View Details
- Web
Bharti Kher The Intermediary Family 2018 | About
Bharti Kher The Intermediary Family , 2018 Bharti Kher (Indian, born 1969), The Intermediary Family , 2018, bronze, 189 × 61 in. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth .... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Aspen Fellowship: MBA Student Launches Program Supporting Black Undergrads
your family members, and it is crucial that you are encouraging, helpful, and in it as a team-player. Build rapport with your teammates and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Classmates Rally to Help Family Stricken with Rare Disease
strength to fight back.” "It's hard to imgine a more agonizing situation for a parent," notes Crowley's friend and classmate Sherman Baldwin. "But somehow, John and Aileen have found the strength to fight... View Details
- Article
Achieving Value in Highly Complex Acute Care: Lessons from the Delivery of Extra Corporeal Life Support
By: Michael Nurok, Jonathan Warsh, Erik Dong, Jeffrey Lopez, Mayumi Kharabi and Robert S. Kaplan
We applied a value (outcomes and cost) analysis to extracorporeal life support (ECLS), a relatively rare but very expensive ICU therapy with highly variable outcomes. To address the outcome component of the value approach, we created guidelines for ECLS delivery; to... View Details
Nurok, Michael, Jonathan Warsh, Erik Dong, Jeffrey Lopez, Mayumi Kharabi, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Achieving Value in Highly Complex Acute Care: Lessons from the Delivery of Extra Corporeal Life Support." NEJM Catalyst (October 31, 2019).
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
coffee shop. These self-employed individuals were forced to make a tough decision: either continue working and put their family at risk of COVID-19, or stay at home and not get... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights
a business is joined by its peers, the risk of being an isolated target drops significantly. Second, coalitions centralize resources and expertise, such as political intel and data on the economic impacts of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past
support of Adolf Hitler,” the family-run company’s previous heads, Albert Reimann Sr. and Albert Reimann Jr., “used Russian civilians and French POWs as forced laborers,”... View Details
- 2022
- Book
Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies
By: Ranjay Gulati
This book offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get purpose right. Few business topics have aroused more skepticism in recent... View Details
Keywords: Purpose; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Culture
Gulati, Ranjay. Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies. New York: Harper Business, 2022.
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
around them. The circumstances of work have become more difficult. Their responses included: “Keeping morale and motivation up amongst employees while they are dealing with the stress of COVID-19 as well as parenting/schooling children... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
Conduct, your jobs are secure. This decision was made with 100 percent support of the Firm’s Operating Committee. At the end of this year, we will know what we are dealing with, and hopefully, the economy... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- November 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
Apple Computer (A): Industry, Strategy, and Organization
Explores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Provides an overview of the company's history, industry, competitive position, strategy, and organization. Written at a time when the company faces a very... View Details
Keywords: Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Employees; Business Strategy; Computer Industry; United States
Gibbs, Michael J. "Apple Computer (A): Industry, Strategy, and Organization." Harvard Business School Case 491-040, November 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
define and understand its common goal by empowering members to discover how a challenge affects other functions beyond their own and the company as a whole. In other words,... View Details
- December 2008
- Article
Corporate Governance and Agency Conflicts
By: Aiyesha Dey
I investigate whether corporate governance is associated with the level of agency conflicts in firms. I employ exploratory principal components analysis on 22 individual governance variables to obtain seven factors that represent the different dimensions of governance... View Details
Dey, Aiyesha. "Corporate Governance and Agency Conflicts." Journal of Accounting Research 46, no. 5 (December 2008): 1143–1181.
- October 2015 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision
By: Jan Hammond, Paul Kalmbach and Eric Bernstein
This case describes a medium-sized business that manufactures animal feed for commercial and companion animals. The company has been growing rapidly and is considering whether or not to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Ozark currently uses an IT... View Details
Keywords: ERP Systems; Information Technology; Supply Chain Management; Growth Management; Performance Improvement; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Decision Choices and Conditions; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Missouri; Oklahoma; Texas; Arkansas
Hammond, Jan, Paul Kalmbach, and Eric Bernstein. "Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision." Harvard Business School Case 616-019, October 2015. (Revised August 2018.)