Balance and Stability - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2004
News

Luxe Redux

clients while attracting new customers.” At Steuben, Haupt says that there’s an ongoing assessment of the appropriate balance between a product’s form and function and how that... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; luxury; Retail Trade

01 Feb 2000
News

Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others

residents' levels of health, education, and job preparedness all show improvement. But urban ills such as crime and rundown areas remain. "This is not an overnight process," says Harvey, "but we are moving... View Details

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Academic Experience | MBA

global research centers, and field-based course offerings, the HBS experience is inherently international. Joint Degrees Designed in collaboration with other Harvard schools to prepare you for complex leadership challenges that View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

New Releases

creative departure from the current wisdom, Bradach focuses on a powerful organizational arrangement he identifies as the "plural form"; that is, chains composed of both company-owned and franchise units. Plural form chains, Bradach says,... View Details

16 Jan 2014
News

Learning from Helping Others

loved: acting," she says. Projects with Coca Cola, American Express, L'Oreal, and Samsung quickly followed, and Garrett balanced her voiceover business by volunteering at the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance

Profile

Yi-An Huang

interested—I needed something that fed my soul more. In case after case, you really do get a broad perspective of what different industries and sectors feel like. I’d always think, would I really want to work here? Inside healthcare, I’m... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

Career Coach

Nicole Ledoux

returned stateside to help build a new sell-side fixed income rates business for State Street Global Markets, trading swaptions and FX options. Nicole enjoys advising students exploring various functions in entrepreneurship View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Investment Management; Financial Services (All)

01 Jun 2012
News

Giving Through HBS

control, Baker Foundation Professor Bob Kaplan’s development of the balanced scorecard, or Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter’s insights on competitiveness, the faculty’s ongoing research continues to shape... View Details

Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson

03 Feb 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

is right and being able to put it into practice in organizations include: (1) the use of memory and custom as a substitute for thinking, (2) fear of making a mistake which prevents employees from acting on... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT, 18 Oct 2016
HBS Alumni Events

Alumnae Circles Open House: San Francisco

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

26 Mar 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!

from the tragedy? For one, small decisions have big consequences. Key concepts include: Words and actions by leadership shape perceptions and beliefs of organization members. Leaders need to hold a delicate... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report

Despite a sluggish economy that constrained revenue growth for a second year, HBS finished fiscal year 2003 last June with a balanced budget and double-digit growth in its endowment funds. “Through careful... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
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In Review

Competitiveness Project. What we learned allowed us to launch a steady stream of projects, including those focused on creating stability in the financial system, business and the environment, the future of... View Details

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information From the Chief Financial Officer After a year and a half of disruption caused by the global pandemic, fiscal 2022 was a year of renewal View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

Stobaugh suggests the problem is U.S. dependence on foreign oil; the most promising approaches to achieving a more balanced energy menu, he thought, would be largely through increased energy efficiency and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

shipping model, according to Ngwe. Ngwe attributes the higher purchase totals to customers overshooting the minimum balance needed to qualify for free shipping, due to the extra time and effort required to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

19 Sep 2024
Blog Post

A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market

from growers to buyers, a deliberate choice made by balancing cost and practicality. The auction, along with the transfer of flowers, occurs for just a few hours each morning. This limited operational window... View Details

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Danny Cho

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Three years ago, I made the difficult decision to leave the US Army and enter the private sector. An MBA was a natural next step because I needed the business skills View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

7 PM – 9 PM EDT, 29 Sep 2016

Alumnae Circles Open House: Washington D.C.