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- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that projects that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Real Property - Course Catalog
sale—there are opportunities to create value and build wealth. Educational Objectives The course prepares students to: Analyze different asset classes and phases of the property cycle Evaluate uncertainty across people, projects, capital structure, and the macro... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
technocrats, I found plenty of talent and resolve to do things better. But the status quo has many allies, and the culture of management is inherently conservative. Liberia is making enormous progress, but it will need two generations of... View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
Summing Up "Good attitudes supercharge organizational performance beyond what the skill/talent level would indicate," according to Perry Miles. "Attitude is one of the strongest determinants of performance," added... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
from the incorporation of non-directed donors in transplant chains rather than simple exchanges. It is controversial whether these chains should be performed simultaneously ("domino paired donation," DPD) or nonsimultaneously... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
business unit structures in management thinking, except that healthcare is still stuck in the functional model. These forms of competition and organization have also been institutionalized in medical education and in physician... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
Foundation in Singapore. Charleston, A Novel by Margaret Bradham Thornton (MBA 1986) (Ecco) Faculty Books Managerial Accounting: Making Decisions and Motivating Performance by Srikant M. Datar and Madhav V. Rajan (Prentice Hall) This... View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
performance on real-time dashboards, making monitoring less onerous. “Small-business owners tend to focus on their customers, and on their products and services,” Mills says. “They often don’t have time for the accounting and paperwork.... View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
market value of all CEOs is driven by companies hiring leadership from the outside rather than promoting it from within. In other words, there is a market premium paid for outside hires. Hiring from outside often occurs either in organizations with little View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Publications August 2013 California Management Review What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan Abstract—Organizations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
creating a good narrative in selling effectively. Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future by Leonard A. Schlesinger (DBA 1979) and Charles F. Kiefer, with Paul B. Brown (Harvard Business Review Press) In an environment where change is constant... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
of capital commitments) were in such alternative vehicles; the allocation increased by more than 10 percentage points over the last decade. Alternative vehicles were far more likely to be offered by larger and North America–based buyout funds. The average View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
In January 2000, Thomas J. Tierney (MBA 1980) announced that he would step aside as worldwide managing director of Bain & Company, a position he had held since 1992, and become chairman of The Bridge Group, a new Bain affiliate. Tierney's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan Selling China by Yasheng Huang What Customers Think by Gerald Zaltman Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan (Harvard Business School Press) A recent study by the Project View Details
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Michael Son
responding to the right challenges; that maybe selling petroleum was not the right way to change things." Inspired by his father, who completed an HBS Executive Education program in 1981, and enthusiastic about a general management... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
is raising funds for a $9-million "Family Community Life Center," to be built on church grounds, that will house a 24-hour daycare program, an extensive sports and exercise facility, performance and rehearsal spaces, arts-and-crafts... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
it all rolling: “Imagine a wheel. A developer is the hub where the spokes of land acquisition, design, finance, construction, marketing, sales, and building management all meet.” Site specific: “Good development evolves from sensing what... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
“Parent” is the job title that Tom Fischgrund (MBA ’80) feels most at home with. He is also the author and editor of several books and president of Management Recruiters of Atlanta Perimeter Center. The father of three children,... View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
compensation and incentives, performance reviews, and measuring sales effectiveness. Part 4 examines broader organizational requirements for effective selling and strategy implementation: developing sales View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence
self-driving cars to robots mopping up spills at the grocery store. As computer systems increasingly perform tasks that people once did, the implications for business are enormous. Although more than 80 percent of executives believe AI... View Details