Systemic Industries - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 1994 (Revised October 2001)
Supplement

Mrs. Fields, Inc. 1993

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Keri O. Pearlson

A compilation of press remarks that detail the changes in control and management initiated by the company. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Systems; Food and Beverage Industry

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05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

professionalism. Those are missing now, and those are exactly the qualities that are needed before we'll see any significant change in the prevailing lack of trust, he said. Our securities industry is broken. It's in terrible shape.— D.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 Aug 2001
News

Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

& Co., kicked off the first plenary session with a quick overview of factors contributing to the U.S. pharmaceutical industry's success in competing in the global market. Among other ad- vantages, Gilmartin cited the U.S. government's investment in biological research,... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Admissions Resources - Doctoral

Recommendation Letters Recommendation letters provide an in-depth, personalized evaluation of your academic abilities, research potential, and character. Whether you come from an academic or industry background, watch this video to learn... View Details

29 May 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

lower paying jobs . . . one look at the American auto industry gives us a glimpse into the future economy." As Daniel Hayes put it: "I see a shakeout coming among low-cost service providers unless they find ways to provide value... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

June 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

World Vision International's AIDS Initiative: Challenging a Global Partnership

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Daniel F. Curran

After 25 years of building a network of interdependent, national organizations delivering relief and development that are responsive to local needs, World Vision's International office is planning to implement a major global HIV/AIDS initiative that challenges the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Systems; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Welfare; Adaptation

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20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light

The Texas town of Marshall has a population of 25,000 people, 2,000 of whom are students attending one of the four colleges that have earned Marshall the nickname "Athens of Texas." Marshall is also home to a historic pottery View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

open competition. If you were to divide up the Japanese government's energies between repairing ailing industries and spurring on new ones, how would you do that? Not to be too provocative here, but I would say that this is the wrong way... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

11 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Opportunities in the Plant-Based Economy

lucky to be treated to a group of highly accomplished speakers within the industry from a huge array of functions that explored the growing space from all angles. High level areas included cellular agriculture, alternative proteins, human... View Details

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Tim Nicolette

LEK Consulting in Boston where I gained a lot of basic business, analytical, and strategic skills, and exposure to a wide range of industries from airlines and retail to biotech and P.E. But fundamentally, I wasn’t passionate about the... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit; Nonprofit / Government

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

includes technological innovations and changes in consumer sentiment, both of which affect the value of assets and liabilities. Physical and transition risks will likely introduce new strategic risks as new industries move to the fore as... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

political system functions just as every other competitive industry does, and how the duopoly has led to the devastating outcomes we see today. Using this competition lens, Gehl and Porter identify the most... View Details

10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10

SheenHarvard Business School Case 210-058 After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Transforming Health Care Delivery

href="http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/guidestar.html" target="_blank">GuideStar Pro - Information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million nonprofit organizations. View Details

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

again, no one apologizes for this-is that patients can't choose their caregivers. They will get a Mayo Clinic diagnosis, and they will get it quickly, but it may not be a diagnosis from a specific, renowned doctor X. The system has been... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

01 Dec 2010
News

Eight Join HBS Faculty

teaches the first-year course Technology and Operations Management. His research focuses on techniques to evaluate and improve the performance of complex systems in the airline and sports industries. Fearing earned his Ph.D. from MIT in... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

What's Cookin'

from the Class of 1977 interviewed for this article, Fox came to the restaurant industry by an indirect path, but now finds himself completely immersed in its unique complexities and rewards. The National Restaurant Association projects... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

09 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many independent rating systems are designed primarily to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

(such as going to a museum), an online intervention that led to greater liking after offline meetings (Study 3). How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture. 50th Anniversary Special Issue... View Details