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- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
asset that you can use to buy things, right now. It's the ultimate form of liquidity. But another thing that's important about money is that its supply is largely controlled by the government. Depending on...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
decisions. VentureHealth, on the other hand, is "something new under the sun," in that it allows accredited investors access to what Farquharson describes as "venture capital-quality deals." (In the United States, an accredited investor...
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- 25 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles
organizations that changed people’s lives for the better.” While there, she cofounded local chapters of two nonprofits, in education and healthcare respectively. HOME REGION San Francisco, CA UNDERGRAD...
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- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
What does nationalism mean for the world economy? And what does it have to say in a world of ever-increasing globalization? We recently put those questions to political scientist and HBS professor Rawi Abdelal. His View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the MBA Class of 2020
University PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE The Coca-Cola Co., Eurasia Africa Group, Pacemaker International, Teach for China Jacob Meiner “I WANT TO GET SMACK-DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST COMPLEX PROBLEMS.” HOME REGION View Details
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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni
and New York business communities. 1910 Four donors contribute $850 to start a loan fund intended to make the School accessible to those with limited means. 1918 A group of businessmen give 1.3 million...
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- March 2000
- Case
Lockheed Martin: The Employer of Choice Mission
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Michael D Overdorf
A Lockheed Martin manager is faced with the decision of where to focus the organization's resources in order to develop a world-class employee development system. The manager's recommendation will serve as the basis for the company's goal of becoming an Employer of...
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Organizational Culture;
Resource Allocation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Employees;
Human Resources;
Leadership Development;
Cost Management;
Organizational Design;
Aerospace Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Michael D Overdorf. "Lockheed Martin: The Employer of Choice Mission." Harvard Business School Case 300-032, March 2000.
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
On her newborn’s one-week birthday, Somani learned she was in the early stages of a particularly invasive and aggressive form of cancer. Her maternity leave suddenly turned...
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- 14 Nov 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?
based on such things as the nature of the gift and the relationship of the giver and receiver.) “Having worked with leaders of every stripe, it has always seemed to me that...
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by James Heskett
- September 1988 (Revised January 1989)
- Case
Unisys: The Merger of Burroughs and Sperry
Mike Blumenthal, CEO of Burroughs, successfully executes the merger of Burroughs and Sperry in 1986. The case discusses the putting together of the two firms in a fast time period in order to achieve cost savings, high earnings, and an integrated culture. Blumenthal...
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Jick, Todd D. "Unisys: The Merger of Burroughs and Sperry." Harvard Business School Case 489-055, September 1988. (Revised January 1989.)
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The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New...
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- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
researched for this book reveal considerable diversity in the types of businesses and social sector organizations involved and in their forms of...
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by James Austin
- 17 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees
Noncents.” It will be a practical examination of the way money—and nonmonetary rewards—trickle down to create that special magic that makes employees believe in the mission and work harder to further its success. Getting these incentive...
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by Avery Forman
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
Physician burnout costs the United States health care industry $4.6 billion a year, a number that brings a new spotlight to an age-old problem. In a paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine...
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- 15 Oct 2019
- News
In Pursuit of Academia
being high status together in one room, what evolves is a new pecking order, a pyramid structure,” she explains. “For the vast majority of MBA students, they went from being high status to lower status, with...
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- March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
The University of Utah and the Computer Graphics Revolution
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
Computer science departments were new to universities in the 1960s, and the one created at the University of Utah by David Evans and Ivan Sutherland had a research mission to invent the field of computer graphics. Details the research process that led to many of the...
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Entrepreneurship;
Management Practices and Processes;
Mission and Purpose;
Research and Development;
Technology Adoption;
Computer Industry;
Education Industry;
Utah
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "The University of Utah and the Computer Graphics Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 607-036, March 2007. (Revised April 2007.)
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
Source: peterhowell Although many people claim we have entered the era of big data, research firms tell us that most collected information is never used. It sits uncleaned, unanalyzed, unused in databases. But when data analytics is used...
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My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Kodak Company, 1972–1983 William S. Farish Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1937–1942 James A. Farrell United States Steel Corporation, 1911–1932 Marshall Field III Field Enterprises (Chicago Sun/Parade...
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- 2016
- Working Paper
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Modern Administrative State, 1912–1925: Trade Associations, Codes of Fair Competition, and State Building
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
From its founding in 1912 through the interwar years, the Chamber's history shows a persistent preoccupation with progressive economics and policy-making. Rather than flouting the new ideas of institutional economics, which favored federal regulators overseeing data...
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Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Modern Administrative State, 1912–1925: Trade Associations, Codes of Fair Competition, and State Building." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-085, February 2016.