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  • 09 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

UK economy for years, starting with a white paper solicited by the government in 2003. He recently published the paper, "UK Competitiveness after Brexit." Despite a stated emphasis on pro-growth policies since then, there has... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • August 2007
  • Article

Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India

By: A. Banerjee, Shawn A. Cole, E. Duflo and L. Linden
This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in urban India. A remedial education program hired young women to teach students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in... View Details
Keywords: Literacy; Teaching; Performance Improvement; Competency and Skills; India
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  • 10 Nov 2008
  • Research Event

Social Media Leads the Future of Technology

Internet-connected televisions, social media, and the power of simplicity were all cited as launch pads for future innovation in technology, according to a panel of experts that convened at Harvard Business School as part of the HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • October 2013
  • Case

Decision Making at the Top: The All-Star Sports eBusiness Division

By: David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto
Describes a senior management team's strategic decision-making process. The division president faces three options for redesigning the process to address several key concerns. The president has extensive quantitative and qualitative data about the process to guide him... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Teams; Performance Improvement; Planning; Mathematical Methods; Strategy
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  • 03 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 3

of public-private partnerships, with particular attention to a model project in Miami, the Port Tunnel. The overview concludes with a call for cross-sector coalitions to develop strategies with long-term impact goals and short-term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

teamwork in decision-making, the challenges of group decision-making, and the strategies for engaging team learning skills and attitudes to improve both the quality of and commitment to group decisions.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June 2010
  • Teaching Note

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (TN)

By: Anita L. Tucker
Teaching Note for 609109. View Details
Keywords: Quality; Performance Improvement; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Business Units; Science; Health Industry
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  • 31 May 2016
  • HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

decision Blue Origin can afford to take lightly, given its founder’s respect for NASA and the future funding at stake. “Amazon is an amazing company and Bezos has changed the world with it,” Weinzierl says.... View Details
Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace
  • 12 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

policy issues, even ads criticizing McCain, all continued to communicate the core themes. Obama's communications were professional without being slick. Sixth, he anticipated and outsmarted the competition. Throughout, he showed respect... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 04 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon

at the data, you'll see that improvement is possible," she said. "The clinical training of managers really matters for management practices." The data also showed higher quality of management... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

they merely added a new layer of legal obligations for governance without improving the quality of people serving on the boards or changing their behavioral dynamics. The author—formerly the president or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

organizational contexts and provides practical strategies for changing your decision-making processes and improving these processes so that they become part of your permanent behavior. Throughout, you'll... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 3

leadership development programs for residents. The authors first present a definition of clinical leadership and highlight evidence that effective frontline clinical leadership improves both clinical... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

The Health Care Initiative at HBS

students, alumni or faculty — HBS has amazing resources around this critical topic. Opportunities for students From a student perspective, the best way to get involved is to join the student-run Health Care Club. The club organizes... View Details
  • 04 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 4

Commission, and her colleagues in the Ministry of Health are contemplating how the program could be improved and whether it should be expanded nationally. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/709474-PDF-ENG  ... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

Hands-on Experience in Hospitality

Before I came to HBS, I worked in consulting. I knew that I wanted a different experience for my summer and looked at multiple leadership development programs. One stood out: Marriott’s Management Acceleration Program. With Marriott, I’m... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
  • 26 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

PublicationsA Head Start on Succession Authors:Joseph L. Bower Publication:Strategy & Business, no. 51 (summer 2008): 84-85 Abstract Our studies of CEO succession over the past several years have shown some improvements in the trends... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

Gulati, the problem starts with corporate growing pains. When businesses are small, they organize themselves into clear functional units, tapping experts in each respective function to make sure each unit excels. But as they grow, these... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

economies actually become part of the global economy and prosper and improve their economic prosperity. We believe that, in particular, the United States has not been nearly enough of a leader in trying to work with the poorer countries... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • May 2020
  • Teaching Note

Baskits Inc.

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 217-001. Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007) acquired Baskits, a Canadian gift basket company, in October of 2014. The business was highly seasonal with two-thirds of its sales occurring in November and December. Baskits dealt with its seasonality... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Performance Improvement; Canada
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