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01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

which might include a more hierarchical command-and-control style. The best women leaders I have met know which approach works best, given the challenges they are facing. They understand the balance between "male" and "female" styles... View Details

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From Classroom to Workplace - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

male-dominated arenas and of achieving a delicate balance between their professional and personal lives. 173, 174, 037 Women students, for example, experienced the sting of... View Details

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Marketing track. Introduction to Digital Marketing Strategy ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Digital Marketing Strategy $1,850 Next 7-week session starts... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

buying-patterns should set off alarms. Why hasn't this issue received more attention? In this country, we've had an implicit cost-benefit analysis in the backs of our minds for many decades that the movement View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

20 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 while enhancing urban resilience. This forward-looking strategy underscores the city’s resolve to adapt to the changing climate while balancing the needs of its people... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency

and taking care of a family. "It gave me a lot of enthusiasm and motivation as well as a chance to step back and see the presidency at a distance. I could think!" she says. As the mother View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

11 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections

target, rather than targeting an arbitrary number. Devising this number means finding just the right balance in the inevitable compromise the firm has to make between increasing the target size to reduce the potential loss View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Service

07 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

loved her job and did not want to make the sacrifices a promotion would entail, she was overcome by a sense of contentment. Balancing inside and outside pressures when choosing a career is a monumental task,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting; Education

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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Business in Society and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today!... View Details

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

issue of Medtronic's performance standards, I found that goals and deadlines were routinely set, missed, and then simply adjusted. Poor performance was rationalized by excuses. Even incentive payments were... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

03 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

payment to the company that decides to go ahead. Such an arrangement, he said, "doesn't work perfectly, but it's consistent with our internal prioritization of what projects we will be working on."... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Jun 1998
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New Releases

creative departure from the current wisdom, Bradach focuses on a powerful organizational arrangement he identifies as the "plural form"; that is, chains composed of both company-owned and franchise units. Plural form chains, Bradach says,... View Details

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

ultimate measure of performance is total return to the investor. There is passing reference to the fact that, without new thinking, this philosophy can be tough on employees (and one might add communities). There is recognition that View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Feb 2000
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Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others

residents' levels of health, education, and job preparedness all show improvement. But urban ills such as crime and rundown areas remain. "This is not an overnight process," says Harvey, "but we are moving closer to our goals. The reality... View Details

04 Dec 2000
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Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?

catch-22 situation for supporters. Antidotes were offered to offset the negative perceptions that have arisen from some efforts to deregulate industry. First, consultant Rebecca Lula suggested that a more balanced approach to deregulation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon | Information Technology

highlighting the balance between growth and maintaining a cohesive organizational culture during significant transitions. Play Professor Michael Tushman discusses the impact of the multimedia case as an... View Details

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Academic Experience | MBA

decisively, and inspire those around you to achieve great things. The Case Method The case method brings leadership to life. Students step into the shoes of case protagonists, real business leaders, and learn to make tough decisions as... View Details

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. Companies including... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

05 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology

with a PhD after completing my masters at the London School of Economics. From London, I moved to New York and worked in consulting at Deloitte, and then to San Francisco to join a mid-market private equity firm, Kingfish Group. I’ve... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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