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  • 03 Dec 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Why CalSTRS Chooses to Engage with the Gun Industry

Keywords: Financial Services
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry

By: Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman
The long-standing argument that focused operations outperform others stands in contrast to claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Performance Capacity; Diversification; Health Industry
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  • Web

Enter Elton Mayo – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

field for both industry and society and Mayo’s unique qualifications for the job. Human Relations and Harvard Business School Women in the Relay Assembly Test Room The Interview Process Spreading the Word... View Details
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

startup funds—and what allowed them to take the risk of launching a company." Curiosity eventually led to his doctoral dissertation: a series of studies showing a definitive link between the social safety net and entrepreneurship. In short, Olds finds that an... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • Web

A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

the then-dominant paradigm of scientific management had led managers to believe. The social system, which defined a worker’s relation to her work and to her companions, was not the product of rational engineering but of actual,... View Details
  • 2022
  • Article

‘American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The Closure of the Swiss Firestone Factory in 1978

By: Sabine Pitteloud
This article focusses on the closure of the Firestone’s Swiss subsidiary in 1978. It contributes to the existing literature dealing with the ‘nationality’ of multinational companies and the impact of U.S. management style on local capitalist systems. Drawing on a... View Details
Keywords: Americanization; Capitalism; Corporate Nationality; Industrial Relations; Multinational; Narratives; Multinational Firms and Management; Nationality; Economic Systems; Labor and Management Relations; Switzerland
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  • April 2012
  • Article

Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry

By: Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman
The long-standing argument that focused operations outperform others stands in contrast to claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development... View Details
Keywords: Performance Capacity; Operations; Advertising; Production; Corporate Strategy; Relationships; Medical Specialties; Complexity; Risk and Uncertainty; Experience and Expertise; Diversification; Quality; Health Industry
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Lobbying Behavior of Governmental Entities: Evidence from Public Pension Accounting Rules

By: Abigail Allen and Reining Petacchi
We examine the lobbying behavior of state governments in the development of recently issued public pension accounting standards GASB 67 and 68. Consistent with opportunistic motivations, we find that states' opposition to the liability increasing provisions embedded in... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Accounting Industry; United States
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  • November 1991
  • Supplement

G. Heileman Brewing Co. (C): Public Controversy Over PowerMaster

By: Stephen A. Greyser
Supplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout. View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 1992
  • Article

Public Policy and the Evolution of Cable Television, 1950-90

By: Willis Emmons
Keywords: Entertainment; Policy; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 14 Sep 2017
  • News

New Research Exposes Why Competition in U.S. Politics Industry is Failing America

  • 25 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

and led the firm’s $1.2 billion Consultant Relations Division. During his time at Capital, in addition to launching the Blackhouse Foundation, Diamond joined the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), a prestigious membership organization of... View Details
  • Web

Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar Course Number 6454 Senior Lecturer Sara Fleiss Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 10 Sessions Project Course Overview Video Course Overview This course represents a unique... View Details
  • October 1993
  • Teaching Note

CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B & C) TN

By: William A. Sahlman
Teaching Note for (9-285-092) and (9-286-009). View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 17 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends

debated at a panel discussion called "Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends," moderated by Harvard Business School professor Lynda Applegate. The "strike zone" for his firm is network infrastructure,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 14 Mar 2014
  • HBS Seminar

Jeremy M. Levin, former President and CEO, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

  • Web

SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics Course Number 1175 Professor Matthew Weinzierl Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits 14 sessions Paper Course Overview Space is a place of unparalleled possibility for humanity, and it is... View Details
  • October 2014 (Revised January 2015)
  • Background Note

Advanced Leadership in Public Education: Tools for Tackling Change from Outside the Building In

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Pamela Yatsko
If you want to create change in public education but are not a school principal or other traditional public education leader, what do you need to do? This long, integrated background note examines the inspiring models and stories of individuals who are improving... View Details
Keywords: Education Reform; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Social Issues; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Leadership; Education Industry; United States
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  • 2021
  • Article

Public Health Risks Arising from Food Supply Chains: Challenges and Opportunities

By: Lu Chen, Donovan Guittieres, Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson, Georgia Perakis, Nicholas Renegar and Stacy Springs
Safe, healthy, and resilient food supply chains are essential to ensuring the livelihood and well-being of humans and societies, as well as local and global economies. However, the ability to provide and sustain access to nutritious and safe food continues to be a... View Details
Keywords: Food Safety; Adulteration; Malnutrition; Supply Chain; Health; Government Administration; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • Web

Guides to Archival Collections – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

finding aid George Lombard’s teaching and research interests focused on Human Relations and Organizational Behavior. He taught courses at both Harvard College and Harvard Business School. His office files cover his activities as... View Details