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- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
government intervention " Gerald Nanninga was less willing to accept the notion of "too big to succeed," setting forth several ways of scaling up a company to minimize the burden of size on management. As he put it, "... View Details
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank-are no more likely, on average, to get a negative quality rating than other projects. When aid is given to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 18, 2022
- Article
Transparency as a Solution for COVID-19 Related Hospital Capacity Issues
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard Boxer
In the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. hospitals could not provide an adequate supply of beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of hospital bed capacity is of great importance in the “new normal,” which requires recognizing that SARS-CoV-2 is but... View Details
Keywords: COVID; COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Care; Health Care Demand; Health Care Delivery; Health Care Industry; Health Care Operations; Health Care Policy; Transparency; Hospital; Hospital Management; Hospitals; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Operations; Performance Capacity; Policy; Health Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Richard Boxer. "Transparency as a Solution for COVID-19 Related Hospital Capacity Issues." Health Affairs Forefront (February 18, 2022).
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Spread the Wealth
want to open pathways to ownership for a new generation of investors like Amanda.” “We want to open pathways to ownership for a new generation of investors like Amanda.” Status Update: More than 600 retail and View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
degradation; failure of the rule of law; failures of education and public health; state capitalism; radical movements and terrorism; and pandemics. But the business leaders were also disturbed by an 11th disrupter: the inadequacy of existing View Details
- 1993
- Chapter
Operation and Regulation in Financial Intermediation: A Functional Perspective
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Financial Markets; Operations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Financial Services Industry
Merton, Robert C. "Operation and Regulation in Financial Intermediation: A Functional Perspective." In Operation and Regulation of Financial Markets, edited by P. Englund. Stockholm: Ekonomiska rådet (Sweden), 1993.
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
higher prices," says Frank V. Cespedes, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, who spent 12 years running a professional services firm. That's right. Higher prices, not lower. “Competing on price is ultimately a bet on your... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Co-operation and Development (OECD), Americans pay significantly more per unit of health-care service consumed, even though they see doctors less, take fewer pills, and have shorter hospital stays. Americans are “paying more, despite... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
services to the poor, with particular attention to their need to build assets. He is the founder and chairman of D2D Fund, Inc., a nonprofit that attempts to turn these ideas into practice through businesses and View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
enforcement according to his measure of employment intensity, presenting his findings in the 2014 paper Government Preferences and SEC Enforcement. The data supported Heese's hypothesis. Companies in the top 25 percent of employment... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Strategic Plan | Information Technology
Service Delivery Improvement Plan (completed) 2. Design Sustainable Technology Architecture 2.01: Baker Architecture Modernization Program 2.02: Cloud Program 2.03: Configuration Management Database (CMDB) Build for HBS IT 2.04: Data... View Details
- November 2009 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
Zara: Managing Stores for Fast Fashion
By: Zeynep Ton, Elena Corsi and Vincent Marie Dessain
Pablo Isla, the CEO of Zara, wanted to improve operational efficiencies in managing its store network. In particular, he wanted to improve labor productivity at the stores. He considered outsourcing certain store operations to third parties, changing the way store... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Managerial Roles; Service Operations; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Retail Industry
Ton, Zeynep, Elena Corsi, and Vincent Marie Dessain. "Zara: Managing Stores for Fast Fashion." Harvard Business School Case 610-042, November 2009. (Revised January 2010.)
- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
One of the highlights of my year is in November, when teams of enterprising families meet for the Executive Education program I founded and still lead at Harvard Business School, Families in Business. One of the thornier problems we discuss concerns family shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 13 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
immediately ahead. “I had to figure out how to set up isolation and quarantine sites for two to three thousand homeless people, sheltered and unsheltered,” he says. “I made epidemiological models to estimate the number of rooms we needed, then helped ensure the... View Details
- November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Technical Note
Customer Data Privacy
By: Eva Ascarza and Ta-Wei Huang
This note provides an overview of the evolving landscape of customer data privacy in 2023. It highlights two pivotal aspects that make privacy a central concern for businesses: building and maintaining customer trust and navigating the intricate regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk and Uncertainty; Reputation; Trust; Information Management; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Europe; United States
Ascarza, Eva, and Ta-Wei Huang. "Customer Data Privacy." Harvard Business School Technical Note 524-005, November 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Letters
experience with us and for their dedicated service to our country. Lawrence F. Twoomey Jr. (MBA ’75) Naperville, Illinois More to the Story Your March article about Iraq states that the “new mission” of U.S. and coalition troops is... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Showdown at Cracker Barrel
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Tim Gray
In the fall of 2011, activist investor, Sardar Biglari, has acquired nearly 10% ownership in the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain. He believes that the board and senior management have failed and the company has underperformed relative to its peers. When he is denied a... View Details
Keywords: Boards; Activist Investors; Proxy Battles; Shareholder Activism; Peer Firm; Ratio Analysis; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis; Board Of Directors; Boards Of Directors; Financial Intermediaries; Financial Analysts; CEO Turnover; New CEO; Peer Groups; Hedge Fund; Hedge Funds; Proxy Contest; Proxy Fight; Proxy Advisor; Proxy Battle; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Strategy; Corporate Governance; Corporate Disclosure; Governing and Advisory Boards; Competition; Valuation; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Tim Gray. "Showdown at Cracker Barrel." Harvard Business School Case 114-026, January 2014. (Revised January 2014.)
- 01 Aug 2019
- News
Investing for Good
“Our mission at Social Finance is to mobilize capital—public capital, private capital—in service of society. The tool that we are most proud of is the social impact bond, which is essentially a public-private partnership that brings... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
In 1995, Joseph L. Loughran (MBA '83) volunteered to be the government activities luncheon coordinator for the HBS Club of Washington, D.C. "Little did I know what was in store for me," he jokes. Loughran, a Pennsylvania native, is now... View Details
- 30 Aug 2021
- News
One and the Same
rather than a weakness.” Wooldridge has been working to subvert gender imbalances ever since. In May, she was named director of the Workplace Gender and Equality Agency (WGEA), a government entity devoted to promoting and improving gender... View Details