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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
Confronted with the fundamental changes that are transforming today's global business environment, a number of firms are finding it necessary to reevaluate their organizational priorities. "These are turbulent times for business as many... View Details
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain
It may be time to think about who really creates value in your organization, starting with customers and employees. Harvard Business School professors W. Earl Sasser and James L. Heskett discuss their book, The Value Profit Chain.... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- Student-Profile
Elliot Tobin
companies to invest in charities, work to curb emissions, and act as good stewards to society, because a corporation can achieve these goals more efficiently than shareholders could on their own. This puts the onus on executives to select the right causes and... View Details
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
taxes on individual inventors and firms (the micro level) and on states over time (the macro level). We propose several identification strategies, all of which yield consistent results: i) OLS with fixed effects, including inventor and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
are performed to a high standard. There is a vast literature on the choices, structures, and supporting systems involved in modern management, including strategy, organization structure, planning and resource allocation, and management selection. What is not well... View Details
- 06 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers
longing for. After becoming a mom four years ago, I had spent more time focused on family, and I felt that I needed to allocate more time back to myself. My little one is just... View Details
- 07 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
Takeaways from the Class of 2015
Everything is marketing. What we choose to spend our time on reflects our priorities. We can only expect to get the results that our time allocation decisions predict. Inquiry... View Details
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
Politicians, Minor analyzes whether risk preference is a good predictor of misconduct, using members of Congress as his subjects. He delved into the politicians’ financial records, determining what percentage of their portfolios was View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
The commercial real estate business was in a shambles fifteen years ago, but just look at it now. After a complete rehab, the industry has become the darling of investors eager for alternatives to lackluster stocks and bonds. But will the good View Details
- Web
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog
reasonable set of assumptions and projections. More generally, raising and allocating capital effectively requires strong collaboration across many roles. This course aims to prepare students to bridge the finance divide. It focuses on... View Details
- Web
Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online
Building Community Featured Exercises Investigate reasons for customer churn and how companies can improve retention Unpack strategies for increasing engagement, including personalization, storytelling, and brand communities Share your experience with brand engagement... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
the largest financial services providers in the U.S., indicate that customer sensitivity to service time varies widely and predictably with observable market characteristics. In turn, we find evidence that local operating managers account... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
Abstract We study the relationship between different margins of information technology (IT) use and vertical integration using plant-level data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures. Focusing on the short-run decision of whether to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Jeremy Lipstein
multiple — and often conflicting — constituencies. There were a number of issues the administration wanted to address that conflicted with student interests. And with the allocation of the student activities fund, I learned how to manage... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
stall a company’s scaling efforts. To prevent this from happening, companies must make core processes like recruiting, interviewing, and development a real priority in daily practice. As Aristotle emphasized a long time ago, “Excellence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
careful allocation of risks and returns among the various parties so that they have incentives to manage efficiently. Also important is the possibility for adjustments in risk allocation and responsibilities... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
a shadow over the entire industry. The alleged problems include managers of fund families who allocate investments among individual funds in which they may have a management or ownership stake. This allows some investors (particularly... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections
findings might be helpful to candidates deciding how to allocate their limited resources of time and money, particularly if they appear to be weak in gathering votes from one type of voter or another. "This... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
people down the funnel, so they should get some credit—but they don't." Credit Where It's Due In advertising industry parlance, such an issue is called an "attribution problem"—that is, you can't tell which ad to attribute the eventual decision to buy. Faced with this... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
5 Lessons from Business School
time management, feedback and coaching, and creating a community among diverse people. Second year, working on an independent project requires you to learn in a different, self-motivated way. While important, things like reading financial... View Details