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- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
performance of individual businesses and managers. While this module is designed to be used alone, it is part of the Management Control View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
an electronic version of a patient questionnaire that had been designed and vetted by a group of subspecialty experts. We integrated that survey into our EHR. To assess the effects View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
said that "Management performance is 75% portable (but) today's tough environment has forced upper management to adopt a 'welcome to the team, good luck, here is the deep end of the pool, hope you... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Web
Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Max J. Judah Touro, Merchant and Philanthropist. Baltimore, 1905. Lehman, Robert. “Investment Management and the Lehman Corporation,” undated. Lehman Brothers Records, Harvard Business School, b. 674. Lewis, Edmund Harris. “The... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
ethics study? For profit-based businesses, the researchers suggest a compensation system that includes more than just individual financial results. Past studies on the role of testosterone in competition... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
Facebook’s vision and mission statement.” Brendan Coffey led the way in proposing that “FB needs a much more active strategy to place the user in a position of control with respect to how their data is... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
reaping the benefits of FDI (which relate to when FDI will generate growth) and (2) the mechanisms by which FDI creates positive externalities (which relate to how FDI generates growth). Technology and Innovation View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
puzzling and frustrating when I had the sense that our team failed to make the most of everyone's input. As a project manager I had made sure we held a kickoff meeting in the beginning View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- November 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Rebuilding Puerto Rico
By: Laura Alfaro, Laura Phillips Sawyer and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria swept over Puerto Rico, devastating the island’s infrastructure and agriculture. The natural disaster was layered atop years of mounting financial distress. Before the hurricane, Puerto Rico had accumulated $74 billion in debt and... View Details
Keywords: Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Infrastructure; Borrowing and Debt; Economy; Strategic Planning; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Puerto Rico
Alfaro, Laura, Laura Phillips Sawyer, and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason. "Rebuilding Puerto Rico." Harvard Business School Case 719-018, November 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
strategic intent. This book of cases provides real examples of these challenges. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52557 forthcoming Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business-Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs-offering lessons for all managers and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
uncoordinated, chaotic interactions as people make decisions on the basis of distorted information they receive from other units and from headquarters. Moreover, since managers are well aware that everyone... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- March 2009 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A) (Abridged)
By: Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber
Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits policy at the AFSCME, the largest public sector workers union in the U.S., was responsible for protecting the pensions of its members. Because pensions were invested for decades, Ferlauto wanted the companies in which... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Investment; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
Ferri, Fabrizio, and James Weber. AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A) (Abridged). Harvard Business School Case 309-101, March 2009. (Revised April 2009.)
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Electricity - Business & Environment
Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired, Harvard Business School “Given the urgency required to reduce emissions and the political realities faced in doing so, private investors–not governments—will need to be the key... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
a Baker Scholar), he never envisioned a future in academia. It did not take long for his plans to change. "During spring semester of my first year, I reflected on what I had seen in the classroom," says Wasserman, who arrived at HBS with... View Details
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
PublicationsTechnology Manager's Journey: An Extended Narrative Approach to Educating Technical Leaders Authors:Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Academy of Management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
goals of balancing budgetary stability with the preservation of the endowment’s purchasing power. Each year the Harvard Corporation approves the final distribution amount. Funds within the HBS endowment,... View Details
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
organizations is based on value, on average. While three-quarters of their revenue remains fee-for-service, we see a remarkable change to a reimbursement system that was static for decades. In particular,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Technology and Management at MIT Sloan School of Management, 2015–2018. Alberto F. Cavallo : Received a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Economics View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?
throughout the incentive model development process. Although they do not anticipate change management to be 100% frictionless, they seem to be well set up to support their farmer-owners throughout the incentive model transition. Another... View Details