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  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Reforming Company Boards

exceed analyst expectations. Businesses do not grow that way. If they’re managed well, they grow incrementally, with minor setbacks. The model that we have come to rely on — that companies’ earnings grow smoothly — is just not right. Do... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
  • 17 Mar 2017
  • News

Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)

Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012) Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012) took a rather winding path to HBS. She first travelled south to earn her undergraduate degree in engineering at Duke University and then to the West Coast for a master’s in View Details
  • September 1995 (Revised June 2002)
  • Case

Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A), The

By: V.G. Narayanan and James D Evans
Following Intel Inc.'s decision to replace flawed Pentium chips, the company faces revenue recognition choices. Events leading up to IBM's decision to halt shipment of computers that have Intel's microprocessor inside and Intel's decision to replace all the flawed... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Revenue Recognition; Computer Industry
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  • Web

Online Learning Track Programs | HBS Online

HBS Online is currently offering a Learning Track in: Leadership & Management Strategy Entrepreneurship & Innovation Business in Society Finance & Accounting Marketing What You Earn Certificate of... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1999
  • News

Joel Bines

his new post as an account executive with Nike's largest client, Mont Blanc, the luxury pen manufacturer. His first day at work, however, everything changed. "The senior account executive invited me to lunch... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • 27 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

winning streaks, the number of leaders multiplies along with the momentum of the streak. Winning teams and successful organizations become increasingly less dependent on the person called the commander-in-chief—even though, ironically, the same top View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • July 2021 (Revised July 2022)
  • Case

Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Navraj S. Nagra and Syed S. Shehab
Dr. Andrea Pusic, breast cancer reconstruction surgeon, wants to extend outcomes measurement beyond traditional surgical metrics of infections, complications, and survival rates. The case describes her development of a new mobile phone app, which collects patients’... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Cost Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Health Testing and Trials; Surveys; Health Industry; Boston
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  • 2009
  • Article

India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007

By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Transformation; Economics; Ownership; Assets; Sales; Profit; Stock Shares; Private Sector; Investment Return; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; India
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  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses—and it’s hard to fault them. The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial processes such as recruiting, hiring,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

It also contains materials on the branch offices and the management and administration of the company from the New York office. Collection Guide Harris C. Fahnestock Papers, 1855–1914 . Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard... View Details
  • Web

South Asia - Global Activities 2021

assignments into their schedules while managing rapid growth; the cutting-edge, research-based content we offer addresses participants’ developmental aspirations; and the dual location of the program between the United States and India... View Details
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

human brain is defective," says Jensen, whose life's work has reached out beyond his research in economics, finance, and accounting to include psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and history. Jensen explains that upsetting information... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Short Takes

companies gain flexibility in the range of projects they may undertake. "Hiring outside contractors is a way for managers to access the talent they need to get the work done," says Bradach. Independent contractors reported a greater sense... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
  • 01 Mar 2003
  • News

Books

Objectives in Unpredictable Times studiously avoids a discussion of what the authors call “the S-word” — strategy. Instead, the book offers “a no-excuses, in-the-trenches perspective” that lets managers take existing realities and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Jun 2025
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

  Working PapersContracting in the Self-reporting Economy (revised) Authors:Romana L. Autrey and Richard Sansing Abstract This paper examines the effect of accounting on the use of intellectual property. We analyze the licensing of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 21

analyzing the relevant processes. Part 2 discusses strategic choices, what research tells us about selling effectiveness, and how to translate a strategy into customer-selection and sales-call criteria. Part 3 focuses on core sales View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2025
  • Blog Post

Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services, business services, telecommunications, and consumer products. It was during a product line analysis for a pet food company that I discovered... View Details
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • Blog Post

3 Insights from My First Year at HBS

tensions between optimizing shareholder value and the taking into account the wellbeing of employees and society. I struggle on a daily basis to think of how I can optimize my HBS experience and resources, not just for personal gain, but... View Details
  • Profile

Stephanie Tilenius

and Master’s, she received a prestigious Presidential Management Intern Program position that put her to work on trade relations with Japan. “I quickly realized,” says Stephanie, “that there was no way we were going to drive real reform... View Details