Implementation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2020
News

Karmic Kickstart

employees and from a variety of outside parties. We have, of necessity, been continuously involved at all levels, from setting and implementing strategy for the college and its place in Bhutan to negotiating contracts, hiring, updating IT... View Details

Keywords: transitions; higher education; travel; reflection; cancer; Educational Services

01 Oct 1998
News

A Message from Dean Clark

The work encompasses three areas of activity: communication, training and education, and establishing systems for accountability. In the first area, faculty, staff, and students have been working to review, strengthen, and articulate the School's community standards.... View Details

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

supported by management. Deshpandé's observation that in top international firms, "corporate culture trumps national culture," is in line with what other studies show. They indicate that as high-performing global companies View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2005
News

Do You Speak Business?

international firms, “corporate culture trumps national culture,” is in line with what other studies show. They indicate that as high-performing global companies implement transnational strategy and strive to achieve competitive... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

change, we will continue to further destroy the planet and further cement inequality. This is why my hope is that President Biden and his team will implement a set of policies that will put human beings and the planet back at the core of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

and a little understood provision in the federal tax code that is implemented at the state level, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). The relationship is complex because, while the federal government uses the CRA to control bank... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

selection, and creating separate committees for professional practice, ethics, and compliance and operations; and enhancing its ethics and compliance program through human resource processes (e.g., recruiting, orientation, training, and exit interviews), View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

stress. (The company's approaches to wellness are described in Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness.) General Mills offers mindfulness training with on-site meditation to help employees focus as part of its programs to promote mental and physical wellness.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

necessary. Yet IP address transfer rules also need to facilitate purchase by the networks that need the addresses most, from the networks that value them least. We propose a market rule that avoids excessive fragmentation while almost achieving social efficiency, and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

Subsequently, it needs information on how well the strategy is being implemented and what results the strategy is delivering. Directors cannot infer from quarterly financial statements whether the company has selected a sensible customer... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

Anglican Church. He had been a Christian for nearly a decade, and had begun to feel the pull more strongly. (He ultimately became a deacon in 2008.) And second, the Nanwakolas Council, impressed by his work at the table, offered him a job helping them View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

23 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

Abstract No abstract is available at this time. Cases & Course MaterialsBayesian Estimation & Black-Litterman Harvard Business School Note 208-085 Describes a practical method for asset allocation that is more robust to estimation errors than the traditional... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 29

data security, implementation challenges, and the limits of education technology's impact in the classroom. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/technology-innovations-in-k-12-education/an/314123-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016) - Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate

that are needed to electrify fleets. What is your role at Highland? I'm the Chief Operating Officer at Highland. I have an amazing job that spans how we choose and procure the technology for projects to how we work with local communities and contractors through... View Details

22 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

remarks on implementing sustainability in a Fortune 500 corporation. The entire event was brilliantly moderated by Ali Aslan, world-class international journalist. Vincent Dessain (MBA 1987), the head of the HBS Europe Research Center,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Jun 2020
News

Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic

details on the unfolding of the pandemic and the policies implemented to manage the outbreak in 19 European countries and the EU. The center also co-authored a library case study, “COVID-19: Tracing the Virus in Europe and Italy”, focused... View Details

Fast Answer

Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India

build a custom report. Government of India: Department of Economic Affairs Ministry of Statistics and Programme View Details

04 May 2017
News

How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook

she and Zuckerberg have implemented longer bereavement plans and more flex time for coping with life tragedies, policies which, if they spread to other companies, would offer a tangible payoff for all this job-mandated vulnerability. “I... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Innovative Course Brings Students and Alumni Together

implement change in an existing large organization," notes Garvin, "for the entrepreneur, staffing is everything. That insight surprised students and led to an interesting discussion." The thirty alumni who were able to come to campus for... View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner; photo by Joshua Lavine

04 Nov 2002
What Do You Think?

What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?

implementing ideas. It requires everything from formal education to "water cooler conversations" to get members of an organization to exchange and build on each others' ideas. Given the complex nature of tacit knowledge and the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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