Time Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2022 (Revised February 2023)
Case

EnergyNow: Powering a New Market

By: Alexander MacKay and James Barnett

In August 2022, EnergyNow co-founder and CEO Stuart MacWilliam (MBA 2015) considers the company strategy for building solar panels to provide power in South Africa’s recently deregulated energy market. View Details

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Educators

Purchase

01 Jun 2008
News

Immersion Program Digs Deep

it was enlightening to see China and Vietnam through the eyes of the students. “So many of them were experiencing these places for the first time that I began to see them differently as well,” she says. “You definitely can’t replicate... View Details

Keywords: immersion; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

26 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity

new study of physician offices transitioning to electronic health records (EHRs) used in managing patient care. In general, larger offices in the study that employed EHRs recorded productivity gains, but certain types of smaller practices... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

01 Jun 2007
News

Uncorked

an advertisement for perfume.” In 1972, E. & J. Gallo Winery called out of the blue and invited McClelland to its Modesto headquarters to manage its network television purchases. Eventually becoming the family company’s first female vice... View Details

Keywords: sanitary napkins; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

03 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

For these employees, you (or they) may feel that a scaling business is not a fit. Early stage is their sweet spot and a transition may be necessary. However, before concluding that it’s time for some of these early team members to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

December 1999 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade

Focuses on Millennium's strategy to grow and revolutionize drug development through the use of new technologies such as genomics. Describes how Millennium Pharmaceuticals--a fast-growing biotechnology firm in Cambridge, MA--has used strategic alliances to finance the... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Financing and Loans; Medical Specialties; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Time Management; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Cambridge

Citation

Educators

Purchase

01 Jun 2001
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

all expectations. We are indebted, as well, to the extraordinary cadre of HBS Fund volunteers, who are uniquely qualified to articulate the reasons why HBS needs your financial support. Given the vast number of organizations vying for your View Details

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

11 Sep 2009
News

I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…

road would pick up his or her office mail (and any snail-mailed thank-you notes) in a timely fashion. Others wondered at her advice to mention personal interests that had come up in conversation (maybe the recruiter owns and breeds... View Details

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

01 Jun 2006
News

Getting on Board

come to them,” notes Susan Stautberg, president of PartnerCom Corporation, which assembles and manages advisory boards. “Before Sarbanes-Oxley and the outcry for better governance, you might have been tapped just because you knew... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management; Management; Management

12 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Break the Rules of How Business is Done

are struggling to raise capital, hire, and scale your business, is there time and energy available to also rethink how you do business in general? How much effort do you want to put in to stand out as a company not only creating something... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

Profile

Jeremy Andrus

something and owning ultimate responsibility are two completely different things. What in your background has helped you the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

01 Jun 2008
News

Watching the Brain Think and the Surprises of Science

unimaginable at the time they are made. Who would have predicted the changes in society that have come from classification of the elements into the periodic table, or from quantum mechanics, or the World Wide Web? Who would have guessed... View Details

Keywords: science; Management; Management; Management; Management; Management

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

should be developing a half-dozen or more leaders who could be long-term CEO candidates. The ideal future CEO should be at least 10 years from the company’s typical retirement age, so they have sufficient time in office to make... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

Innovation and experimentation are vital to the longevity of any organization, says Stefan H. Thomke in his new book Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation. In this interview, Thomke, an associate professor of technology and... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

01 Jun 2008
News

A Binary Formula

much about how to manage research or value it, especially when it has long time horizons. For science-based companies, more collaboration and openness, both within and outside the organization, are probably... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Management; Management; Management

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

can I do? What are key enterprise risk-management strategies? How Do I Build My Business In This Environment? Building Businesses in Turbulent Times An economic crisis is a charter for business leaders to rewrite and rethink how they do... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”

The key to managing innovation starts, and probably ends, with incentives. In his new book, The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations, Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner puts it this way:... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

(subtitled How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership) includes new material intended to guide fledgling managers through specific operational issues, such as dealing with organizational politics,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

with respect and understanding. The payback is impressive." Several commented on the demands that NSM places on management in an uncertain environment and the need for communication. For example, Amitava commented that NSM is a good... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

ten times that of developing nations. 3. Managers in these companies must often innovate on a shoestring budget, since the high cost and scarcity of capital preclude massive spending on R&D. As a result,... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

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