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  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

who regulate access to, and interactions around, the platform. We present evidence on Facebook, TopCoder, Roppongi Hills, and Harvard Business School to document the "regulatory" role played by MSPs. We find MSPs use nuanced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business

needs of Black grocers. A close friend of Justice Thurgood Marshall, Dowling served in managerial roles for the U.S. Department of Internal Revenue, the American Cancer Society, and the New Jersey Urban... View Details
  • November 1993 (Revised October 1995)
  • Case

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By: John J. Gabarro
Describes the problems facing a recent MBA graduate in his job as general manager of a mobile cellular company owned by a parent corporation. Raises issues of corporate divisional relationships and the difficulties facing an inexperienced manager who seems to be... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Mobile Technology
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  • 20 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

innovation to the firm, and then drove change among its managerial and technical staff by making everyone accountable for sourcing half the innovations from outside P&G. An important element in P&G's effort was to create an... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Processes (31) Management Skills (20) Management Style (16) Management Succession (5) Management Systems (4) Management Teams (52) Management (353) Managerial Roles (6) Market Design (7) Market Entry and... View Details
  • 29 Jan 2018
  • Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

possible.” Duncan brought experience with long space ights to help solve concerns related to the miners’ physical and psychological survival in their small quarters. NASA engineers played a crucial role in the design of the escape capsule... View Details
Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining
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Our Curriculum - Business History

Courses Our Curriculum HBS has been offering business history courses since 1927. There are three business history courses currently taught in the MBA curriculum: The Coming of Managerial Capitalism, Entrepreneurship and Global... View Details
  • 20 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

indicate they're trying to anticipate your likes and dislikes. Surprise Five: You Are Not The Boss Warning signs: You don't know where you stand with board members. Roles and responsibilities of the board members and of management are not... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria
  • 11 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

women. “It appears that increasing your female managers leads to higher profitability over time” In the study, the researchers set out to prove the following hypothesis: "Firms, both foreign and domestic, that do more to hire and promote women to positions of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Online Management Course | HBS Online

understand organizational behavior. Alex Glavkov Technical Program Manager at Amazon Robotics Start preparing for a future managerial role through access to best-in-class tools and frameworks. Meet Raymond,... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

informing and connecting the buyers, users and sellers of technology. One of CNET Networks' first employees and senior executives, with past responsibilities including COO, CFO and Vice Chairman, Bonnie assumed his current role in 2000.... View Details
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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Social enterprise-focused alumni comprise a powerful network for social impact that spans across the globe. Whether it’s within the nonprofit, public, or private sector, HBS alumni pursue a variety of managerial, entrepreneurial, voluntary, and philanthropic View Details
  • March 2006
  • Module Note

Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 3: Expanding Diversity

By: Alan D. MacCormack
Describes the third module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Business Processes; Projects; Risk and Uncertainty; Product Development; Managerial Roles; Opportunities; Perspective; Expansion; Goals and Objectives
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  • January 1997
  • Background Note

Conducting a Performance Appraisal Interview

By: Michael Beer
Discusses typical problems experienced by managers in conducting performance appraisal interviews. The underlying causes of these problems are analyzed and ideas are presented that might help managers overcome these problems. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Managerial Roles; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges
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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

managers at all types of organizations (e.g., small companies, large companies, non-profits, and public servants) become more effective at enhancing the value of those organizations. HBS professor Ken Andrews described three roles for the... View Details
  • Research Summary

Current Research

Information Dissemination in Capital Markets

 

Seeking to bridge economic theory and the role of individuals, Professor Brochet researches the transmission of information in capital markets. He has investigated the effects of information... View Details
  • October 2008
  • Article

Evaluating the CEO

By: Stephen P. Kaufman
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. After Kaufman became a CEO, he was struck by how perfunctory the board was in its... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 2010
  • Casebook

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro
All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Eligibility Criteria Awards How to Apply FAQs In addition to financial need and employment eligibility, selection is based on the following qualitative criteria: Caliber of Position Level of responsibility and level of need for this type of position in the community.... View Details
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

to the CEO. In many cases, the chief legal officer should be a member of the top management team who is expected to weigh in on all issues, not just represent the legal function. Q: What managerial levels are we talking about here? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services