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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
ideas and "best practice" with fellow volunteers. The sessions were lively and informative, and it was exciting to see such a committed and energetic group in action. In my capacity as president of the HBS... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
effectively over the last two years - it is a pleasure to inherit such a healthy organization. My fellow Board members and I are committed to carrying out the overall mission of the Board, which is to... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
alumni mentors are “leading professionals from either HBS or one of our partner institutions and represent a wide range of sectors including finance, industry and government. They are very View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
Costa Rica, recommends a course of action sure to anger banks and fund managers: absolute sovereign immunity, which is the way things were done before 1976. Argentina's escalating financial crisis is taking... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- July 2008 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A)
By: Tsedal Neeley and Thomas J. DeLong
Greg James, a global manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc., sets out to meet with his entire 43-member customer implementation team spread across India, France, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America to resolve a dire customer system outage as required... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Global Range; Management; Customer Satisfaction; Service Delivery; Crisis Management; Conflict and Resolution; Technology Industry; India; United Arab Emirates; France; United States
Neeley, Tsedal, and Thomas J. DeLong. "Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-003, July 2008. (Revised July 2020.)
- Web
The Program for Leadership Development Community
The power of the Program for Leadership Development network is endless. Each year the Program for Leadership Development (PLD) community gathers to reconnect, share their experiences, and spark new opportunities across the PLD network.... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Extending a culture of equal treatment to all women
Traveling throughout the globe, J.P. Morgan Asset Management CEO Mary Callahan Erdoes (MBA 1993) is committed to making sure women are treated as equal partners. (Published December 2014) View Details
- 25 May 2023
- Blog Post
Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates
Are your organization’s interview processes inclusive and equitable? Or, are there more opportunities to counter bias in your interviews and welcome candidates with a variety of backgrounds and experiences? The following recommendations... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 04 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives
a great way to get involved with the movement for Black lives. If you identify as someone with access to wealth or a high income (i.e., most MBA grads), join Resource Generation, a movement of people under 35 View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
companies are built for long-term success. They observed that visionary companies demonstrate these qualities: Do not require charismatic leadership Pursued several objectives of which only one was profit Almost religiously preserved a... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
committing to an approach that may need to fundamentally change—something that is harder to accomplish at scale. That said, the pursuit of coveted "network effects," with winner-take-all rewards to the... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
revitalize a neighborhood without displacing people as is so often the case in development projects. Indeed, it actually builds on the resourcefulness and commitment of many current residents. This has been... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
shifted. The new "somebody else" was the international cadre of investors, who recognized the possibilities of profit in this market. The dizzying escalation in home... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
higher education system and some knowledge of the obstacles and opportunities for change based on having worked with K-12 schools,” said Amara Warren (MBA 2023). “This SIP helped me narrow my focus and made me even more View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
perhaps harder to control for safety. Instead of having three or four sources for a particular ingredient, for example, it might have 30 or 40. “Do those smaller local organic growers have the experience, resources, and View Details
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
iStock Even as President Donald Trump and Republican leaders seem set on a course to weaken Obama-administration consumer protection regulations, a soon-to-be-published study reports that 7.3 percent of financial advisors in the United... View Details
- 2007
- Chapter
Collaborative R&D in Management: The Practical Experience of Fenix and TruePoint in Bridging the Divide Between Scientific and Managerial Goals
By: Michael Beer and Niclas Adler
The gap between theory and practice has been of concern to both practitioners and academics, yet other than pleas to close the gap with more accessible writing by academics and more interest in research by practitioners few systematic efforts have been made to close... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Knowledge Management; Management; Goals and Objectives; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Improvement; Practice; Research and Development; Social and Collaborative Networks; Theory; Value; United States
Beer, Michael, and Niclas Adler. "Collaborative R&D in Management: The Practical Experience of Fenix and TruePoint in Bridging the Divide Between Scientific and Managerial Goals." In Handbook of Collaborative Management Research, edited by A. B. Shani, N. Adler, N. Mohrman, W. A. Pasmore, and B. Stymne. Sage Publications, 2007.
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
harsher penalties for students proven to have committed sexual assault. In that way, the media is serving the purpose of holding colleges accountable by deterring future scandals. “These stories raise... View Details