by Michael Blanding - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

Tom Tierney and Jeff Bradach Photographs by Webb Chappell Related Links Read about one graduate’s work at Harlem Children’s Zone View a recent case on Youth Villages A decade ago, Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992) and Tom Tierney (MBA 1980)... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

22 Jan 2018
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

grow from 7.2 million globally in 2013 to 12.9 million by 2035. Our clear and concise educational videos—most of which are freely available on YouTube and Wikipedia, as well as our personalized learning platform—provide a strong didactic... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

Management Journal Monitoring Global Supply Chains By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Firms reliant on supply chains to manufacture their goods risk reputational harm if the working conditions in those... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2006
News

The Producers

Tsotsi, an Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, and Twelve and Holding, a film by director Michael Cuesta that follows on his earlier, acclaimed examination of adolescence and identity, L.I.E. “Our... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Sep 2008
News

The Levitt Brand

weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Business School, olvwork88210 Founded in 1881 by two non-Native white men, John Healy and Charles Bigelow, the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company sold “healing” salves and cures, including a concoction they called “Sagwa.” Allegedly derived... View Details

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used to boost earnings for a durable commodity consumer product which can be easily stockpiled View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1997
News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

history. The excitement traditionally generated by these annual events was further heightened this year as participants gathered in Hong Kong, the gateway city to China, which on July 1 will revert from British rule to Chinese... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

destruction of natural habitats such as forests and wetlands. On the other hand, business is gradually beginning to make efforts to reverse those frightening trends by creating new processes, products, and paradigms that take the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

words to share how outraged and disappointed I am by the continued extrajudicial killing of Black men and women. I feel a deep tension as I am inspired by the energy and passion of those that have gathered... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

this past fall with an open challenge: choose an organization whose operating model will be significantly affected by climate change, and tell us what it should be doing to address it. Students posted responses to the prompt on HBS’s Open... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2008
News

A Force for Good

the twelfth grade,” recalls Eustis. “He was a real tough, volatile type of guy. He played football. He was later rumored to be the smartest kid ever to graduate from our high school.” During those same years, McArthur worked part-time in a sawmill run View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

that bridges neurology care for Midtown, Emory University Hospital, and Wesley Woods.” Questions raised by the assembled group make it clear that getting from the point of analysis to execution will take some serious work. “This can’t... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

15 Nov 2016
News

HBS and SEAS Explore Opportunities for Innovative Thinking

Professor Lauren H. Cohen (photo by Eliza Grinnell) Professor Lauren H. Cohen (photo by Eliza Grinnell) Professor Karim R. Lakhani (photo by Richard Howard) Professor Karim R.... View Details

23 Oct 2019
News

Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence

as Competing on Business Analytics and Big Data. In 2018, HBS led the development of the online Harvard Business Analytics Program. This certificate program—taught by business, engineering, and statistics faculty from across the... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

investment firm, he and his partners paid particular attention to defining their corporate culture by considering, “How are we going to behave with each other, how we’re going to be with clients, how do we practice our authenticity?” he... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

The Changing Nature of Research

Rivkin, the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for research. “The world’s problems are becoming increasingly complex and no longer lend themselves to a single method of research.” Innovative for its time, HBS’s first... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Working World

organizations that embedded globalization and the differences that exist across countries into the heart of its model. It’s set up with the idea of unlocking value by leveraging the opportunities created by... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

demand for auditing by the licensor. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice by the licensee, and audit strategy choice by the licensor. We show... View Details