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  • 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

roles are uncertain, goals are shifting, expertise and organizational cultures are varied, and participants have clashing or even antagonistic perspectives. I have studied more than a dozen cross-industry innovation projects, among them the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2008 (Revised April 2018)
  • Case

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Interdisciplinary Cancer Care

By: Michael E. Porter and Sachin H. Jain
In 2006, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was an internationally leading institution for cancer care, education, and research. Since 1996, it had successfully reorganized itself from a cancer hospital that was physically organized around clinical... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Health Disorders; Organizational Structure; Medical Specialties; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Service Delivery; Research; Health Care and Treatment; Education Industry; Health Industry; Texas
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  • 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

Management Series. Oxford University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase the Book: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199552863.do Shadow of the Contract: How Contract Structure Shapes Inter-Firm Dispute... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

to pay the IOUs coming due." Financial markets can help that happen by offering mechanisms that enable capital to be allocated to companies and industries where it can be the most productive. The result is structural changes in the... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 30 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

“activist investors,” seeing typical activist funds more focused on short-term value creation than on the long term.) In the case of the diversified conglomerate DuPont, Trian identified a host of problems including a View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

every quarter. The creation of these clusters creates proximity as profit centers perform complementary activities, making it more beneficial for them to coordinate. Our findings suggest that self-centered choices by profit centers are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

a problem of nightmarish proportions [because of] the growing complexity of the systems and the interdependent structure of their designs. Each new computer system had to be designed from the ground up, and only new systems could take... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology
  • 29 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater

capacity for innovation, can and often should be structured as artists structure their work. Managers should look to collaborative artists rather than to more traditional management models if they want to... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Books

his creation of multidivisional structures present a fascinating portrait of one of the century's most impressive business minds. Neil McElroy and D. Paul ("Doc") Smelser of Procter & Gamble introduced soap... View Details
  • Web

IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

Letters to the Editor

differential in rates. In 1986, the US government equalized the rates, and we saw no difference in the activity of people investing. Also, for the life of me, I don’t understand the rationale behind the 15 percent carried interest rate, which I have to admit I have... View Details
Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • November 2007
  • Article

If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business

By: Robert C. Pozen
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private equity deals (including... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Investment Return; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry
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  • 29 May 2007
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First Look: May 29, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307001 Iqbal Quadir, Gonofone, and the Creation of GrameenPhone (Bangladesh) Harvard Business School Case 807-099 As the smallest of four partners in a unique wireless... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

2.8 MBA Community Values Annual Report (2023) | MBA

member of the section leadership team. The CV Representative’s primary role within their section is to help shape an inclusive and respectful section culture. To do so, among other activities, they help facilitate the creation of section... View Details
  • 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

Diversification, Legitimacy and Practice Area Creation in Professional Service Firms Authors:Heidi Gardner, N. Anand, and Timothy Morris Publication:Special Issue on Professional Service Firms. Journal of Organizational Behavior 29, no. 8... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Nov 2014
  • HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

licenses grew in Colorado from 37 to 200, along with creation of 500 medical marijuana dispensaries. Most recreational buyers seemed to be casual users. In fact, for those six months, recreational marijuana accounted for 80 percent of the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
  • 05 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity

publisher of Harvard Business School's NewBusiness, recently sat down with Tripsas to learn more about her research. Michael J. Roberts: How would you define the territory your work covers? Mary Tripsas: Essentially I look at the creation... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts; Technology
  • 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

the company's marketing department into an integral part of product development, product management, and strategic planning after years of relative neglect is considered. The role of Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt in initiating and overseeing that change is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog

geography? How do I create structures for navigating life, with all of its twists and turns, with a life partner? How do I think about career/family choices? What does it mean to be part of a dual-career couple? Would I ever consider... View Details
  • 24 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

encourage partners to collaborate across the firm to serve clients' increasingly global and complex needs. In 2007, under Smith's leadership, the partnership agreed to implement holistic change, which included shifting from geographical to sector View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace