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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

Careers From C-Suite to CEO Careers From C-Suite to CEO Interested in making the transition from C-suite executive to CEO? The path will be different for everyone, however, studies of successful CEOs, case studies of alumni, and feedback from executive search View Details
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Management Control Systems in Multiunit Companies

By: Tatiana Sandino

Professor Sandino conducts research on early-stage multiunit companies that introduce management control systems to help maintain operations, as well as company culture, as they grow, but also to enable adaptation to the different markets that they serve. Building... View Details

    Social Strategies That Work

    Over a billion people use social platforms on the Internet, making them the most frequently visited category of sites. Some platforms, such as eHarmony, MeetUp, and Twitter, allow us to connect to strangers. eHarmony alone is estimated to account for one in six new... View Details
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    Gallatin Hall | About

    architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, preserved the building’s historic facade while reconfiguring the 48,218-square-foot interior space to provide 73 single bedrooms with private baths, 8 shared kitchens, 4... View Details
    • 19 Jan 2016
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    January 19, 2016

    forthcoming Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Revolutionizing Innovation: Users, Communities, and Open Innovation By: Harhoff, Dietmar, and Karim R. Lakhani, eds. Abstract—The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary growth of new models... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 11 Mar 2024
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    In Harmony

    Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park
    • 22 Oct 2007
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    Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

    the concept's basic principles before each manager adopted a project in order to implement this new approach to software services. Of the projects, 8 out of 10 showed greater than 10 percent improvement in efficiency. “Some people think... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer
    • August 2005 (Revised January 2012)
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    McKinsey and the Globalization of Consultancy

    By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Alexis Lefort
    Considers McKinsey's strategy during the first stage of the globalization of the management consultancy industry between the 1950s and 1973. Briefly reviews the history of management consulting before considering the factors that led McKinsey to open its first... View Details
    Keywords: History; Demand and Consumers; Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Service Operations; Consulting Industry
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    • 22 Nov 2016
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    November 22, 2016

    returns. Collectively, these findings provide new evidence on the explicit practice of RPE and their implications for corporate governance and firm performance. Harvard Business School Case 617-011 Breakfast... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

    Senior Lecturer of Business Administration; C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator Crypto/Web 3.0 Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Marvin Bower Associate Professor John Wu (MBA 2000), Chair Avalabs The New Gold Rush in Climate... View Details
    • 23 Nov 2010
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    First Look: November 23

    Abstract Because the market for online advertising is both new and fast-changing, participants experiment with all manner of variations. Should an advertiser's payment reflect the number of times an ad was shown, the number of times it... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 31 Jan 2023
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    It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

    looking for meaning in their work—and are eager for roles offering a higher purpose even if they pay less than traditional positions. When graduates are willing to work for less in jobs they feel are “useful to society,” the labor market becomes more equitable, View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 17 Feb 2022
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    When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

    What’s a company’s purpose? Too often it has been hijacked by one extreme or the other claiming it’s either the unbridled pursuit of profit on behalf of shareholders or it’s anything but profit. I also take issue with the idea that purpose is enshrined in a company’s... View Details
    Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
    • December 1998
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    Pioneer Hi-Bred: Turning Seeds Into Factories

    By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
    The agricultural sector is among the preeminent information technology users in our economy," exclaimed an August 1998 Forbes ASAP survey of the U.S. economy's best and worst users of information technology (IT). The survey designated Pioneer Hi-Bred International,... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Multinational Firms and Management; Information Management; Infrastructure; Business Strategy; Information Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Iowa
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    • 01 Oct 2021
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    Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

    A warning to CEOs and other top executives in high-pressure positions: Job stress could shave years off your life, causing you to die younger than lower-level workers, new research suggests. After all, modern CEOs face taxing work... View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
    • 19 Apr 2023
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    A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

    When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12... View Details
    Keywords: Maureen Harmon
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    Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis

    firms Key members of the management team Investment bank league tables   Bloomberg
    Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and... View Details
    • 25 Apr 2024
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    Origin Stories

    Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
    • 15 Dec 2023
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    Like-Minded

    Yumiko Murakami (MBA 1994), Miwa Seki (MBA 1993), and Kathy Matsui share the same month and year of birth, so the friends started an annual birthday get-together to reflect on the year ahead. Work was always a hot topic of discussion. Each woman had built a strong... View Details
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    Faculty - Private Capital Project

    Finance at the Graduate School of Business, the University of Chicago where he created a new course entitled 'Entrepreneurial Finance and Management.' His course development efforts at Harvard Business School focuses on issues affecting... View Details