Management Systems - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

Business has long recognized the connection between an effective school system and a qualified workforce—by some estimates, the private sector invests $4 billion annually in efforts intended to improve public education. So why isn't that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Course Number 1180 Professor Vincent Pons Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Course Overview This is a course about exploiting the opportunities created by the emergence of a global economy... View Details

16 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

cannot get out of health care, no matter what kind of health insurance system is put in place. They bear the cost of poor health in the form of sick days, absenteeism, reduced productivity at work, and early retirements of skilled... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health

01 Oct 2002
News

Books

“establishing a sense of urgency” — is told by a middle manager who sought to spur change in his company's purchasing process by highlighting its inefficiencies.The manager hired a summer intern to catalogue... View Details

12 May 2015
Blog Post

"Every Day at HBS is a Gift"

and selfless – each one thinks they were the “admissions mistake.” I love that no matter how busy they are, they’re always willing to help; the way in which the system is set up actually reinforces this: The grading View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Robin Greenwood, the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking and Anne and James F. Rothenberg Faculty Fellow, saw another catastrophe on the horizon: widespread business failure and a bankruptcy... View Details

Keywords: April White

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IT Strategy: HBS IT Website Provides Easier Access to News and Support | Information Technology

expertise from Marketing and Communications as part of the work being done to refresh all HBS websites through the Web Content Management System Program. The new platform brings standardization, consistency,... View Details

03 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn

the firm's business practices. We have built a simple classification system that when combined with an "assessment" model could yield powerful diagnostics on how to migrate and manage a company's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Student-Profile

Sarah Wolfolds

Education program. This really helped to bring focus to my research ideas in terms of the issues actually faced by managers and is one of the unique aspects about attending a school like HBS. Beyond classes and research, I try to keep up... View Details

20 Dec 2018
Blog Post

A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture

helping to run so-called “disruptors.” Yi Chen (MBA 2014) is VP of Product for Toast, Inc., a customizable point-of-sale and management system for restaurants. Nicole Ledoux (MBA 2008) is Co-Founder of 88... View Details

10 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 10

economic harm that system operators could prevent or mitigate. Although the legal system can respond, regulations have mixed results. I examine the applicable legal rules that constrain online fraud and the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Campus Vehicular Access | About

manager must request access in advance via Envoy . Harvard University vehicles are routinely granted access for the purpose of performing service work. As with contractors, the name of the HBS manager... View Details

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

Bill George, Professor of Management Practice Social networking is the most significant business development of 2010, topping the resurgence of the U.S. automobile industry. During the year social networking morphed from a personal... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 May 2017
News

Facing the Board

of things. The 72 alumni were among 400 who returned to campus to join 936 students for the inaugural HBS Boardroom, a new RC capstone experience that includes first-year student teams presenting case-based management decisions to alumni... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photos by Susan Young; Blackrock; The Boardroom

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism argues for slavery's centrality to the emergence of American capitalism in the decades between the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 28

best-known authority, TRUSTe, are more than twice as likely to be untrustworthy as uncertified sites. This difference remains statistically and economically significant when restricted to "complex" commercial sites. In contrast, competing certification View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

Corporations could do a good job of running corrupt Third World governments. Corruption rules in too many of the world's democratically elected governments. From Achocalla, Bolivia, to Mayuge, Uganda, voters pick their leaders through the ballot box, but an entrenched... View Details

Keywords: by Eric Werker

02 Dec 2015
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Laura Mackay...

models and aspirations to transform the industry. One company in particular grabbed my attention: Fibroblast, a referral management platform. The business is focused at the heart of the one for the most challenging issues for patient... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Health Care; Entrepreneurship

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of InGenia Uruguay, an outsourcing and strategic consultancy services company based in Montevideo. Established in 2003, InGenia specializes in risk management for Uruguay’s financial sector.... View Details

07 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 7

making, and practice. We discuss important implications and offer suggestions for further research. Read the paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0618 Equitable and Efficient Coordination in Traffic Flow Management Authors:Cynthia... View Details