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21 Dec 2023
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Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2023

their time in the Spiritual Lives of Leaders and Personal Finance courses. Read More>>> CROSSING THE BRIDGE: A REFLECTION ON THE HKS/HBS JOINT DEGREE PROGRAM I was blessed to have a dynamic career before pursuing my dual master's degrees. I climbed the... View Details

20 Aug 2013
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a signi cant potential upside compared with solutions obtained via classical RO methods. Working Papers Performance Responses to Competition Across Skill-Levels in Rank Order Tournaments: Field Evidence and Implications for Tournament... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

06 Dec 2011
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PublicationsFlying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success Author:Thomas J. DeLong Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2011 Abstract Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2016
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David Brumley of Carnegie Mellon University

2022
Book

Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China

By: William C. Kirby

The modern university was born in Germany. In the twentieth century, the United States leapfrogged Germany to become the global leader in higher education. Will China challenge its position in the twenty-first?
Today American institutions dominate nearly every... View Details

Keywords: University; Higher Education; History; United States; Germany; China

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01 Dec 2023
News

Thinking Ahead

cost-effective behaviors in the insurance company’s subscribers. The effort involved machine learning, with a team of engineers writing algorithms that spotted patterns in customer behavior—for example, a member with repeated ER visits—and generated a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

02 Jun 2010
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PublicationsManaging the New Primary Care: The New Skills That Will Be Needed Author:Richard Bohmer Publication:Health Affairs 29, no. 5 (May 2010) Abstract Developing new models of primary care will demand a level of managerial expertise that few of today's primary... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases

for the platform to better monetize their relationship with the users,” explains Farronato. Giving less-well-known sellers a boost Improving search functionality also boosts visibility for less popular products and sellers, particularly those that don’t View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology; Consumer Products; Retail

04 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees

more trouble than their extraverted colleagues rising through the corporate ranks in order to take a leadership role. This is especially true if they are surrounded by extraverted coworkers, who are likelier to receive promotions because... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

Companies looking for the best possible leaders—and leaders looking to become CEOs—would do well to heed the model of private-equity (PE) backed companies, which often look outside their ranks when hiring for the top job and see excellent... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

03 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers

managerial ranks and the links between tasks and performance, understanding gender differences in managers’ daily practices will have far-reaching consequences,” she says. “The task bind is a novel way to think about pervasive... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Retail; Consumer Products

15 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

innovation efforts traditionally have focused on new products such as drugs and devices, survey respondents ranked process improvements in care delivery as the most promising opportunity for improving the cost and quality of health care.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

06 Aug 2013
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All Ranks Are Local: Why Humans Are Both (Painfully) Aware and (Surprisingly) Unaware of Their Lot in Life By: Norton, Michael I Abstract—No description available. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

22 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

Along with identifying a primary customer, you must also define your core values in a way that ranks the priority of shareholders, employees, and customers. Value statements that are lists of aspirational behaviors aren't good enough.... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

2012
Case

ChemChina

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li, Lei Li and Hong Zhang

ChemChina is China's largest basic chemical manufacturing firm. It was included in Fortune Global 500 in 2011 and 2012, ranked No. 475 and 402. Its sales revenue in 2011 was 179 billion yuan, and profit was 600 million yuan. The year-end total assets were 254.2 billion... View Details

Keywords: Reorganization; Strategy; China; China

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Skydeck - Alumni

Through Past Crises HBS alumni on lessons learned from navigating difficult times How To Make Diversity a Reality ICV Partners cofounder Willie Woods (MBA 1993) on what companies can do to improve Black representation in their ranks What... View Details

10 May 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

assignments that help them learn new skills. With more opportunities to shine, they rise through the ranks faster, preserving the status quo. "Those deemed stars are given the benefit of the doubt, even when they make mistakes."... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2024
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Game On

McCarthy remained in the reserves. Holding five commands, including as a principal logistics planner for Desert Storm, he ultimately achieved the rank of rear admiral. (It’s a proud achievement for anyone but notably rare for a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

27 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

questions in a double-blind fashion; that is, they did not know the performance, industry, or country of the participating firm, and the managers were not told that their answers were being scored until after the interview. Worldwide, management scores corresponded... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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