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- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
more and more cases, when leaders make critical decisions, they are not choosing among specific, detailed options, each supported by in-depth analysis, nor are they expecting to implement the option they choose in a familiar, predictable, or View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
job. Q: From the point of view of companies that want to attract and retain stars, how can they manage the complexities you have highlighted of portability versus company-specific skills? What could they do to make certain positions less... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Be Our Guest: HBS Show 2002 Goes Off without a Hitch
This year's show played on a challenging 2002 job market. (photo by Thomas J. Fitzsimmons) This year's show played on a challenging 2002 job market. (photo by Thomas J. Fitzsimmons) Amid the usual opening... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses
Behavior “We’ve thought deeply about creating a course that not only looks at different types of management challenges, but also suggests how to deal with those challenges based on your seniority in an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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Maxwell Appliance Controls
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A profitable manufacturing division of a large company is looking for new ways to identify sources of productivity improvements. Led by its senior finance officer, an activity-based cost system is developed to identify activities performed for its highly varied product... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Management Teams; Quality; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Production; Manufacturing Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Maxwell Appliance Controls." Harvard Business School Case 192-058, October 1991. (Revised September 1998.)
- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
way to garner solutions to major problems. It's also relatively inexpensive, he said, citing cases in which a $30,000 prize garnered better solutions in a matter of weeks than major contractors (with multimillion-dollar contracts) delivered in a year. The View Details
- January 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Supplement
Playing with Fire at Sittercity (B)
By: Noam T. Wasserman and Rachel Gordon
To help her finance her aggressive expansion plans, Genevieve Thiers plans to raise venture capital for the first time. She has spent the last six long years building Sittercity into the nation's leading babysitting web service, larger than all of its competitors... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Problems and Challenges; Risk Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Service Operations; Family and Family Relationships; Competition; Expansion; Internet
Wasserman, Noam T., and Rachel Gordon. "Playing with Fire at Sittercity (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-010, January 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
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Academic Experience | MBA
global research centers, and field-based course offerings, the HBS experience is inherently international. Joint Degrees Designed in collaboration with other Harvard schools to prepare you for complex leadership challenges that balance... View Details
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
Business leaders must respond to growing concerns about pollution, but both the environment and corporate coffers can be green, says Harvard Business School professor Forest Reinhardt. The key to success may depend on how the challenges... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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