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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Exhibit at Baker Library Marks HBS Centennial
Elton Mayo (ca. 1946): Supervision attuned to a worker’s psychological needs rather than based on fear or coercion would produce, Mayo believed, “a major revolution in industrial method” and “an almost incredible human advance.” Fritz J.... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
For example, in “Reimagining Capitalism,” Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, examined how the private sector might play a major role in driving the systemic change needed to address big problems like... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
demonstrate how they can be more innovative and successful by fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. Coleman, who previously was managing director of the Nobel Peace Prize–nominated Feminist Majority Foundation, believes diversity... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New York Club Names Entrepreneur of the Year
company has been a major force in shaping the deregulated communications landscape. RCN was chosen from among hundreds of nominees in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area. "With a stellar group of ten finalist firms, the... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
How to Think About Networking
Your network is the most valuable job hunting tool in your tool kit; right alongside an impactful resume. A well-developed and maintained professional network is the best way to safeguard against career or job insecurity. Research has suggested that the View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
Atlanta was awarded the 1996 Games. Like Los Angeles, the Olympics' host city in 1984, Atlanta is funding the Games almost exclusively with private money. One major difference, however, between the two cities' efforts is that because of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
those labs have a lot of smart and thoughtful people, they're often remote from industrial centers and not tightly linked to local ecosystems. And so one of the implications of biotech and pharma is that you'd want to tie these labs more to View Details
- 05 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Niall Ferguson and the Certainty of Uncertainty
a major financial crisis, they should consider history when developing their strategies, plans, and models, and should keep in mind that outlier events occur. When such events do occur, the consequences are often immediate and... View Details
Keywords: Re: John A. Quelch
- Portrait Project
Tanveer Abbas
opportunities not open to the overwhelming majority of my countrymen. I also think about family and the impact I'll have on mine one day. In both areas, I want desperately to make a difference and be remembered for that. In short, I think... View Details
- Blog
The Female Executive's Perspective: A conversation with HBS AMP Women on Applying
Stepping away from responsibilities in the office and at home for the multi-week HBS Advanced Management Program (AMP) is a major decision. Women executives in particular wonder, "Can I really leave my family and my team for that long?"... View Details
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Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) - Course Catalog
strategic, and operating decisions. Cases typically analyze the value implications of major strategic decisions or analysis of unique business models. Similar to SVC, the course will utilize more strategy concepts (creating and sustaining... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- News
Sustainability Is Good Business
one of the country’s leading defenders of the natural world aggressively seeks out partnerships with major corporations to advance their mutual interests. Speaking to a student audience last week on campus, the Nature Conservancy’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
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and product markets." Jensen and his contributors detail three major systems that play a critical role in organizational strategy and help address control problems within the decentralized organization. They are a system for allocating... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
“I’d like to see a number of our major corporations pick one African school of business, fully endow it, and help make it really good,” America says. “Upgrading management quality in the Third World will increase efficiency, creativity,... View Details
- 1 PM – 2 PM EDT, 17 Sep 2015
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Risk of Unfunded Public Pension Fund and Health Care Benefits in the US
Detroit is the canary in the coal mine on the issue of unfunded pension and health care liabilities. Had the city not declared bankruptcy, it was projected that 67% of every incremental revenue dollar would have been allocated to these legacy benefits by 2017. Yet even... View Details
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Residents & Fellows Course - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Residents & Fellows Course Value-Based Health Care Delivery for Residents & Fellows There is growing recognition that true health care reform will require major strategic and organizational changes in the way health care is actually... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights
Business Publishing. The major areas of expense growth were salaries and benefits, other expenses, printing and publishing, and professional services. New gifts and pledges totaled $172 million, compared with $162 million in fiscal 2021.... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Tim Keller, Heavy Metal Mayor
A recent story in the New York Times profiles Tim Keller (MBA 2005), the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a major heavy metal fan. The piece details a scene from earlier this year, when Keller—clad in a black T-shirt and pumping his... View Details
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
another company for an amount of money that exceeds the fair market value. Specifically, the FASB was trying to determine whether goodwill should be amortized. To that end, FASB leaders met with leaders from several major accounting... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed human ingenuity combined... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett