Family Functioning And Support - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jan 2024
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Meet The HBS African American Student Union

Founded in 1968 by 5 Black students at Harvard Business School, the African American Student Union (AASU) is a community for all Black students at HBS inclusive of all backgrounds, familial situations, and... View Details

July 2010
Technical Note

Note on the Asset Management Industry

By: Clayton S. Rose and Scott Waggoner

This note provides an overview of the structure and function of the asset management industry, with a primary focus on the U.S. It was designed to support the HBS MBA course "Managing the Financial Firm." View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Business or Company Management; Industry Structures; Financial Services Industry; United States

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10 Dec 2020
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A New Case at Harvard Business School Highlights the Real-World Issues for Latinx Considering an MBA

support her family and community, of leaving a lucrative job, and of not fitting in. The soon-to-be published Esperanza case is co-authored by... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities

is a good case study. A few years ago, California was in complete crisis, fiscally. One option was to become a more “competitive” state—lower taxes, lower spending, “lean and mean.” The other perspective was, “No, that’s not who... View Details

Keywords: April White; faculty research; writing

March 1995 (Revised July 1995)
Case

Apple Computer (B)(Abridged) : Building a Worldwide Strategy

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Describes the building of Apple's new strategy. Explores how the human resource function at Apple Computer can best support that strategy. View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Computer Industry

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17 Oct 2023
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HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day

esteemed LEAD professor. Even students who did not have external guests present enthusiastically joined the audience, providing their support and applause for our guest participants. It was a celebration of... View Details

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Levels of Government - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the policy process. They control different policy tools (e.g., legal, budget) and perform different functions (e.g., creating laws, designing programs). Clarifying the roles View Details

2008
Working Paper

Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World c. 1900

By: Aldo Musacchio

How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant past? A substantial literature argues that legal origins have persistent effects that explain clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world... View Details

Keywords: History; Law; Development Economics; Investment; Corporate Governance; Finance; Business and Government Relations

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19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

or fraternity or sorority ties? A: Our hypothesis is on the importance of social networks, with school attended being one example that we focus on. We believe people do take pride and identify with their alma mater, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

as well as opportunities? Khanna: Here's an example. Let's think about the sourcing of talent. A business school in some sense is an institution that, in addition to training and teaching people to think about their role in society,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1998
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A Long and Winding Road

deal with change, turmoil, the unexpected? All too often we have been surprised by our lack of foresight close to home. The traditional family structure has broadened to accommodate divorce, single parenthood, common-law partnerships,... View Details

Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)

July 2010
Technical Note

Note on the Banking Industry

By: Clayton S. Rose and Scott Waggoner

This note provides an overview of the structure and function of the banking industry, with a primary focus on the U.S. It was designed to support the HBS MBA course "Managing the Financial Firm." View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business or Company Management; Industry Structures; Banking Industry; United States

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13 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

rather than problems with women's capabilities and commitment. The following sections explore these widely held beliefs about women's investment in, commitment to, and capability to run substantial... View Details

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart

15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts

CEO of Furman Selz, growing the company more than tenfold. He also creates a happy and abundant family life, though he never forgets what it means to struggle. At age 60, he is reminded of his painful past... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

05 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

experienced investors and entrepreneurs, and ultimately competing for cash prizes and support services. Winners for this year’s landmark... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Starting Up and Starting Over

will give them the $50,000. They will lose it. Then George will go back to teaching at MIT, and my son will concentrate on the family shipping business. They will both benefit, View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity

in the world, we don’t want people to be constrained by financial barriers that would prevent them from accessing the School or being successful in the MBA Program or thereafter. So, we think about this as a journey through three time periods View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

not doing this to increase our sales ... or our profits." Our sample cases have exhibited remarkable correlation between altruistic drives and family companies. From an ethical point of view, it is to... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

2008
Working Paper

Exploring the Duality between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the Mirroring Hypothesis

By: Alan D. MacCormack, John Rusnak and Carliss Y. Baldwin

A variety of academic studies argue that a relationship exists between the structure of an organization and the design of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products tend to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations in which they are... View Details

Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Product Design; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Information Technology Industry

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