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01 Mar 2015
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Committed To HBS’s Success

who participate in them. “The School faces tough competitors,” says Tukman, president of Tukman Grossman Capital Management Inc. “Great as it is, HBS is only as good as its faculty and its students. If one wishes to help ensure the... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

28 Mar 2022
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The Supply Chain Crisis Is About to Get a Lot Worse

August 1976 (Revised December 1986)
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Note on Process Observation

By: John J. Gabarro

Explains some of the dynamics of what actually happens in an effective or ineffective group. Also mentioned are a number of interventions which can be taken on by any group member to help change an ineffective group to one which operates more effectively. View Details

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September 1993 (Revised August 2011)
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ExtendSim® Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis, User's Guide

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Ann E. Gray

Designed to be used with ExtendSim Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (A) and (B). Unadvertised per Case Records. View Details

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Raja Bobbili

HBS opened the world of investing to me. The school’s investing courses exposed me to the practical challenges faced by investors. I experienced some of these challenges first-hand while getting my feet wet through the Alpha Fund, the... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund

01 Dec 2007
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Wells to Lead IMD

HBS Professor of Management Practice John Wells (MBA ’79, DBA ’84) has been named the new president of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), in... View Details

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AOM Ethno PDW 2009-2014

AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography

Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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Understanding the Digital Frontier

Web 2.0 opportunities for your firm are endless. Managers can engage with customers via blogs (caution: they take much more time than you think). Victoria’s Secret and thousands of other firms have highly successful exposure on Facebook... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management

01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll

in three years’ time. One is on the procurement side, where we’re applying global procurement practices and integrating all parts of the business. The second is what we call Asset Optimization: getting the most out of each and every... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Management

01 Sep 2014
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The Changing Nature of Research

the globe. As a leader in management education, Harvard Business School has a strong commitment to improving the practice of management and to advancing a world that is more... View Details

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

business of publishing technical papers. “I didn’t want to spend the next 5 to 10 years doing these little increments and never knowing whether, with the right effort, we could solve a big challenge,” Ferrucci told HBS Professor of View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

1978
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Quantitative Methods in Management: Text and Cases

By: Paul A. Vatter, Stephen P. Bradley, Sherwood C. Frey Jr. and Barbara B. Jackson

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2004
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What Really Matters

By: Nitin Nohria

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1996
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Fad-Free Management: The Six Principles That Drive Successful Companies and Their Leaders

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

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August 24, 2017
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Google's Secret Formula for Management? Doing the Basics Well

By: Raffaella Sadun

Keywords: Management; Management Practices and Processes

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1989
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The Entrepreneurial Process

By: William A. Sahlman and Howard H. Stevenson

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes

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09 Sep 2013
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Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

Keywords: Business and Environment Initiative; Agriculture; Finance

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

In an AI-world, leaders who speak technology’s language gain an edge. But that doesn’t mean every manager needs a computer science degree. A handle on a handful of basics goes a long way toward preparing strategic leaders for today’s... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology