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- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
found to be associated with the ability to attract specialized solvers with range of diverse scientific interests. Furthermore, successful solvers solved problems at the boundary or outside of their fields of expertise, indicating a...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
should you open up to the wider world? To reap the benefits of open innovation, executives must understand what to open, how to open it, and how to manage the resulting problems. According to authors Andrew...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
their job duties by doing favors that benefit the executives personally. "Executives can become quite skilled at managing things through informal exchanges and favors. But that means there is just a...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
Because pricing is such a difficult and complex arena, it has confounded sales and marketing executives and scholars for centuries. In no other marketing element is the two-sided conflict and cooperation nature of the buyer-seller...
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- 10 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
Professor Jeffrey Bussgang has played a critical role in expanding Harvard Business School’s entrepreneurial offerings over the last few years. A Senior Lecturer at HBS and a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, he is an expert in lean startups as well as...
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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
diversity of businesses and products that were virtually unimaginable before the advent of full-service financial institutions. Named president of the firm in 1984 and chairman in 1991, Fisher is widely recognized for his role in both envisioning and View Details
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
reconfigured its internal units around customers and markets. Q: Obviously, this process involves substantial changes in the way companies do business. What can executives and managers do to motivate...
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- 08 Feb 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Team Scaffolds: How Minimal In-Group Structures Support Fast-Paced Teaming
- January 2006 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
General Electric Healthcare, 2006
By: Tarun Khanna and Elizabeth Raabe
In January 2006, Joe Hogan, head of General Electric (GE) Healthcare Technologies, prepared to step into William Castell's shoes as CEO of GE Healthcare, the world's leading manufacturer of diagnostic imaging equipment. In 2004, former CEO Jeff Immelt acquired Amersham...
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Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Cost vs Benefits;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Machinery and Machining;
Global Range;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Product Design;
Technological Innovation;
Expansion;
Value Creation;
Business Subsidiaries;
Health Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Khanna, Tarun, and Elizabeth Raabe. "General Electric Healthcare, 2006." Harvard Business School Case 706-478, January 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
you are a technologist, but lack management or operating skills (marketing, sales, etc.), you may benefit from a more seasoned business leader as cofounder who has seen the movie before. While many operating skills can be learned,...
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by Julia Austin
- Web
Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online
$1,850 Certificate Strategy Execution Professor Robert Simons Gain the tools, skills, and frameworks to successfully implement strategy within your organization. 8 weeks, 5-8 hrs/week Enroll by October 17 $1,850 Certificate Sustainable...
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- May 2006 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
General Electric's 20th Century CEOs (Abridged)
By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony J. Mayo and Mark Benson
General Electric thrived in every decade of the 20th century. Since its founding in 1892, GE has placed a high value on picking and training the best people. Staff members worked with other scientists in the company's research lab to design and manufacture new and...
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Nohria, Nitin, Anthony J. Mayo, and Mark Benson. "General Electric's 20th Century CEOs (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 406-118, May 2006. (Revised February 2012.)
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
managers do to promote a healthy learning environment in their organizations? A: I suggest that organizations learn through the learning of groups within the organizations. So, an organization's ability to...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 28 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 28
broad or focused managers, to leverage, to the timing of investment, and finally, to the compensation paid to both external managers and internal staff. Purchase this note: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209152-PDF-ENG Moods of...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Master the Team Meeting
every leader’s strong suit, then bring someone in who is. I’ve seen everyone from executive assistants to HR leaders to program managers facilitate meetings, keeping the group on topic, on time, and to pay...
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by Julia Austin
- Web
The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First...
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- 16 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advice on Advice
In business, good advice is priceless. Managers who are anxious and confused when confronted with corporate challenges can find that a piece of sound advice from a colleague can instill a sense of calm and clarity that leads to more...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-043.pdf An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
PublicationsHow Leaders Kill Meaning at Work Authors:Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer Publication:The McKinsey Quarterly, no. 1 (January 2012) Abstract Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by...
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Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
Management in Business (CLIMB), said Mullane, a rigorous yearlong seven-course asynchronous program designed to help new and experienced leaders accelerate their career, which launches in January of next year. For View Details