Firm Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

whether a larger, more diverse organization can maintain its unique attributes. Two years down the road, Natarajan answers in the affirmative. As Zensar has acquired IT firms in Boston, New York, Tokyo, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit, Information, and the Courts

the Courts Credit and Information Technology Credit in a Consumer Society Research Links Credits As pioneers of the nascent information industry, the nineteenth-century credit ratings firms survived near-fatal attacks on several fronts.... View Details

21 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

Measuring Social Impact Historically, economists and firms alike have banked on the theory that workers are motivated by earning financial incentives and boosting revenues. And in designing development projects for developing countries,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 2002
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Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle

Management. The company soon became one of the nation's foremost database marketing companies, helping hundreds of America's leading membership organizations and nonprofit groups with their fundraising and record-keeping efforts. "In... View Details

Keywords: Charles M. Williams; Epsilon Data Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

Working PapersThe Seer of Wellesley Hills: Roger Babson and the Babson Statistical Organization Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract Roger Babson was a pioneer of the business-forecasting industry in the United States in the early... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108012 GE's Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project Harvard Business School Case 907-048 In September 2003, Jeff Immelt challenged the business leaders at GE to come up with "Imagination... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Oct 2014
News

Innovating for International Aid

was born in Taiwan, and my mother and I came to the States when I was just about five,” explains the 46-year-old Wu. “When we first arrived, my family really struggled. Living through that process, we were assisted by organizations that... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

24 Apr 2014
News

Leaders must be strategists first

behavioral aspects of leading a firm—building organizations and influencing people. Montgomery wants to change that approach, teaching leaders to ask the question, What will this firm be, and why will it... View Details

10 Apr 2012
News

A Winning Formula

primarily the innovative leaders of midmarket, high-growth firms looking to take their organizations to the next level.” Ramos, who sees these innovators as being just as entrepreneurial as start-up... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

September 1994 (Revised September 1994)
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Acer Group, The: Vision for the Year 2000

By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard C. Wei

In the early 1990s, Acer, Inc. set two goals: to be a top-five PC company worldwide in 1995 and to be a global consortium of companies by the year 2000. The company identified potential obstacles concerning capital, image, number of experienced international managers,... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Experience and Expertise; Marketing Strategy; Production; Rank and Position; Business Strategy; Capital; Computer Industry; Japan

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Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog

investors and entrepreneurs. The course builds on eight years of running the popular Rock Venture Partners (RVP) program, which had been organized as a series of year-long independent projects for students. The RVP program and the... View Details

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

“where people live, learn, work, and play.” Many firms acknowledge the importance of employee health to their bottom lines, and have also started taking steps to improve their consumer health and environmental health footprints. Target,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

situation many tech firms grapple with. His statement, “We do not do layoffs to cut costs,” is a clearer message for employees who see the staffing up as well as the laying off, especially in light of the vast sums tech companies are... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

We know the symptoms all too well. We wait months to see a doctor. Office visits end, it seems, just moments after they begin. Managed care firms hold sway over doctors' treatment plans, and health insurance premiums are heading for the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections

incorporated in 1922, during the real estate boom of the early 1920s, and was engaged in the first and second mortgage business until 1934, when the firm went into receivership. In 1929 the firm View Details

Benjamin Ha

Ben currently is the managing partner of Photon Venture Partners, an early-stage investor in artificial intelligence software and hardware as well as deep tech startups. Prior to founding Photon Venture Partners, he has led investment View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence;#75;#Venture Capital;#64;#Software/App

Career Coach

Aaron Mitchell

Aaron (HBS '11) has spent his career building expertise in Human Capital Management for Consumer Packaged Goods and Financial Services firms in the United States and Asia. He is currently the Head of Talent for MassMutal, a Fortune 100... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Ideas: Books

Non-Government Organizations in the 21st Century by John A. Quelch and Nathalie Laidler-Kylander (Thomson South-Western) Using twelve HBS cases, Professor Quelch and Laidler-Kylander (MBA ’92) examine how NGOs like Oxfam America, Doctors... View Details

Keywords: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chandler

October 2012
Teaching Plan

Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Venture Philanthropy Funding for Biotech (TP)

By: Robert F. Higgins

This is the teaching note related to HBS case 808005. In 2001, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated acquired the San Diego-based biotech company, Aurora Biosciences. The combination of Vertex's and Aurora's technologies would improve the flow of novel drug candidates... View Details

Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; Biotechnology; Funding Philanthropy Venture; Cystic Fibrosis; Foundations; Pharmaceuticals; Mergers and Acquisitions; For-Profit Firms; Venture Capital; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Science-Based Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States; San Diego