Provider Organizations - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1998
News

Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All

people and process as much as technology. So there's more to the Y2K problem than technology? Definitely. You can tell a lot about a company by how it's reacting to the Y2K problem. An organization whose people failed to see how it would... View Details

Portrait Project

Ipsita Dasgupta

security and opportunities, and healthcare to people without access to any of these. One day I hope to look back on my life and know that I have used the privilege of being at HBS to enhance the lives of others who are less fortunate. I hope to build either an View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

One by one, connecting veterans to opportunities

Faw. Through social media and word of mouth, the service he provides has made Faw a go-to guy for veterans seeking career advice. At HBS, he fields up to 10 emails and five phone calls a week from veterans interested in making the... View Details

28 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1

positive buzz among students bring a mix of both senior and junior personnel to their event and provide information that is not otherwise available on the company website about company culture, day to day responsibilities, career paths,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

11 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Business and Environment Initiative

BEI organizes conferences, seminars, and symposia that increase the visibility of environmental problems and their solutions among students, alumni, and the broader business community. What are the Initiative’s goals? Our primary goals... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Trouble in Mouse Land

for Eisner’s reelection to the board. “I was looking for a case about executive compensation and corporate governance,” says Beaulieu, who teaches the elective Coordination, Control, and Management of Organizations (CCMO). “I wanted to... View Details

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

17 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Student Conference: Climate Symposium 2021

separately and organically over the years, the interconnectedness of the various pillars of climate change has become increasingly apparent in recent years. The topics across sessions and panels had numerous parallels, led by the many... View Details

Web

Print View - Course Catalog

leaders whose actions provide insights into what leading with trust looks like when it is practiced as a high art by people who know what they are doing. Course Content and Organization 14, 80-minute... View Details

02 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 2

New Model of Leadership Authors:Michael C. Jensen and Allan L. Scherr Abstract In this paper we provide a new definition of leadership that gives organizations and individuals access to new power,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 21

Publications October 2014 Harvard Business Review Press Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract—There are many books that provide strategy advice and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

of five doctors believed that DTCA did not provide information in a balanced manner, and a similar proportion felt that it encouraged patients to seek treatments they did not need. Physicians as a group were more equivocal about other... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

kitchen; Howard Schultz's early office was the prep room for his first café; and Michael Dell began assembling PCs in his college dorm room. How did they go from these beginnings to creating global organizations that became industry... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Oct 2016
HBS Case

Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

picked, they would be sick to their stomachs at all of the perfectly good food left behind,” he says. “There are millions of pounds of delicious, nutritious food that is just plowed under every year.” In recent years, that has started to change. Conference attendees... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

17 Feb 2011
News

Field Report: Rwanda

Afghanistan. Information gathering for the field project began before the team left Boston. The group’s on-the-ground experience, however, provided much-needed cultural context — the heart of any IXP experience. “Most of the renewals for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

14 Apr 2021
News

The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)

attend HBS. Together, they have launched PowerUP, a nonprofit organization that gives disadvantaged Atlanta youth new opportunities for personal development by providing scholarships to pay for martial arts... View Details

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

their worth from their multisided platforms (MSPs), which facilitate interactions or transactions between parties. Many MSPs are more valuable than companies in the same industries that provide only products or services: For instance,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

that are thousands of years old. Cornstalks provide a natural climbing pole for beans, which fix nitrogen in the soil. Squash vines slow the evaporation of precious moisture and offer a natural barrier to weeds; its spiny foliage also... View Details

05 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’

Editor's note: How does an organization hold on to its wealth of accumulated knowledge when the knowledge-holders depart? It's a very real dilemma made even more critical as Baby Boomers begin their mass exit into retirement. The new book... View Details

Keywords: Re: Dorothy A. Leonard; Banking

29 May 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

system of laws and regulations that provide more latitude to large organizations in their dealings with employees, customers, suppliers, and competitors. In recent years, questions have been raised about... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

11 Feb 2021
News

Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce

in a four-month user-experience design course underwritten by Social Finance, which also provided access to emergency funds for basic necessities such as food, housing, and child care, as well as access to a social worker and job coach.... View Details

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