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01 Sep 2023
News

History Matters

University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, where he remains university professor emeritus and dean emeritus. Recently he spoke with the Bulletin about teachable moments from the previous century and why the events of 1907 remain... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

23 May 2018
News

Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

struck a chord with Harris, who has spent much of her life exemplifying his advice. During her three decades at Morgan Stanley, for example, she has led numerous initiatives focused on women and minorities and mentored hundreds of associates. As a sought-after View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

2011
Working Paper

Management Practices Across Firms and Countries

By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in manufacturing, American, Japanese, and German firms are the best... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Business Ventures; Public Sector; Private Sector; Country; Performance; Motivation and Incentives

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07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

Whether it’s booking a hotel, renting a movie, or buying a car, many of us consult multiple reviews before deciding. It’s called aggregating opinions, and we do it without even thinking about it. Crowdsourcing works so well, in fact, says Harvard Business View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

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Wilder House | About

investment banking to enter the world of politics and public policy. He was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of Canadian Arctic Gas, a consortium of twenty-six Canadian and U.S. oil and gas companies to build a... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

that didn't take any time at all," says William J. Bruns Jr., Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School and a visiting professor at Northeastern University. After each unit's sales and... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

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Industry Information - Alumni

business management including strategy, marketing, operations, human capital, and governance, and the impact of their decisions. + – Government Harvard Kennedy School Think Tank Search Think Tank Search searches the websites of... View Details

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Why HBS? - Doctoral

Harvard faculty in departments including economics , psychology , and sociology , as well as other graduate professional schools, like the Harvard Kennedy School of Government , Harvard Chan School of View Details

05 Sep 2014
News

Keeping Education in Check

fund Durban Capital, Berman says the game helped to get him away from bullies who teased him for his small size. (Though a star tennis and squash player in his hometown of Durban, South Africa, he often sought the peace of the school... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

15 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

The Promises and Limitations of Big Data

hiring decisions than humans. In these stories from our recent archives, Harvard Business School researchers outline the promises of big data—and the limitations of trying to harness data from a firehose. The Civic Benefits of Google... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Public Administration; Public Administration; Public Administration; Public Administration

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

(WHITE) at the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business. Shane M. Greenstein : Recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Public Service Award from the Public... View Details

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Beth Clark | About

Elizabeth (Beth) Clark Chief Information Officer Bio As the Chief Information Officer at Harvard Business School (HBS), Beth Clark oversees the transformation and strengthening of enterprise IT, ensuring alignment with the School's... View Details

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

the rainbow. . . . Bath-tubs are both streamline and softly pink.” 12 Early market surveys, conducted by research pioneers like Daniel Starch, a Harvard Business School professor and author of The Principles of Advertising (The University... View Details

15 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 15, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-078.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (A) Harvard Business School Case 707-029 At the 2005 Group of Eight summit, world leaders agreed to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Phillip Jones

went outside the military, I could increase the scope of my service.” Phillip recognized that the general shape of his ambitions crossed multiple sectors. “The future,” he says, “requires leadership from both the private and the public... View Details

06 Aug 2021
Book

Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

Richard S. Tedlow, MBA Class of 1949 Emeritus Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of the forthcoming book, The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership, which will be published September 14. "A... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

documenting the disparities we’ve known about for 20 or 30 years,” says Harvard Business School Professor Amitabh Chandra. “One more research paper that finds that minority health care is separate and unequal may be important but is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

online course on Sustainable Investing.” Andrew Buks Instructor of Management & Business Policy and Strategy at School of Business, Black Hills State University Develop practical skills you can apply to one of the fastest-growing fields... View Details

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