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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Monsignor Frederick Dolan Finds a New Calling at HBS Club of Montreal
“Discovering different cultures is a way of life for me,” says Monsignor Frederick M. Dolan (MBA 1978), the Vicar for Canada of the Prelature of... View Details
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
waiting for the analysts to gain understanding (presumably of the decisions to be made)." (Sean O'Riordain) Rather than concentrating on the data, focus on "being able to formulate the right questions to ask... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 17 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)
her start-up, VitaRi Energy, that extends green energy access in West Africa. Why did you decide to pursue an MBA, and why HBS? After my undergraduate studies at Georgetown University, I worked in private equity for four years. I loved the professional aspect View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
front lines treating patients. But at least I could try to help with some of the market design challenges,” Kominers explains. But the team found that government officials didn’t invest nearly enough. Their study estimates the world is on... View Details
- August 2001 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
NerveWire, Inc.
By: Nitin Nohria and Anthony Mayo
NerveWire, a management consulting and systems integration provider based in Newton, MA, was closing in on its second anniversary. In the beginning days of NerveWire, the major challenge was recruiting--finding the right people who embodied its values and business... View Details
Nohria, Nitin, and Anthony Mayo. "NerveWire, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 402-022, August 2001. (Revised March 2008.)
- October 2014
- Case
Honeywell and the Great Recession (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg
CEO Dave Cote spent six years turning around an ailing Honeywell and in 2008 Cote and his team face a new challenge: how to respond to the Great Recession. Cote does not want to give up the gains he made in transforming and unifying Honeywell. With a fall-off in... View Details
Keywords: Layoffs; Furloughs; Downsizing; Work Sharing; Short Time Work; Recessions; Earnings Forecast; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Cost Management; Executive Compensation; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Manufacturing Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Susan J. Winterberg. "Honeywell and the Great Recession (A)." Harvard Business School Case 315-022, October 2014.
- Web
Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online
coursework, unique team activities with a diverse global network, and a capstone project that applies the program’s learnings. 6 months 5-6 hours per week 4 Courses plus a capstone project Self-Paced This course earns you a Credential... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
lot of hard work, it gradually turned into a department store," Barron explains. "He treated people fairly and was well-respected. I think I gained a more positive view of... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
through angel groups, and people gaining access through mutual funds, which ordinarily wouldn’t have invested in entrepreneurial companies but are increasingly doing so. At HBS, we’re spending a lot View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
forces: The Fear of Missing Out and the Fear of a Better Option—or FOMO and FOBO, for short. And then he graduated and started his career, and mostly forgot about it. Until about ten View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
contracted their credit to all small firms throughout the United States. However, healthy banks expanded their operations and entered new banking markets. The market share gain of these banks was a standard... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
what resonates with online users. Google and Amazon are among a growing list of companies running tens of thousands of tests per year. A growing... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
spent several years unlocking the power of school ties, studying how these social connections affect important decisions and, ultimately, help shape the economy. Their research shows that it's possible to... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
databases are used worldwide to study entry and firm dynamics, but payroll information does not contain ownership structures. As such, they followed a practice used in other settings to focus on the three highest paid employees in the first View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
effect. Chicago's NPR station asks people to donate by joining their dollar-a-day club. Framed in that manner, the donation seems quite reasonable—about the cost of a cup of coffee. Contrast that with what... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- Blog
How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America
the office coping with personal challenges, but the other team member could keep the project moving forward. As the pandemic progressed, everyone throughout the LARC stepped up to help colleagues. "The first year View Details
- 02 Oct 2008
- What Do You Think?
Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
as soon as possible)—as reasons why "a Government bailout may not be perceived in the same way as a Buffett style investment." Henrique Abreu cited a lesson of the late Milton Friedman that "it is a different thing View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- January–February 2018
- Article
More than a Paycheck: How to Create Good Blue-Collar Jobs in the Knowledge Economy
By: Dennis Campbell, John Case and Bill Fotsch
Fifty years ago a good blue-collar job was with a large manufacturer such as General Motors or Goodyear. Often unionized, it paid well, offered benefits, and was secure. But manufacturing employment has steadily declined, from about 25% of the U.S. labor force in 1970... View Details
Campbell, Dennis, John Case, and Bill Fotsch. "More than a Paycheck: How to Create Good Blue-Collar Jobs in the Knowledge Economy." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 118–124.
- 24 May 2022
- Blog Post
Get to Know 2022 Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan
graduation ceremonies. It is planned and conducted by a committee of second-year MBA students. An Albany, NY, hotel room was not where Kiernan had expected to spend winter break his first View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
problems, while crystallized intelligence represents a person’s knowledge gained during life by acculturation and learning.” Translation: When you are young, you have raw smarts; when you are old, you have... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman