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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
News in the News Biz
Professor Joseph Bower brought his expertise in management and economics to the newspaper trade in an article titled “News Is Strategic in the Newspaper Business,” which appeared in last fall's issue of Nieman Reports. “If the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)
aboard the cruiser USS Topeka in 1945 when the ship received President Truman’s announcement of the dropping of the atom bomb. As the ship’s announcer, I read Truman’s words over the PA system to the entire crew. When I finished, there... View Details
- March 1992 (Revised April 1995)
- Teaching Note
BMW: The 7-Series Project (A), Teaching Note
By: Gary P. Pisano
Teaching Note for (9-692-083). View Details
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
cannot get out of health care, no matter what kind of health insurance system is put in place. They bear the cost of poor health in the form of sick days, absenteeism, reduced productivity at work, and early retirements of skilled... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
open systems that can be leveraged by anyone will thrive over closed, proprietary systems; I think of the United States as an open system in that sense." One of Ranadivé's earliest dreams was to study at... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
In April, Dean Kim B. Clark announced that Harvard Business School will add the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) to the portfolio of criteria used to evaluate a candidate's application to the MBA Program, effective for... View Details
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at annual competitions between 1839 and 1939. We find that the effects of prizes on competitive entry are large, and we also detect an impact of the prizes on the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 May 2015
- Blog Post
"Every Day at HBS is a Gift"
and selfless – each one thinks they were the “admissions mistake.” I love that no matter how busy they are, they’re always willing to help; the way in which the system is set up actually reinforces this: The grading View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
different skill sets, since the technology and business models need to be developed hand in hand. We have to create systems that combine science, medicine, strategy, and IT in a sophisticated way, and View Details
- April 1993 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
Designed to generate discussion on the issues of outsourcing from the perspective of a firm thinking about turning over its IS activities to a third-party vendor. View Details
Keywords: Management Systems; Management Style; Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business Strategy; Economic Systems; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Processes; Employment; Emerging Markets; Activity Based Costing and Management; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-144, April 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
- 1992
- Chapter
Sharing the Burden. Fair Allocation and Equity
By: James K. Sebenius, Michael Grubb, Antonio Magalhaes and Susan Subak
- 2007
- Working Paper
Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
By: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton and Fabio Kanzcuk
We investigate, using plant-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the allocation of resources across heterogeneous plants are a significant determinant of cross-country differences in income per worker. For this purpose, we use a... View Details
Keywords: Heterogeneous Plants; Productivity; Policy Distortions; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Resource Allocation; Macroeconomics
Alfaro, Laura, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanzcuk. "Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-086, May 2007. (Revised May 2008, August 2008. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14060, June 2008)
- October 1984
- Background Note
Goals: The Problem of Balancing Multiple Constituencies
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard R. Ellsworth. "Goals: The Problem of Balancing Multiple Constituencies." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-187, October 1984.
- Profile
Angela R. Hicks Bowman
school-like grading system of A-F based on a variety of criteria including punctuality, professionalism, price, quality and overall performance. Though the ratings system has... View Details
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
$215 depending on the type of visit. That’s despite the fact that Duke has an established electronic health record (EHR) system and an efficient, centralized billing department, Kaplan says. Administrative costs account for at least a... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
looks at how the company built a digital organization that leverages AI and other technologies to speed its operations, manage its processes, and ensure quality across research, testing, and manufacturing in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
can then help articulate the deeper reforms that will make it possible for those practices to be more widely adopted. “Our task,” Leschly concludes, “is to study and influence how these urban school systems are View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
either MAC/OS or Windows 95 from the server without any proprietary network management software." Overall progress has included the implementation of a single campuswide electronic-mail system that is fully... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
least gives management the ability to preserve a viable business and create greater value than would be otherwise available for all the firm's stakeholders—in sharp contrast to other countries where "bankruptcy" automatically... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
to an intolerable level." Erik Holmberg questions the spotlight that disclosure would place only on grades when he says: "I know many people who were academic superstars who are also the worst managers I have ever met . . .... View Details