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24 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

the new LOBs to a similar share over the next five years. SMI would harvest cash from its mature businesses to invest in the growth of the new businesses. SMI's executives recognized that this strategy required extraordinary alignment and... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail

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Marcela Sapone

like we have. How have you addressed the insurance issue? We’ve gone to multiple insurance providers and had to construct a plan that makes sense. But we’re not the only one. Airbnb and Uber have similar liability issues. And I’m really... View Details

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Brand Name Management - The Art of American Advertising

Susan Strasser contends. “They examined each other’s successes and failures and, in consort with an emerging advertising profession, began to articulate principles and design marketing programs.” 43 With so many similar goods flooding the... View Details

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1.7 Grading | MBA

may petition the Academic Performance Committee for an extension for good cause. If an "Incomplete" is not removed from a student's record within the time allowed, a determination of "No Credit" will be recorded. Any rules regarding the "Incomplete" designation for HBS... View Details

19 May 2021
News

Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

impact in this area. And if it works for the nonprofit sector, maybe we could be doing similar things for other areas of interest.” Virtual Spring Mixer Takes Networking Worldwide In a bid to overcome the challenges of networking during... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 Feb 2019
News

Protecting the Power Grid

infrastructure. Outside help was available, but often inadequate. A similar infrastructure collapse on a national scale, Popik says, could result in millions of deaths rather than thousands. That’s why Resilient Societies has been a... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; terrorism; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2005
News

Bringing Hope to a Violent Land

bitter irony, especially for the multitudes of impoverished young people who inhabit them and similar settlements throughout this troubled, unforgiving land. Children comprise some 50 percent of Sudan’s 39 million people, and for most of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; UNICEF; nonprofit; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

02 Aug 2021
Blog Post

ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY

create opportunities for advancement in the Black community. The ARF supports causes in four categories that are similar to the NCF’s: health and wellness access, community outreach and social justice advocacy, justice system reform, and... View Details

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

targeted ads on the lockscreen and home screen, consumers clamored for an ad-free version. Amazon backtracked and extended its Special Offers program to the tablet, allowing consumers to opt out from the ads. Q: You're expecting that more companies will come up with... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

rated speakers more negatively, while in Study 3, listeners rated speakers who answered a similar question in a fluent manner more positively than speakers who answered the actual question, but disfluently (Study 3). These results add to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

phrase that has been defined as a "state of rational apprehension that does not result in appropriate action." In her brilliant study of the disastrous decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, sociologist Diane Vaughan used a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

24 Mar 2022
News

Well Said

you don't really care that much. But then when you see that people might react to you differently, it absolutely starts affecting you on a subconscious level. And I honestly think that language barriers are a huge reason why people from View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

it didn’t work out. But it was just the window I wanted. The outgoing CIO said, “They’re not looking for someone like you,” so of course I made it my mission to get the job. After a full stint at the Met, I got the call that the Robin Hood Foundation was looking for... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

The Camel and the Unicorn

markets, and there's some interesting nuances that we can pull apart. In reality, these markets are very heterogeneous but I believe they share more in common with each other than they do with the Valley and there's so much that they can learn from each other. Morrell:... View Details

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

frequent and effective use of metaphors in the ways that he communicates about COVID-19 and similar to how he might talk about "watching the dials"—and increasing or decreasing (as a metaphor for re-opening). The same is true for business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 7

We find similar evidence of backlash following (mostly male) Muslim candidates winning and argue that this bolsters the evidence of institutionalized demand-side barriers to entry and undermines supply-side gender-specific preferences and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

turn, that education helped to facilitate new social networks—the opportunity to associate with individuals of influence and access to new career prospects. The Civil Rights and Affirmative Action legislation of the 1960s and the Title IX provision of the 1970s... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2007
News

To The Rescue

traditional Indian greeting. It’s hard for Western observers to fathom, but EMRI’s 108 service is India’s first coordinated emergency response system, similar to the 911 system in the United States. At least for residents of Andhra... View Details

Keywords: Garrett M. Graff; emergency response networks; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Telecommunications; Information

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do.Â “These five distinguished alumni are role models of what leaders can do,... View Details

10 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

96, no. 2 (2009): 249-264 Abstract This research investigated laypeople's interpretation of their dreams. Participants from both Eastern and Western cultures believed that dreams contain hidden truths (Study 1) and considered dreams to provide more meaningful... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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