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- 01 Sep 2015
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First Look -- September 1, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49520 2015 Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research Comparative Costs of Advanced Proton and Photon Radiation Therapies: Lessons from Time-driven Activity-based Costing in Head and Neck... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312038-PDF-ENG Earl Martin Phalen: Ready to ROAR? Noam Wasserman and Julia TaylorHarvard Business School Case 812-024 Earl Martin Phalen is in the midst of starting his second nonprofit organization, Summer Advantage, by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
underestimate it. Implications for research on perceived control and co-variation assessment are discussed. Conflict and Development: Lessons from South Asia Authors:Ejaz Ghani and Lakshmi Iyer Publication:Economic Premise, September 2010... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Commencement 2013 Address | About
shaking the final yards of the Marathon route, Boylston Street was flooded by people in uniform and in civilian clothes running—not away from but toward the problem. It’s a striking image. While the everyday problems faced by managers are less dramatic and less dire,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
parents a break, and here I am,” he says. “Who’s doing that today for people who don’t speak English, who aren’t white? Education is a deep passion of mine.” Lessons learned: “My mother was a schoolteacher, so you did not misspeak ‘good’... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
Wendell (MBA '76) Stacey Lawson (MBA '96) Les Vadasz (107th AMP) Gregory Slayton (MBA '90) This fertile ground that just a few decades ago was covered with orchards now bears fruit of a different variety—one that is ripe for study. The distinctive nature of Silicon... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
pigs, as hard as it may be for me, I have to let him. Case learned that he doesn’t have to emulate the founder — but he may have to be a better manager. “The third lesson we learned as a family was, No surprises. Everything has to be out... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
some tips on surviving.” Among the lessons she learned that helped her and her 103-year-old mother cope: you must fight the despair by exercising your mind, keep your emotions in check by taking the long view, and stay connected to... View Details
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
beings grappled with and overcame material hardship, organized their political and economic communities, won great wealth and lost it, conquered and were conquered. The present volume, assembling some of the brightest lights in the field, eloquently testifies to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
Management and author of Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Lessons from Other Sectors. The environmental challenges we face are among the most important issues facing business. If, as current scientific research suggests, it would be... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
Author:Robert C. Pozen Publication:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007) Abstract As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private-equity deals (including transactions topping $20 billion), what lessons can companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
motivations. ... For me, the lessons from this experience are twofold. First, business can be used to create incentives not just for economic return but also for social return. This is happening all over Africa and across the world, but... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
market goods to the West. American managers are still reeling from last year’s wild dot-com ride, while managers abroad are busy applying its lessons.” (Nolan will document management lessons from the recent experience of dot-com... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
same department in my new dealership. He did, until he retired for the second time. The great lesson learned for me was, anyone can go fire someone. It takes more effort, but the rewards are so much greater, to solve the problem that... View Details
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
[Image: aleksejplatonov] Related Reading The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk What do you consider the biggest... View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
the UK, licensed and insured vehicles, and full compliance with every applicable law and regulation. But Uber's “casual driver” model offered a perpetual cost advantage, and in October 2014 Hailo abandoned the US market. Uber's lesson to... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
we have found seven surprises to be the most common. [Editor's note: The following passage describes Surprise Two: "Giving Orders is Very Costly." For a complete list of the seven surprises, see sidebar. The authors gleaned these View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details
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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog
studies—what are the principal lessons you drew from a case or cases? How do you think you would have reacted in the protagonists’ shoes? Describing insights taken from lab sessions and experiences trying to apply course frameworks or... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
important lessons about competition: “At the end of the day, it is a sport,” he says. “You shake hands, win or lose, and move on.” Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993 MIKITANI: In his Tokyo office. Hiroshi Mikitani barely knew the word... View Details