Management Processes - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2009
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An Excerpt from The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

“The current health-care system generally is modular. Specialized companies operate hospitals, process paperwork, negotiate blanket service contracts, and manage outpatient and retail clinics. Most doctors’... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

22 Nov 2024
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Deep Reading

Photos by Sandra Singh Last year, while taking classes on the Mishna, the first written collection of Jewish oral traditions, Antoine Leboyer (MBA 1992) wanted to dive deeper into the material. He found while there was a flood of additional texts and commentaries,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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1.9 Course Registration | MBA

1.9 Course Registration 1.0 Academic Information & Policies Course scheduling is managed through the Registrar’s Office. Required Curriculum Academic courses in the first year of the MBA Program are prescribed by the faculty. A student is... View Details

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Tyler Todd

prepared me to effectively take on leadership and management positions. Learning processes for thinking through the hardest business decisions will serve me well my entire career. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing

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College Students | MBA

future and the years ahead. Get your first glimpse into an MBA through the opportunities below. Peek into the MBA (virtual experience) Summer Venture in Management Program (in-person experience) Ready to Apply to HBS? At HBS, we encourage... View Details

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Kevin Dolan

large-scale performance improvement and as a manager and engineer. While at McKinsey, Kevin served clients across logistics, travel, retail, consumer, health care, and industrial sectors, and built on his experience with Procter &... View Details

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

was U.S.-owned, it had a history of stable lifetime employment and a union that enjoyed close relations with management. However, when the plant's first U.S. manager instigated downsizing to enhance returns—even though the plant was... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

01 Jun 2012
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Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas

2012 HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship. Selected from a competitive process that attracted 19 applicants, Jena will receive a $25,000 grant from HBS to advance his work. Trained as a biomedical engineer, Jena says his ambition is “to... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards

July 2002 (Revised April 2003)
Case

QuickMedx Inc.

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Jonathan P Groberg

QuickMedx has created a chain of small kiosks, located in drugstores and shopping malls in the Minneapolis area, that cater to patients with a limited range of very simple primary care conditions. Service is rapid and cheap and patients wait only a few minutes to be... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Decision Making; Disruptive Innovation; Expansion; Service Delivery; Business Processes; Design; Management; Health Industry

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26 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 26

Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large UK banks over a period of six years. Our analysis highlights that a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2003
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Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off

increase in pay-for-performance all over the United States and increasingly all over the world, he said. But his conclusions on the rocky process of conception, design, and implementation may benefit View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2004
News

Protecting against the Erosion of Brand Value

and sell books.” What’s at work here is commoditization, a process that results in companies being unable to profitably differentiate their products and services. “The specter of commoditization sends chills down every executive’s spine —... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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About IT: IT Planning and Service Delivery Team Profile | Information Technology

functions—service delivery and strategic portfolio planning. On one side, the team drives the tools and processes that empower HBS IT to deliver seamless, high-impact services to the broader HBS community. On the other, they lead the... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Books

company’s name. Clearly, all signs point to your firm’s continued success. Right? Not necessarily, says HBS assistant professor Donald Sull in Revival of the Fittest: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Managers Remake Them. Based on... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog

the developing world. GEM provides frameworks to understand the processes of economic growth and development; to develop contextual intelligence regarding emerging markets; to manage within a weaker or less... View Details

01 Aug 2002
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HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

Dubilier Prize, established in honor of the late Martin Dubilier (MBA '52), cofounder of the LBO firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. The HBS Business Plan Contest was developed by students in 1996 with the cooperation of faculty and MBA Career Services to educate students... View Details

12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12

reverse auction. In the case, GSK is hit with a potentially devastating suit and must hire a firm in time to respond. The recently hired managing attorney, Sophia Keating, grapples with GSK's approach. The GSK veterans assure her that the... View Details