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The Experience | Information Technology

case discussion HBS Live Online Classrooms are just like HBS classrooms that have been perfectly tuned for online instruction. Three digital chalkboards project directly to the participant’s screen. Robust polling features, interactive breakout rooms, and more are... View Details

LeRoy A. Petersen

In his 22 years with Otis, Petersen helped the elevator manufacturer transition from war to peacetime production and become increasingly profitable in the process. Though the firm’s defense division still remained an integral part of... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Career Coach

Judy Shen-Filerman

leaders. Judy brings these elements to her work with HBS students and alumni. Judy integrates her brand management, general management, executive coaching and intercultural leadership consulting work to help HBS students be their Best... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Education; Entrepreneurship; Publishing / Communications / Advertising

16 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

international equity markets. The average slope coefficient on the ERP is a highly significant 1.05. In contrast, factor-model-based proxies fail to exhibit predictive power worldwide. Integrating the model with a dynamic information... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

processes. We describe a property-rights model of firm boundary choices along the value chain that generalizes Antràs and Chor (2013). To assess the evidence, we construct firm-level measures of the upstreamness of integrated and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Corporate Training Programs | HBS Online

an integrated development curriculum for upskilling and team-building. Whether you’re investing in early-career professionals or executives, we welcome the opportunity to support your organization’s learning and development goals.... View Details

Samuel P. Colt

Colt organized United States Rubber into a vertically integrated business with a centralized administration. Colt also diversified United States Rubber to include non-footwear items, such as tires, which were a booming market at the time... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—Little is known theoretically, and even less empirically, about the relationship between firm boundaries and the allocation of decision rights within firms. We develop a model in which firms choose which... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

their pitch. Europe Alexander Azoulay, MBA '03 David Merle, MBA '03 Superdome building integrated photovoltaics India Vikram Sharma, MBA '06 Crossover Energy sustainable energy services Latin America Thomaz Srougi, GMP 6 2009 Dr. Consulta... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

October 2009
Teaching Note

Global Health Partner: Obesity Care

By: Michael E. Porter, Zayed Muhammed Yasin and Jennifer F Baron

Teaching Note for [709494]. View Details

Keywords: Value; Quality; Performance Improvement; Competitive Advantage; System; Private Ownership; Medical Specialties; Integration; Health Industry; Sweden

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Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) - Course Catalog

purpose is to integrate the perspectives and analytic tools provided by the HKS core curricula in the MPP or MPA/ID programs with the perspectives and analytic tools provided by the required HBS curriculum in the MBA program. The course... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Dean Clark Addresses Journalists

up standards, principles, and institutions of governance. The second comprises strengthening the integrity of leaders in business.” He cited the School’s well-established curriculum and initiatives involving leadership and values, as well... View Details

Keywords: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

09 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands

broaden its appeal. These new products undercut the integrity of the Starbucks brand for coffee purists. They also challenged the baristas who had to wrestle with an ever-more-complicated menu of drinks. With over half of customers... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail

30 Jan 2006
HBS Case

The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand

from the James Patterson brand. Patterson brings an ad man's sophistication to marketing his work. "I see his success as a sublime integration of operations and marketing," says Deighton, who taught the case to MBAs for the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

Student-Faculty-Profile

Lauren Taylor & Rebecca Henderson

some precision to the discussion of culture in organizational change. She'll use the concept of relational contracts to help readers see the "fuzzy" side of management with clarity. Rebecca: My work on change is unusual in two respects. First, it explicitly View Details

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IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital - Course Catalog

with an Israel venture capital-backed startup. The projects will provide an opportunity to integrate learning across a number of areas including finance, general management, technology, marketing, and leadership. Additionally, working... View Details

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Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog

strategies including approaches to sales force management in the context of a smaller firm. We also learn about the special problems that confront smaller business such as customer concentration and conflicts between outside investors and managers. We conclude the... View Details

November 1996 (Revised August 1997)
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Project "Dial-Tone"

By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower

Bob Hellman, a partner in a West Coast middle-market buyout firm, is attempting to simultaneously acquire and merge three disparate firms in the rapidly consolidating telemarketing services industry. Hellman must value the individual companies as well as the combined... View Details

Keywords: Complexity; Private Equity; Integration; Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Deal; Strategic Planning; Investment; Opportunities; Valuation; Service Industry