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- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Expanding the Fan Base
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse
and Robert Simons. The lively and informative presentations were punctuated by questions from faculty eager to share their own insights or to challenge colleagues' assumptions. The group worked together to assemble the pieces of the Enron... View Details
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
data—in some cases in exchange for free services or lower prices—as well as firms that pledge to keep a lid on people's information, but often charge consumers higher prices. Firms competing with privacy tend to benefit from engaging in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
as the economy shifted from a mainly rural, agrarian model, to a city focused, factory based one We are witnessing the same happening now as we shift to the post information era. Not clear if enough new jobs will be created to replace the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- December 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Transforming Arizona's Health Care System: Developing and Implementing the Health-e Connection Roadmap
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze, T.S. Raghu and Minu Ipe
Addresses the issues of leadership and change management in the process of transforming an industry through an innovative public-private partnership approach to policy making. In 2005, the Governor of Arizona issued an Executive Order to create a roadmap for the state... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Private Sector; Public Sector; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology; Service Industry; Service Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, T.S. Raghu, and Minu Ipe. "Transforming Arizona's Health Care System: Developing and Implementing the Health-e Connection Roadmap." Harvard Business School Case 808-072, December 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
Bridgespan Group — Jeff Bradach (PhDOB ’92) and Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) — pioneers in the application of data-driven strategy and consulting services to enhance the effectiveness of nonprofits and foundations. Founded a decade ago,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
As the Future Catches You
page for note-taking, and after expressing his hope that the book will be a "fun read," he concludes by providing his e-mail address and urging readers to contact him. It's an unusual beginning, but fitting for this unusual book, a work that is View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
explained to an audience of returning MBA alumni during a reunion presentation last fall, “In approaching some one hundred companies, ranging from manufacturing to service businesses, we were attempting to discover the operating... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Connecting with Clubs
and update all club and association information on the HBS Alumni Web site: www.alumni.hbs.edu. Roundtable Agenda and Marketing. This subcommittee, chaired by Paul Hayre (MBA ’99), will develop recommendations to enhance the annual club... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Donor Spotlight
combining an outright gift through a family foundation with a planned gift, which, in this case, makes HBS an insurance policy beneficiary. Such creative thinking about philanthropy means more support for George Leadership Fellows, MBA students interested in public... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
upon educating leaders who would have a positive impact on the world. The article remains a classic and has since been republished several times. Zaleznik’s take on the subject of leadership was informed by his training and certification... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Faculty Books
Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, and Joe Wheeler (Harvard Business Press) The authors extend their earlier idea of a service-profit chain improving performance to... View Details
- 22 Apr 2019
- News
Alvarez-Bjelland to Receive Harvard Medal
Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland (MBA 1979) Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland (MBA 1979) Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland (MBA 1979) is one of three alumni who will be honored by the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) with the Harvard Medal, which recognizes extraordinary View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
you content and information that you will find useful. We also are exploring a concept we're calling "HBS for Life" that we hope will more effectively connect you with the School and with fellow alumni throughout your career. Finally, we... View Details
- April 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
AvantGo
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Richard Owen, CEO of AvantGo, is preparing for a meeting in which he will set the human resource policy for the firm going forward. It has been three months since the company's IPO, and given the tremendous cramp in hiring over the six months prior to the IPO, he knows... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Management Teams; Selection and Staffing; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Information Technology; Decisions; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "AvantGo." Harvard Business School Case 601-095, April 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
Personalized Medicine,” a Harvard Business Review article that outlines an agenda that could hasten the transition from “trial-and-error” therapies for life-threatening illnesses to a more targeted line of attack. Aspinall began her career at Bain & Company, working... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
we have a rich set of finance electives, including courses on behavioral topics, investment management, financial markets, private equity, venture capital, financial engineering (which I also coteach), and a host of other topics. Retail financial View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
staff, of course — to secure positions. When I catch up with Veena Ramaswamy (HBS ’11) in the student lounge, she’s between interviews for a position in finance. (Word is that this sector, and professional services in general, are coming... View Details