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- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
imagined deficiencies can resonate in the press and the public, agitate Congress, and alarm the commanders in the field. So the problem demanded constant, top-level attention. An Army major general was placed in charge, accurate and timely reports were initiated, View Details
- 21 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand
of time produces more lasting value than occasional marathon-like investments. "If you make it a habit, it'll take less time than you realize." Your regularly scheduled social media time should be focused on two things: Getting... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
likely to continue due to privatization, deregulation, and globalization. “In an increasingly global business environment, achieving minimum efficient scale in production requires massive capital investment,” Esty explains. In one case... View Details
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- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
indicated resistance to productive change, and unsure of why Belk had spent so much time and money on an automated system only to have the stores override it. Having deliberately allowed store managers and lead View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job
Earlier this summer, I joined Plaid as a Product Manager, culminating my transition from HBS back to the “real world.” My path to joining Plaid full-time didn’t follow the traditional recruiting route. My plan was to join an early to... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
bring about much needed improvements in the control of schedules and costs for large defense engineering development and production programs. This study suggests that correcting the shortcomings in defense... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
often rely on informal working capital loans at exorbitant interest rates. Vendors have volatile cash flows, and the one-size-fits-all microfinance repayment model is not a good fit. We are developing a loan product that matches their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Rethinking Housing in the Motor City
neighborhood was a product of Detroit’s controversial 1960s urban renewal efforts. “But the way people live today, they want to be close to the action. They want to be close to their jobs. They want to ride their bikes; they want to take... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
reunions, and online products and services. Deborah Farrington (MBA ’76) supervised the programming subcommittee, which recommended that the School offer an MBA “renewal” program to deliver the latest thinking in five critical areas of a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
situations where we have two options—do what’s right or do what’s smart. We often choose to do what’s right based on our values and selfesteem, but it requires more time from our busy schedules and possibly ruffles feathers along the way.... View Details
- 12 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Electric Mobility in India
its expanded production capacity of over 400,000 units. With 1,600 employees, the facility hosts two vehicle lines and three battery lines. Ather's success in the market, amid customer uncertainty, can be attributed to their focus on... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
Here’s one thing they learned: “Office pairs that lose one or two shared business hours due to [Daylight Savings Time] reduce their total communication volumes by 9.2 percent on average from baseline levels, an effect driven by decreases in View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
time and resources to learn "outside the job" would be really helpful. I actually considered applying to a SEAS master's program during my RC year, but without a program like this it was hard to coordinate schedules and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
around the policy, such as defining company meeting hours as 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday, with an hour of meeting-free time for lunch. When there’s no choice but to schedule something for a Friday, “it’s understood by... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars
about how an auction ends. EBay auctions have a firm deadline: When the scheduled end time of the auction is reached, the auction is over. Amazon auctions also have a scheduled end time, but the auction is... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
rejections personally because their requests were merely a few among the thousands of pieces of mail that Harpo Productions received every week. The experience also taught them the value of teamwork and the necessity of not allowing each... View Details
- Web
A Day in the Life: IT Business Analyst | Information Technology
on documentation and working with that project team directly. Why It Matters Business analysis helps us deliver better projects and products to our customers across the community. We bring a more structured approach to implementation and... View Details
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups
productive workshop.” Creighton Taylor (MBA 2014) pitched his pilot-stage company, Compass, to get guidance on investors, while Noemie Delfassy (MBA 2010) was there to refine her pitch to investors for her food company, Frecious. Sam... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
Harvard Business School. "Marla, my spouse, would see all kinds of things going on that I would simply miss. Why? Perhaps this was due to my tendency to focusing, and in my case, narrowly." In his forthcoming book The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders... View Details
- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
question to Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Letian Zhang, who studies organizational theory and strategy with a focus on social inequalities and status hierarchies. He explores the issue in a recent paper scheduled to be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne