Quality - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 May 2002
Op-Ed

A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures

efficient and cheaper methods that undermine quality audits. The audit committee must have the leadership, independence and information to oversee the auditors and their relationship with the management.— Jay Lorsch This race for... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch; Accounting

06 Oct 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)

Professor Paula Price said it best: build your towering strengths. HBS attracts some of the most driven, intelligent, and capable people in the world. Being in that environment made me question the qualities I previously thought made me... View Details

22 Nov 2024
News

Deep Reading

Photos by Sandra Singh Last year, while taking classes on the Mishna, the first written collection of Jewish oral traditions, Antoine Leboyer (MBA 1992) wanted to dive deeper into the material. He found while there was a flood of additional texts and commentaries,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Oct 2000
News

Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning

employees are concerned, the problem in their organization had to do with the fundamentals of management and leadership, not the quality or commitment of the people nor the quality of management systems and... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

December 2010
Teaching Note

VeeV on the Rocks? (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis, Joshua D. Margolis and Bobbi Thomason

Teaching Note for 410006. View Details

Keywords: Quality; Ownership Stake; Growth and Development; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry

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06 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

corporate governance literature of the past decade has focused on identifying drivers of superior or deficient corporate governance. One of the most rigorous methodologies uses firms' reactions to industry shocks to characterize the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Adil Seetal

the one-dimensional idea of leadership as, "Jack Welch rallying his troops. There's no one solution or leadership style that fits everything. The intriguing thing about our cases is that each one brings different qualities to the... View Details

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Books - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the way competition in health care delivery takes place—and unleashing stunning improvements in quality and efficiency. With specific recommendations for hospitals, doctors, health plans, employers, and policy makers, internationally... View Details

2010
Working Paper

Performance Tradeoffs in Team Knowledge Sourcing

By: Bradley R. Staats, Melissa Valentine and Amy C. Edmondson

This research examines how teams organize knowledge sourcing (obtaining access to others' knowledge or expertise) and investigates the performance trade-offs involved in two approaches to knowledge sourcing in teams. One approach a team can take is to specialize, such... View Details

Keywords: Information Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Quality; Groups and Teams; Information Technology Industry; India

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26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

expected profits. Using an extension to the newsvendor model, we focus on a relatively common scenario in which the firm's investor has imperfect information concerning the quality of the firm's investment opportunities. We apply Perfect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Aug 2014
Blog Post

HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC

strategic priorities going forward. Joining us in the conversation was Shana Brodnax, Senior Advisor of Quality Improvement and Strategic Planning, who noted that each of the alumni have “immeasurably enriched” the organization. Thank you... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

13 Nov 2020
News

Countdown To Remote Learning

intangible qualities that make the HBS classroom such a magical place.” He led additional work over the summer, based on extensive feedback, to further enhance teaching and learning. The School is sharing what it learned with educators... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

full-time employees, the new factory will add another 50 people per shift, doing everything from laser-cutting steel frames to inspection, painting, general assembly, and quality testing. The company worked with contract assembly to build... View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

01 Jun 1997
News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

older or retired to share my good fortune," says Rauner, managing principal of Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc. (GTCR), a Chicago-based private equity firm that specializes in acquiring and consolidating service businesses in highly fragmented industries. "For... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Sep 2016
News

The Big Business of Little Loans

Treasury taking a look at these upstart lenders. Funding Societies’ Teo says the attention can only help the sector: “Regulations would boost investor confidence about P2P and P2B [peer-to-business] lending and set the right operations standard, differentiating View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

01 Jul 2013
News

The Nature of Business

afraid of the private sector, we're non-partisan, and we like very much to get things done on the ground and in the water. Those are the qualities that have allowed us to grow." Tercek (MBA 1984) shares his successes—such as spending half... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2002
News

HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

You’ve Been YouTubed

are. You can’t hope to project an idealized version of the truth.” The old rules of marketing and advertising still apply, too: “The genius is not in the choice of medium: in the simple idea of using social media to fight social media,” remarks Deighton. “It’s in the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; social media; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Air Transportation; Transportation

24 Apr 2014
News

Delivering HBS-style training for teachers

top-quality K–12 education was possible everywhere. Klemmer also served as assistant principal of his alma mater, Portsmouth Abbey, in Rhode Island, and launched several high-tech companies during his career. He credits HBS for inspiring him to pursue and nurture... View Details

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Exploring Sustainable Energy: A Visit to Vestas Wind Turbine Manufacturing in Odense, Denmark

same amount of time, ensuring a seamless transition to the next production step. Even if steps could be completed more quickly, they are held constant to ensure quality and avoid process bottlenecks. This orchestration showcased Vestas'... View Details

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