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  • Profile

Ed Rogers

goals. I want to help design systems and products that give people deeper insights into factors that improve their quality of life. How are you pushing yourself? I’m trying as much as possible to expose myself to things I wouldn’t have... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services; Tech
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Supporting our Exceptional Faculty

Bell In recruiting candidates for HBS faculty positions over the years, one of the many qualities I’ve looked for is what I call “boundless interest,” a passion for not just business but for inquiry as well. Our exceptional faculty — over... View Details
Keywords: David E. Bell; professorships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 1998
  • News

Novartis AG Establishes Global Research Fund

face and the strategy that will guide our future success as a worldwide leader in life sciences. The quality of the HBS faculty has been tremendous and has helped our top management to develop a new Novartis mindset and an aligned... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Becoming a VC Insider

“Venture capitalists admire tenacity and resourcefulness, both qualities that an entrepreneur can and should exhibit from the first e-mail, phone call, or handshake with a VC.” View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 05 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues

under intense operational pressure is nearly impossible. In addition, the heavy burden of compliance with government regulations and internal corporate requirements is taking a toll on people, limiting their creativity, and causing them to be risk-averse. In this... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

Disrupting India’s Dental Market

late 2010. He was satisfied with the quality of his care until, hovering above the spittoon, he spotted black fungal algae encircling the drain. Something about the entire business struck Singh, an entrepreneur with experience in... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors provide NAS, especially those related to information services. This is consistent with better audit quality... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

competition is really the right medicine. "Competition in the ratings industry has been increasing, and there have been calls for yet more competition. Whether competition is likely to reduce quality or improve it has been... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • July – August 2011
  • Article

The Paradox of Samsung's Rise

By: Tarun Khanna, Jaeyong Song and Kyungmook Lee
Twenty years ago, few people would have predicted that Samsung could transform itself from a low-cost original equipment manufacturer to a world leader in R&D, marketing, and design, with a brand more valuable than Pepsi, Nike, or American Express. Fewer still would... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Research and Development; Marketing; Business Processes; Brands and Branding; System; Globalized Markets and Industries; Transformation; Cost; Forecasting and Prediction; Production; Quality; China; India; Turkey
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  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

An American Odyssey

He’s got a superhero’s name, and he’s shining a light on enduring wrongs here at home while confronting challenges in the Third World as well. Meet Richard America, who sees policy analysis and quality management as keys to development... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance
  • Portrait Project

Maliha Khan

quality education regardless of my gender, I see in myself the same pioneering spirit that she possessed in abundance. Pakistan is a seeming paradox of a country – it has had a powerful female head of state, yet was recently also declared... View Details
  • 11 Dec 2014
  • News

Revolutionizing digital medical records

coordinated, and lower-cost care. Bushkin expects MedKaz to revolutionize health care, bringing about changes in care quality and facilitating changes in the way care is delivered. With it, doctors can avoid medical mistakes and... View Details
  • 09 Feb 2011
  • News

Still Shining through Florida's Clouds

Bonita Bay Group known for its “collaborative approach with environmentalists and its attention to quality and detail,” the Review reported, “Lucas personally has won a reputation as a generous philanthropist and tireless fundraiser for... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

The Operational Consequences of Private Equity Buyouts: Evidence from the Restaurant Industry

By: Albert W. Sheen and Shai Bernstein
What, if anything, do private equity firms do with businesses they acquire? We find evidence of significant operational changes in 101 restaurant chain buyouts between 2002 and 2012. Analysis of health inspections conducted for over 50,000 stores in Florida shows that... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Quality; Private Equity; Food; Management Practices and Processes; Leveraged Buyouts; Performance Efficiency; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Florida
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  • January 1999 (Revised February 2000)
  • Case

GE...We bring good things to life. (A)

By: James L. Heskett
Jack Welch and the Corporate Executive Council of General Electric are faced with a decision about whether and how to implement a six-sigma quality-improvement effort in the context of many other initiatives already undertaken at GE in recent years. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Leadership Style; Six Sigma; Quality; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • January 1990 (Revised February 1990)
  • Teaching Note

Sedalia Revisited, Teaching Note

By: Roy D. Shapiro
Teaching Note for (9-687-004). View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Design; Quality; System; Employees; Framework; Competition; Production; Strategy
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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster

By: Nelson P. Repenning and Rebecca Henderson
Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Performance Improvement; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Management Practices and Processes; Revenue; Quality; Competency and Skills; Motivation and Incentives; Auto Industry; United States
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  • 03 Sep 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

participate directly in the process, they don't ask the right questions. Leaders most typically choose members of their teams. There is a large body of literature that concerns a tendency of many leaders to choose those who have human View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage
  • Profile

Angela R. Hicks Bowman

school-like grading system of A-F based on a variety of criteria including punctuality, professionalism, price, quality and overall performance. Though the ratings system has caused some controversy over the years, the continued growth of... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways

24/7, with limited downtime mostly for planned maintenance work. It does not need sun or wind to operate at full capacity, and while the operators chose to use higher quality imported Indonesian coal to run the plant, in a pinch they... View Details