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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Going Forward
Through The Harvard Business School Campaign, we are positioning the School to deepen its impact on business and business education. From its inception, the Campaign has had high aspirations. We aimed to increase engagement and participation among our alumni and the... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
face as they operate in the complicated world of international finance. Desai notes that there is tremendous heterogeneity in firm responses to the opportunities and obstacles created by worldwide operations. In this e-mail interview,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Sharon Patrick
economies of scale and leveraging models,” observes Patrick, who served as president and COO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for six years before she was appointed CEO in June. “If you can harness these economics, you can create very... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
Even now, Giler keeps his hand in cellular communications—"an industry ripe for substantial disruption"—by cofounding and chairing Scratch Wireless, which this year is slated to release the nation's first free cellphone service (it will... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Exeter Group, Inc. (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 409001. View Details
- 2009
- Working Paper
Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings
By: Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin H Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee and Michael E. Porter
The care delivery value chain is a framework that can help conceptualize the organization and structure of care delivery for medical conditions. We apply this framework to HIV/AIDS care in resource-limited settings. Several conclusions arise than can help inform... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Framework; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Service Delivery
Rhatigan, Joseph, Sachin H Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee, and Michael E. Porter. "Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-093, February 2009.
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
help these individuals, while also spreading awareness about these programs,” says Chrys. After conversations with over 40 Uber drivers and other gig workers in the Boston area, the team picked up on common barriers to applying for federal aid and realized that they... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
uses were bound by age-old religious and cultural beliefs. Yet somehow these delicate flora became the foundation of a global industry made strong by a century of virtually uninterrupted growth that not even economic meltdowns and world wars have been able to stop.... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
secured a role with Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), which would propel her career in a new, mission-driven direction. Connecting Impact and Advancement At MLT, Ramirez had the opportunity to connect with her professional purpose while utilizing her skills in... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
service especially needed given the isolation caused by the pandemic. After two decades in the senior housing industry, which included overseeing a multibillion-dollar portfolio for a REIT, Oppenheim developed a vitality framework built... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Where Are They Now?
works on strategy issues, is point person for global initiatives and acquisitions, and oversees day-to-day operations across all of the group’s functions and its multiple brands, which reap $9 billion in annual sales and include Bath &... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
I could ever have had to help people, and I am proud of what my colleagues and I accomplished. On a more modest scale, I am hugely gratified that my three children have joined me in some of my endeavors. Seeing their sense of service and... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
Organizational Model to Drive Growth Pal's Sudden Service has developed a unique operating model and organizational culture in the quick-service restaurant business. With a deep emphasis on process control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
with the challenges of scaling up as well as huge opportunities in managing rapid growth. These countries also provide an innovation platform to justify tailoring and inventing products and services just for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- April 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
American Nursing Services, Inc.
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Roger H. Hallowell
P.K. Scherle, R.N., founder, president, and owner, struggles with her successful business and focuses on either growth or enhanced profitability. View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Service Delivery; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Roger H. Hallowell. "American Nursing Services, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 692-102, April 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
limited ability to scale up and have broad-based impact. Vikram Gandhi (MBA 1989) is working to change that by creating investments that can be self-sustaining. “India has 400 million people within the poverty line,” says Gandhi. “While... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- Article
What Do Nongovernmental Organizations Do?
By: Eric D. Werker and Faisal Z. Ahmand
Nongovernmental organizations are one group of players who are active in the efforts of international development and increasing the welfare of poor people in poor countries. Nongovernmental organizations are largely staffed by altruistic employees and volunteers... View Details
Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Growth and Development; Welfare or Wellbeing; Poverty; Service Delivery; Crime and Corruption; Social Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Framework
Werker, Eric D., and Faisal Z. Ahmand. "What Do Nongovernmental Organizations Do?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 22, no. 2 (Spring 2008).
- 06 Dec 2011
- Op-Ed
Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis
the European Financial Stability Fund, have been remarkable. Nevertheless, the markets have discounted every announcement and have continued to operate in a state of quasi-panic, as they move at a different speed than the political... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Big Turnout for Business Plan Contest
The dream of starting their own business inspired 110 teams of students to enter the 2010 HBS Business Plan Contest, which awarded $170,000 in cash and in-kind services to winners and runners-up in separate business venture and social... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
advertising agency services and the slow pace of change over several decades. We model an agency's decision as a tradeoff between the fixed cost to the advertiser of establishing a relationship with an agency and pecuniary economies of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne