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Amelia Angella Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
In the online marketplace, oodles of retailers and developers rely on “platforms” such as Amazon.com, the Apple App Store, Facebook, and Twitter to get their products and services into the hands of users. Retailers, for example, sell... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
of Antares is to harness the power of private enterprise to promote public health." As part of its research and educational activity, Antares deploys joint HBS and HSPH student field-study teams around the world to work with health products and View Details
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
other research examines the design of performance measurement systems and incentive contracts for rewarding teams and channel partners. In short, this research explores the idea that career concerns, influenced by disclosure requirements,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
leading the “high-touch” approach you’ve taken with your clients will be difficult from New Jersey. I recommend expanding with your clients—get contracts with them to service their new locations out of... View Details
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3.1 Student Accounts | MBA
3.1 Student Accounts The Harvard University Student Accounts Office manages billing for tuition and fees . Harvard University’s Student Financial Services (SFS) Office emails notification of fall charges in July. Students will not be... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Helping the Unemployed Find Work and Self-Esteem
In the late 1990s, when the UK recruitment firm started in 1960 by his father, Sir Alec Reed, won a government contract to provide welfare-to-work employment services, James Reed (MBA 1990) knew success would require some innovative... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Insights into Business in Islamic World
business practices include prohibitions on paying or collecting interest, avoidance of any business dealings considered speculative, ensuring that contracts are fair to all parties, and treating distressed businesses with compassion.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
framework” Pharmacists would pressure manufacturers to enforce fair trade sales contracts that followed set price schedules and service guarantees. In turn, retailers would police one another and report... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
United States,” notes Khanna. “Court systems, contract law, stock markets, accounting standards, and other elements that facilitate entrepreneurship and growth are often weak, archaic, or entirely missing in these economies.” Business... View Details
- 21 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 21, 2010
organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
contracting with some more innovative commercial and Medicaid programs while advocating for federal change in billing codes and seeking FDA approval for the company’s offerings. DynamiCare’s biggest victory came in March 2022, when the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
studies that there are many small-business owners who could put capital to very good use, but microfinance has not yet unlocked those potential opportunities. “That paper was very influential and one of the first indications to academics that small changes to the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
All in Good Time
qualified professionals with part-time, temporary, and flexible full-time positions in legal, IT, accounting, strategy consulting, and marketing, among other areas. Like many young mothers with two small children, O’Kelly felt the tug-of-war between home and office. A... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Calling the Tune: Negotiation as an Improvisational Dance
vital at all levels of the organization. Valley explained that in addition to the negotiations around a transaction — the exchange of goods or services — the flattening of organizations means people must negotiate the terms of their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Cyberposium: Pros and Cons of Outsourcing
percent outsourced. “We are absolute converts,” he said, citing the benefits of cost reduction, quality, and flexibility. The end of a contract is always a new opportunity to make improvements, demand more, and reprice. If IT workers were... View Details
- February 2009
- Teaching Note
Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy (TN)
By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron
Teaching Note for 709458. View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
capacity, and identify where improvements in quality and productivity will have the highest payoffs. The authors reveal how managers can conduct fact-based negotiations with customers and suppliers - concerning price, product features, quality, delivery, and View Details
- 20 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How to be a Customer
you'll do. Don't keep the salesperson waiting if she's come to your office for an appointment. Pay on time. Don't try to nickel and dime the seller. Don't ask for free value-added services that weren't part of the original deal. Be... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
Enterprises, an international trade consulting and investment firm, Franklin has worked in government with five U.S. presidents, including service as secretary of commerce in the administration of President George H.W. Bush. A.G. Lafley... View Details