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- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
for Auditor Independence Yet? Authors:M.H. Bazerman and D.A. Moore Publication:Accounting, Organizations and Society (in press) Abstract Well before the collapse of Enron and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
pitch their experience and skills to each other. That’s how Goble met Dr. Wayne Lencer, a Harvard Medical School professor who had spent a decade developing technology to enable the oral delivery of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
the dollar losses were related to physician turnover and reduced clinical hours. The research adds to previous work showing how physician stress generates negative clinical and View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
Competition Policy International Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Transportation Network Companies offer notable service advances—but do they comply with the law? And if not,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
Andy Wu. Gaming is special because it’s 50 percent technology and 50 percent entertainment. In gaming, we’re challenged to solve both the problems of tech and entertainment. On... View Details
- 2010
- Book
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
By: Robert L. Simons
To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions that will enable your company to win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Management; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy
Simons, Robert L. Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution. Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.
- January 2021 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: William W. George and Amram Migdal
This case examines the leadership of Corie Barry, the new CEO of Best Buy, with a focus on actions the company took in 2020 to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The case includes a history of Best Buy’s strategy and leadership, including the transitions between the... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Change; Disruption; Volatility; Communication; Competency and Skills; Customers; Decision Making; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Cash Flow; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Goods and Commodities; Corporate Governance; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Executive Compensation; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Invention; Jobs and Positions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Job Offer; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Law; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Management; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Systems; Management Teams; Risk Management; Operations; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Logistics; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Science; Strategy; Retail Industry; North and Central America; United States; Minnesota
George, William W., and Amram Migdal. "Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Case 321-073, January 2021. (Revised April 2022.)
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Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Amy Edmondson Tiona Zuzul Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Mastering Consulting and... View Details
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
restaurants of gaming the system by stacking reviews by friends and family, or simply falling prey to a popularity contest by uninformed palates. "Given the evidence, I don't think many people would... View Details
- January 2020
- Article
Assessing the Safety of Electronic Health Records: A National Longitudinal Study of Medication-related Decision Support
By: A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Melissa Danforth, David Classen and David Bates
Background Electronic health records (EHR) can improve safety via computerised physician order entry with clinical decision support, designed in part to alert providers and prevent potential adverse drug events at entry and before they reach the patient.... View Details
Keywords: Hospital; Electronic Health Records; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Safety; Performance; Quality; Performance Improvement
Holmgren, A Jay, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Melissa Danforth, David Classen, and David Bates. "Assessing the Safety of Electronic Health Records: A National Longitudinal Study of Medication-related Decision Support." BMJ Quality & Safety 29, no. 1 (January 2020): 52–59.
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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets
values/value systems , ethics , moral leadership Interviews Ian Fuhr Robert Brozin Victoria Ivashina Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration Anne and James F. Rothenberg Faculty Fellow Research... View Details
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
the nature of the problem, match solution techniques with problems, seek diversity in our feedback, and use technology where possible. Among other things, he argues, we ignore the subtle View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
system you can use to focus organizational attention on emerging threats and uncertainties Apply course-wide knowledge by proposing a set of solutions to strategy execution... View Details
- Web
Globalization - Faculty & Research
determine whether its leadership model was truly making a difference? Keywords: Human Capital ; Transformation ; Management Practices and Processes ; Managerial Roles ; Organizational Culture ; Leadership ;... View Details
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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
information systems for Salomon Brothers. In 1981, with the idea for a technology company that would bring greater transparency and fairness to the financial system, he... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Jul 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
theater and control is required to make people feel comfortable when fundamental operating systems change ." Narendar Singh Raj Purohit adds that " when things are getting out of control someone... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
(GMCR) senior executives in a negotiation to license technology from Keurig, a startup that has developed an innovative "portion pack" coffee brewing solution. The negotiation will determine the royalty to be paid to Keurig by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
Kanter says. Instead, it requires systemic change, including new institutions and new ways of doing things, as Kanter argues in her recent book Think Outside the Building. That might include, for starters,... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
leader does matter.) Because there is not only a business, but also an ownership group and a family that need capable leadership, a family business system is much more complicated than other kinds of... View Details