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19 Jun 2018
News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

Community Partners program is open to volunteer consultants “from HBS and other top business schools. It’s a way to build a network across our business community here,” Chussil says. Consultants typically... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Feb 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective

transaction processes of business to supporting individual professionals within the organization. In the mid-1990s, we entered the Network Era manifest by the Internet. Today my colleagues and I are at work on a set of case studies that... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

01 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 1

old lines of business and, if economies of scope are unavailable, to simply reproduce entrant behavior by creating a "firm within a firm." There are two broad streams of explanation for incumbent failure in these circumstances.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

bankruptcy reorganization on June 1, 2009. What are some of the key issues the company faces? Three Harvard Business School faculty members--Joseph Bower, an authority on general management; Vineet Kumar, a marketing expert; and Dante... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

24 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 24, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-102.pdf Cases & Course Materials (None this week.) Publications Managing Up Author: Linda A. Hill Publication: Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming Abstract Managing up is not... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Kress Library of Business and Economics, written by Ruth Rogers, then curator of the Kress Library at Baker Library. The images selected by Ms. Rogers for inclusion in the catalog represent the major thematic divisions of the Bleichroeder... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Do You Speak Business?

in either a team or a one-on-one setting.” Continues Klump, “I understood enough of Chinese culture to know that you rarely, if ever, confront someone in a group setting, as maintaining face is important. So I waited to have a one-on-one session with my boss, in which... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

April 2025
Supplement

Joe Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics (B)

By: Linda A. Hill, James I. Cash and Lydia Begag

This case is a supplement to “Joe Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics” (A) and is set against the backdrop of the 2024 NBA Finals. It describes the impact of Mazzulla’s decision to rally his team with an aggressive “go for the kill” mindset instead of choosing language... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Change Management; Communication; Values and Beliefs; Decision Making; Innovation Leadership; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leading Change; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Management Skills; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States

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07 May 2015
Blog Post

Career Change: From the Military to Consulting

with classmates, speaking with second year students in the Armed Forces Alumni Association, and through career coaches. I focused my attention exclusively on consulting during the recruiting process. Why do you think so many people pivot their careers after View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

One-on-One with Edwin Reed

assessing needs and identifying financially viable opportunities in this market, we defined an acquisition and property control strategy, secured public/private funding partnerships, and structured responses to competitive pressures. The... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

learning among lower-level employees. We exploit a field-research setting in which business units vary in the "tightness" with which they monitor employee decisions. We find that tighter monitoring gives rise to implicit... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

but can't get them to synchronize. Handicapping the Best Countries for Business India? South Africa? Russia? Which are the best countries for a firm to invest in? In a new book, Professor Richard Vietor looks at the economic, political,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Lara Hodgson

offering, NOWaccount, is a fast-growing revenue accelerator system that provides small businesses immediate access to the capital that is inevitably tied up in outstanding receivables – currently small View Details

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

Pollalis, Andreas Georgoulias, Stephen Ramos, and Daniel Schodek, 247-265. New York: Routledge, 2012 Abstract Two trends are likely to define the 21st century: threats to the sustainability of the natural environment and dramatic increases in urbanization. This paper... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 2002
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Relations, to visit each of the eleven first-year section classrooms and deliver an interactive presentation about the School's financial structure as well as an overview of alumni benefits and services. The Global Alumni Conference... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

or coauthored 15 books as well as the now-classic 1977 Harvard Business Review article "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" His latest book, Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Political System Harvard Business School Note 308-063 Offers a detailed overview of the structure and operation of the Chinese political system today. Key issues that are discussed include (1) the... View Details