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- 23 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms
- Article
Better Accounting Transforms Health Care Delivery
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Mary L. Witkowski
The paper describes the theory and preliminary results for an action research program that explores the implications from better measurements of health care outcomes and costs. After summarizing Porter's outcome taxonomy (Porter 2010), we illustrate how to use process... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Research; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Mary L. Witkowski. "Better Accounting Transforms Health Care Delivery." Accounting Horizons 28, no. 2 (June 2014): 365–383.
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
continued M&A activity among companies seeking economies of scale and scope and attempting to take full advantage of political liberalization, globalization, View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- Web
Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online
Certificate, DD214 forms, or Veteran’s licenses. Eligible Courses Eligible Course Offerings Program Fee Grant Amount Net Out of Pocket Cost CORe Program (Non-credit) May 2024 and future courses dates $2,650... View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
February 2018 Journal of Accounting & Economics Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk By: Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith Abstract—We investigate how... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
Claudine, Andrea Prat, and George Serafeim Abstract—We construct a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of U.S. companies based on approximately 500,000 survey responses of worker perceptions about... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 May 2024
- In Practice
Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible
focus your search based on your personal value proposition: What is it that you’re uniquely able to contribute? In periods of oversupply, personal intelligence, drive, and leadership qualities alone will not... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
Financial performance is the result of operating performance. Operating performance includes all the things that a company must do to win the competitive battle in its industry to attract, retain, and profitably serve customers. It varies... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 2009
- Working Paper
International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination
By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold
This paper examines differences in the size and roles of corporate headquarters around the world. Based on a survey of over 600 multibusiness corporations in seven countries (France, Germany, Holland, UK, Japan, US, and Chile) the paper describes the differences among... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Size; Organizational Structure; Culture; Japan; France; Germany; Netherlands; United Kingdom; United States; Chile
Collis, David J., David Young, and Michael Goold. "International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-044, December 2009.
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
ill-prepared entrepreneurial aspirants. Mace's course, The Management of New Enterprises (MNE), was initially offered as a second-year elective in 1947 and saw one hundred students enroll. According to the... View Details
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
how teams facilitate collaboration will reveal opportunities to build stronger teams through active inclusion. Unlike passive inclusion, which is basically just being polite, active inclusion calls for using... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
the heritage my father left us," says Bertarelli, who has led the Ares-Serono Group, already strong, to even greater heights. During the last five years he has formed a management executive committee and... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
and not those of third parties. Michael Porter points out that when social activities lack a strategic dimension, Milton Friedman's well-known criticism that philanthropy has no place in business, suddenly... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
helped large Greek companies and startups compete more effectively. But that hasn't happened.” Greek politicians are blaming, first, one another based on the party affiliation, View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
consistent messages, not ad hoc responses. Don’t leave this aspect of crisis management to emails about your “commitment” to customers, or telling salespeople to “stay focused and take care of customers.”... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- November 1984 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Mayers Tap, Inc. (B)
Mayers Tap, Inc. has decided to redesign its cost system. In this case, the budgeted costs have to be allocated to the machine level. The teaching objective is to demonstrate two-stage allocation and the sensitivity of cost data to allocation base selection. View Details
Cooper, Robin. "Mayers Tap, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 185-025, November 1984. (Revised March 1999.)
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
social networks in the form of school ties—bonds formed based on attendance at a common educational institution—helped equity analysts outperform on stock recommendations when the analysts enjoyed an educational link with a company's... View Details
- 19 Sep 2023
- HBS Case
How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?
monetized. At minimum, I can tell you that we are going to need new business models, and the integration of generative AI is going to transform how we monetize software and the business model. Rand: How so?... View Details
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
such highly used software can lead to security issues existing in the code base for more than 20 years, as was the case with PuTTY SSH. From hobby to mainstream Over the past 20 years, FOSS has moved from the domain of hobbyists View Details
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Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
scientific meetings. These sessions insure that all team members remain current with new science as well as providing an opportunity to innovate care based on new developments in the management of the... View Details