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- October 1988 (Revised October 1989)
- Background Note
Aspects of Marketing Organization: An Introduction
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Discusses the typical strengths, vulnerabilities, and key management skills associated with three common forms of marketing organization: a product-focused organization, a market-focused organization, and a functionally-focused organization. It considers how the nature... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy
Cespedes, Frank V. "Aspects of Marketing Organization: An Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 589-062, October 1988. (Revised October 1989.)
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
We believe that competition is the root of the problem with U.S. health care performance. But this does not mean we advocate a state-controlled system or a single-payer system;... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
Supply- and Demand-Side Effects in Performance Appraisals: The Role of Gender and Race
By: Iris Bohnet, Oliver P. Hauser and Ariella Kristal
Performance reviews in firms are common but controversial. Managers’ subjective appraisals of their employees’ performance and employees’ self-evaluations might be affected by demographic characteristics, interact with each other as self-evaluations are typically... View Details
Bohnet, Iris, Oliver P. Hauser, and Ariella Kristal. "Supply- and Demand-Side Effects in Performance Appraisals: The Role of Gender and Race." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, No. RWP21-016, May 2021.
- May 2001 (Revised November 2014)
- Background Note
The Income Statement
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Includes a description of the common components of the income statement. Includes examples of the income statements of Home Depot, Inc., Lucent Technology, Inc., Gap, Inc., and McDonald's Corp. and lends itself to a brief discussion regarding these companies. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "The Income Statement." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-109, May 2001. (Revised November 2014.)
- May 2001 (Revised March 2007)
- Background Note
Balance Sheet, The
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Discusses the accounting equation and defines common terms found in the statement. Also provides an example of the balance sheets of Coca-Cola Co., Ariba, Inc., and Safeway, Inc. View Details
Keywords: Accounting
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Balance Sheet, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-108, May 2001. (Revised March 2007.)
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
Summing Up Don't throw out alignment while fighting greed and ignorance in corporate governance Respondents to this month's column have spoken: The cause of investor mistrust View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
based on common interests or backgrounds), and we are training for the Big/Little Olympics in the spring. While talking with the first-year... View Details
- 24 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Answering Your Questions About the 2+2 Program
As we approach the 2+2 application deadline, we wanted to answer some of your most common questions about the 2+2 program. We hope this... View Details
- Jan 30 2013
- Testimonial
Learning Across the Organization
- 10 Sep 2012
- News
Join the Insurgency Against the Jobs Crisis
- 30 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Fluid Teams and Fluid Tasks: The Impact of Team Familiarity and Variation in Experience
- January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
- Background Note
Ways of Thinking About and Across Difference
Examines some of the habitual ways of thinking that are applied to so-called "diversity" questions to reveal the commonalities and limitations of these models--the way they can reinforce unexamined assumptions and destructuve emotional reactions--and to suggest an... View Details
Gentile, Mary C. "Ways of Thinking About and Across Difference." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-117, January 1995. (Revised June 1995.)
- 07 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Marketing Reimagined: A Recap of the 2016 Marketing Innovation Conference
A highlight of the conference was the wide range of panels available. Each featured up to five industry experts speaking on a wide range View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 2003
- Book
The Slow Pace of Fast Change: Bringing Innovations to Market in a Connected World
By: Bhaskar Chakravorti
Innovation's encounter with the market results in a game of both high risk and high stakes. Often its outcome defies common sense: Superior new products flop, unlikely ideas become runaway hits, and—despite rapid technological advances and intense... View Details
- 21 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
My Fear of Student Debt: Funding the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
Fellowship: This fellowship is specifically for first year joint degree students at HKS and HBS. -Zuckerman Fellowship: This fellowship equips people from the fields of medicine, law, and business to provide... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary
with a rigid structure that discouraged risk taking. For some, learning flex-leadership styles helped them to find success and others found company cultures outside of their home countries where they could thrive. Finally, a View Details
- 2004
- Working Paper
Regulation and Reaction: The Other Side of Free Banking in Antebellum New York
By: David A. Moss and Sarah Brennan
Free banking, which first appeared in the United States in the late 1830s, comprised two essential features: general incorporation for banks and rigorous security requirements for note issue. Because the general incorporation feature is what allowed free entry, it has... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
Editor’s Note: The below post is part of our Alumni for Impact series, which features alumni who are making a difference in the social sector, specifically in K-12 education,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- February 2004 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
The American System
By: David A. Moss, Tiffany Morris and Sarah Brennan
Traces the economic development of the United States from 1790 to 1857, focusing especially on the struggle between free traders and protectionists over federal tariff policy. Devotes considerable attention to the nation's political system, its evolving common law,... View Details
Moss, David A., Tiffany Morris, and Sarah Brennan. "The American System." Harvard Business School Case 704-036, February 2004. (Revised August 2018.)
- August 2023
- Article
Impact of Social Needs Case Management on Use of Medical and Behavioral Health Services: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
By: Mark D. Fleming, Crystal Guo, Margae Knox, Daniel M. Brown, Elizabeth A. Hernandez and Amanda L. Brewster
Social needs case management is an increasingly common strategy used by health care organizations to address integrated health and social needs. These programs connect patients to resources such as food assistance, housing, transportation, or income benefits, in... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Programs; Human Needs; Welfare; Health Industry; California
Fleming, Mark D., Crystal Guo, Margae Knox, Daniel M. Brown, Elizabeth A. Hernandez, and Amanda L. Brewster. "Impact of Social Needs Case Management on Use of Medical and Behavioral Health Services: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial." Annals of Internal Medicine 176, no. 8 (August 2023): 1139–1141.