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  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

you might not speak the language, work in teams with students you might not know, and develop critical solutions to a business’s pressing issues—in just eight days. That’s the concept behind FGI, a required View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
  • Module Note

Strategy Execution Module 7: Designing Asset Allocation Systems

By: Robert Simons
This module reading provides tools and analyses for acquiring and allocating resources. The module begins by reviewing the importance of setting strategic boundaries as a basis for asset acquisitions. Next, a distinction is made between new assets acquired to meet... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Asset Allocation Systems; Payback; Discounted Cash Flow; Internal Rate Of Return; Strategic Investments; Analyzing Acquisitions; Strategy; Capital Budgeting
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  • March 1998
  • Case

Bumper Acquisition (A2), A: Confidential Information for Medallion Capital, Inc.

By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Located in Mundelein, IL, Thermo-Impact, Inc. is a rapidly growing, private firm that manufactures automotive bumpers. In 1995, a number of large automotive supply companies and a private equity investment firm offer to buy Thermo-Impact. The cases in this series focus... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Valuation; Negotiation Participants; Decision Making; Negotiation Process; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Offer; Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Illinois
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  • Web

Latin America - Global

greatly increased the volume of in-depth research and course materials that focus on business management issues specific to Latin American companies. This has also enabled HBS to strengthen its relationships... View Details
  • 11 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

Reflections on My First Semester Teaching at HBS

teachers try to prepare our lesson and board plans, there’s nothing you can do to truly simulate the unexpected/chaotic/living conversation in advance. I’m truly grateful for my section’s willingness to support my growth as a teacher over... View Details
  • Web

Entrepreneurs-in-Residence - Entrepreneurship

come to campus to meet with students 1:1, help facilitate Rock Center programs, and work with faculty on research and course development. To schedule an appointment with a EiR,... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

of that, due to COVID, I started all of my Required Curriculum (RC) classes virtually—including this one—and I was not in a classroom setting frame of mind. I remember feeling prepared to discuss the case but after I was cold-called View Details
  • 13 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

The U.S. Job Search for International Students

Management Science track through course selection and demonstrate a commitment to STEM-focused careers. An added benefit is eligibility for a two-year extension of their Optional Practical Training (OPT).... View Details
  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

student-to-student interactions in face-to-face class sessions. The article outlines a technique used in an MBA marketing course for crowdsourced peer-to-peer assessment of class participation during case discussions View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Organizational Behavior Faculty - Faculty & Research

Organizational Behavior Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students Unit Head Joshua D. Margolis James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration... View Details
  • 2011
  • Teaching Note

UFIDA (A) (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Bin Yang and E. Chen
The five-case UFIDA series is about China's largest supplier of management/ERP software, its 20-year evolution, and current strategic challenges. The (A) case is the cornerstone of the series. It introduces the company's history, strategic turning points, current... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Competition; Computer Software; Emerging Markets; Strategy; Applications and Software; China
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  • 05 Jul 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

(iStockphoto/aydinmutlu) Logistics issues have taken on unexpected and possibly unwanted “glamour” among those who study business and economics, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
  • Web

About | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Finance courses and second-year elective courses on Business at the Base of the Pyramid and impact investing. He also teaches in various... View Details
  • Teaching Interest

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Effective Strategic Philanthropy

By: Brian L. Trelstad
Non-profit organizations and social enterprises play an important role in every country in the world: as laboratories for social innovation, as the delivery system for critical goods and services at scale, as the stewards of our cultural heritage, and as advocates for... View Details
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

The Microstructure of Work: How Unexpected Breaks Let You Rest, but Not Lose Focus

By: Pradeep Pendem, Paul Green, Bradley R. Staats and Francesca Gino
How best to structure the work day is an important operational question for organizations. A key structural consideration is the effective use of breaks from work. Breaks serve the critical purpose of allowing employees to recharge, but in the short term, translate to... View Details
Keywords: Breaks; Productivity; Attention; Workload; Harvesting; Working Conditions; Behavior; Performance Productivity; Organizations
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  • March 2014
  • Article

Delivering High-quality Cancer Care: The Critical Role of Quality Measurement

By: Tracy Spinks, Patricia Ganz, George Sledge, Laura Levit, James Hayman, Timothy Eberlein and Thomas W. Feeley

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published Ensuring Quality Cancer Care, an influential report that described an ideal cancer care system and issued ten recommendations to address pervasive gaps in the understanding and delivery of quality cancer... View Details

Keywords: Health Care Quality; Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Measurement and Metrics; Health Industry; North America
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  • September 1999 (Revised April 2000)
  • Case

Novell: World's Largest Network Software Company

By: Richard L. Nolan
After phenomenal growth and market leadership in networking, founder and CEO Ray Noorda made a frontal assault on Microsoft's core strengths. In 1994, Noorda spend over $1.5 billion acquiring companies such as WordPerfect to combat Microsoft Word, products such as... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Competition; Internet and the Web; Strategic Planning; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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  • 2024
  • Chapter

Managing for Organisational Integrity: My Take After Three Decades

By: Lynn S. Paine
This chapter revisits core ideas from my 1994 article “Managing for Organizational Integrity” and explores a critical issue not discussed in the article: the role of corporate boards. In the chapter, I first re-examine the article’s ideas about the origins of... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Corporate Governance
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  • Web

General Management - Faculty & Research

General Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students February 23, 2025 Editorial We Led the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force. Trump’s Purge Is Dangerous. By: Thad Allen,... View Details
  • 28 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Making an Impact on the Media Industry with my MBA

How did you choose a career in entertainment? I have always been passionate about film, television, and the way that we connect and empathize with one another through culture, the arts, View Details