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- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
its history, Donaldson regarded it as an offer he couldn’t refuse. Soon after he arrived, the SEC tackled a scandal in the mutual funds industry. But his agenda was also filled with many other pressing items—refining and implementing the... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
Harvard Business School, discusses how businesses can sidestep the often prohibitive costs and time-consuming trials of experimentation by implementing new technologies. Wendy Guild: We've all heard the old saw, "If it ain't broke,... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
implemented what we propose. Yet lean retailers like Home Depot and Wal-Mart already incorporate some SKU-level analysis in their own inventory decision making. Calculating SKU-level variation can be done on a simple spreadsheet, so... View Details
- Profile
Jenny Tison
In fact, one of HBS’ greatest lessons, in Jenny’s estimation, has to do with the importance of structure. “Just because you’re a good person,” she says, “doesn’t preclude you from having to implement an infrastructure of ethical checks... View Details
- 18 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Students and Alumni Fostering a Supportive Community
participate in the experience. After months of work, in April 2020, the task force presented a comprehensive report to then-Dean Nitin Nohria that outlined a number of challenges and offered a range of recommendations. Fetter and Isaac are pleased that the School has... View Details
- Web
Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health - Recruiting
Nashville-based startup focused on facilitating value-based care for rural Medicare populations. Main Street Health works to bridge the gap in health care access for rural communities by establishing partnerships that help Medicare companies View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
company, turning it into an industry leader. His insights on how he empowered his employees were really unique, and I heard many CEOs in the audience say that they wanted to start implementing some of his methods. Scott Huennekens (MBA... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
balanced scorecard data from a convenience store chain, Store24, during the implementation of an innovative, but ultimately unsuccessful, strategy. Quarterly strategic reviews, based in part on the firm's balanced scorecard, led... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2013
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Meeting Management Challenges in India
data, branding, intellectual property protection, and creating a new-product category. India's Ambitious National Identification Program The Unique Identification Authority of India has been charged with implementing a nationwide program... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tarun Khanna & Rohit Deshpande
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
generation framework, on the other hand, makes explicit what it means for them to work together. For example, they stipulate that Marketing should be included on the weekly sales conference call. The students are then asked to think about how they would View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
implementation of an innovative, but ultimately unsuccessful strategy. Quarterly strategic reviews, based in part on the firm's balanced scorecard, led executives at Store24 to identify problems with, and eventually abandon, this strategy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
because they have not implemented reforms proposed to them by creditor nations. My belief is that there is plenty of blame to go around, but there is still a way for Greece to recover to the betterment of the entire European community.... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_16/b4174076731775.htm?chan=magazine+channel_business+views Cases & Course Materials Foxwoods: Turning Data into Insights in the Hospitality Industry Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah SouleHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
relationship can range from loose to tight with respect to the financial and operational interactions between affiliates and the central organization. A loose affiliation generally refers to a network of organizations committed to exchanging knowledge, pursuing a... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
Beyond the economic terms of the companies' arrangement, they aimed to foster a strong social contract between their management teams. Yet the implementation of their arrangement strained the emerging deal, and the separate distributors,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
the School, I think I might have failed at Kohl's. I learned how to devise and implement a strategy and, most important, about the importance of working well with people. What was your strategy in running Kohl's?... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
played a leading role in identifying and implementing these new technologies in their construction, and how early adopters can play a critical role in overcoming perceived technological uncertainty within the construction sector. Students... View Details
- Web
IT Strategy: HBS IT Website Provides Easier Access to News and Support | Information Technology
expertise from Marketing and Communications as part of the work being done to refresh all HBS websites through the Web Content Management System Program. The new platform brings standardization, consistency, and control for site owners. The Impact With the View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
industry at large, the new owners implemented a transparent strategy to identify and solve the problems, ultimately leading to improved effi ciency, reduced costs, and an expansion of clientele. The course also considers the role of... View Details
- 26 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?
When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details