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- 27 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know
considered one of the last taboos,” says Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever. “Our students have been asking for it because they see very clearly that they will be in positions of global leadership where they will have to deal with it.” To fill that need, van Bever wrote... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
attended various schools of experience. Managers who have successfully worked their way up the ladder of a stable business unit—for example, a division that manufactures standard high-volume electric motors... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
Summing Up What Role Will Management Play in Saving US Health Care? The verdict is in, according to respondents of this month's column: Problems confronting health care in the US are much larger and broader... View Details
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: Can "lean" productions methods improve service industries? How can a company's order View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- News
Book review: Managing in the Gray by Joseph Badaracco
- 02 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship in General Management
Like many of his classmates, Andrew Ling (MBA 2015) decided to use the summer between his first and second year to try out something new. Formerly a consultant at McKinsey, he spent his summer working in a marketing and general management... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 07 Sep 2014
- News
An MBA That Served up a Big Slice of the Snack Market
- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
(iStockphoto/Krle) Advocates for stakeholders—including employees, customers, suppliers, the “community,” and investors—have dominated the discussion of leadership and management over the past two decades. They believe that enlightened... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
Transitioning to Product Management at HBS
appointment, and we ended up having a great in person chat. Of course the value of an MBA, specifically an MBA at HBS, cannot be measured merely by the ease of career transitions. But if that is in your consideration, specifically... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Clubs Offer Popular Management Programs
for exposure to the case method made all the difference to Socarras, back in Charlotte. “Every week, I’d try to come up with the solution to each case before class,” she recalls. “But the course showed me that there’s no one right way to... View Details
- 21 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.
a function of the wind, and whether its overall intensity is increasing or decreasing.” Thinking about managing collective emotions is like thinking about controlling a fire. You care less about the individual trees and more about whether... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- March–April 2023
- Article
Case Study: Should a Dollar Store Raise Prices to Keep Up with Inflation?
By: Jill Avery and Marco Bertini
How should a dollar store maintain its brand and price position in the marketplace in the face of rising inflation? Is holding a $1.00 price point still viable in today's marketplace? In this fictional case, managers face inflationary pressures and must decide whether... View Details
Keywords: Pricing; Pricing Strategy; Retailing; Discount Retailing; Discount Store; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Inflation and Deflation; Retail Industry; United States
Avery, Jill, and Marco Bertini. "Case Study: Should a Dollar Store Raise Prices to Keep Up with Inflation?" Harvard Business Review 101, no. 2 (March–April 2023): 140–144.
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
their health and education programs. Goodwin’s days as a global citizen began in the air force. In his early years as a second lieutenant, during the mid-1990s, he worked in foreign military sales in Saudi Arabia, then in Colombia setting View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 2008
- Working Paper
An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions
By: Craig James Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh
Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the reduction of discretionary expenditures, to manage earnings to meet or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used... View Details
Keywords: Performance Expectations; Earnings Management; Marketing Strategy; Financial Reporting; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry
Chapman, Craig James, and Thomas J. Steenburgh. "An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-073, February 2008. (Revised February 2009, December 2009, June 2010, July 2010.)
- 11 Jul 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing Proprietary and Shared Platforms: A Life-Cycle View
- December 5, 2010
- Article
Gregg Steinhafel Has Faced Up to Many Challenges as Target CEO
By: Bill George
George, Bill. "Gregg Steinhafel Has Faced Up to Many Challenges as Target CEO." Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (December 5, 2010).
- 08 Sep 2013
- News
Management lessons are just what the doctor ordered
- 20 Jul 2013
- News
Executive Education program helps build nonprofit management skills
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Information Management | Baker Library
Information Management Keeping up with the ever-changing information landscape is crucial for maintaining the accessibility and use of your content. The Information Management... View Details
- 28 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Clock Is Ticking: 3 Ways to Manage Your Time Better
Arthur Brooks: Reduce meetings to be happier at work The pandemic changed the way we manage our time in many ways—unfortunately, some of these are negative. The worst case is the expansion of time-wasting, unproductive work meetings.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz