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- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
for executives there to absorb and react to it, reduced the company's ability to respond to bid requests on a timely basis. Alert to this change, a European rival added a 24-hour limit to its competing bids, forcing quick decisions from clients—and winning new View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
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Events - Private Capital Project
2020: “The Future of Diversity and Inclusion in Private Equity: Can the Industry Meet the Challenge?” A webinar hosted by the Private Capital Project at Harvard Business School and the Private Capital Research Institute. The panelists... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
What is welcome and all too rare? Leaders who care about building great institutions, not just profits. What sets these leaders apart in their practice and outlook? Harvard Business School's Michael Beer in his new book, Higher Ambition:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
ones—lots of growth opportunities. The 1998 merger of BP and Amoco, for example, led to the disposal of 12 oil-storage terminals scattered across North America. The terminals were purchased by the Williams Companies, a small business... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
September 2016 Harvard Business Review How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions By: Badaracco, Joseph L. Abstract—The toughest calls managers have to make come in situations when they have worked hard to gather the facts and have done the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Polaroid: At The Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
New Video: Books@Baker Interview with Felix Oberholzer-Gee Click to watch. Some companies gain advantage by commanding premium prices. Others lean on their world-class talent. But, a small slice of companies manages to do both—and dramatically outperform peers. What... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women's Student Association (WSA)
What is the WSA? The WSA, or Women’s Student Association, is a student-led organization at Harvard Business School for anyone who identifies as a woman. We’re the largest student organization on campus. What do we do? Our role is to make... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
2006–2007 Harvard Business School Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching in recognition of curriculum in the newly created General Management Program (GMP). Victoria Ivashina : Awarded the 2007 Larry... View Details
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
difficult to compute. Yet these customers generate value to the firm because their presence attracts fee-paying sellers. In this paper we consider the value of a customer in these types of networked setting. We compute the value of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market
panelists at Harvard Business School's Cyberposium 2003 to address the technology trends, developing markets, and pressing concerns of a swiftly developing market. At this point, panelists agreed little new innovation is necessary.... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Publications 2006 Henry Holt (Macmillan) Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment By: Elberse, Anita Abstract—What's behind the phenomenal success of entertainment View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
entrepreneurs from other candidates. To address that problem, Butler compared the psychological testing results of over 4,000 successful entrepreneurs and of approximately 1,800 business leaders who described themselves as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
3.7 Financial Aid Fraud - MBA
Absence, & Return of Federal/Title IV Funding 3.6 VA Benefits 3.7 Financial Aid Fraud 3.8 Health Insurance 3.9 Annual Notice: Higher Education Opportunity Act 4. General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6.... View Details
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
influencing the cost and availability of money, goods, and services. Macroeconomic forces can conspire to make business more difficult, but they can also present opportunities to executives who know how to, for example, read a country's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
Manufacturers generally classify products in terms of broad product lines, developing a single marketing strategy and production plan for each line. That makes sense for marketing, but it's a mistake for production. Different SKUs... View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
business owners that promotes economic growth by mentoring and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. Ko was looking for a new managing director of the Philippine chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, and Ayala’s name kept surfacing. At... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call time in a... View Details
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
Is the economic downturn affecting the willingness and readiness of companies to look at the economic, social, and environmental impact of their business practices? Or is this a perfect time to reassess current programs and adapt them to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
Administrator, US Small Business Administration Download Mills profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1953 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1977 Joins General Foods 1981 Joins... View Details