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- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
4 Ways to Make Your Company Conversations Count
the hand raise feature. Students want to ask their questions and get to know your organization, but they are cognizant of allowing space for others as well. With a facilitator managing the flow, the Company... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
System Foundation, which will devise sustainable resource management plans for more than 40 million acres of land overseen by the U.S. Bureau of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
discuss areas of interest ranging from opportunities in Asian markets, to managing work/life balance, to the impact of wireless technology on business strategy, to the... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
HawkinsHarvard Business School Supplement 111-032 Analyst must identify role of management and actuarial judgment in measuring corporate post-employment benefit obligations and assets. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
contrast the strengths and weaknesses of "open-ended questions" (e.g., World Management Survey) with "closed questions" (e.g., Management and Organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth
remarks follow. While our survey did not explore the reasons for choosing branching over affiliation, some nonprofits may prefer branching because it allows the nonprofit leader to exert the most control since the new organizational units... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture
helping to run so-called “disruptors.” Yi Chen (MBA 2014) is VP of Product for Toast, Inc., a customizable point-of-sale and management system for restaurants. Nicole Ledoux... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
and data on future debt sent to collections. In the first experiment, researchers compared more than 14,000 randomly selected patients for whom RIP Medical Debt relieved a total of about $19 million in debt with a View Details
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
employee’s desk is only 166 meters from the clinic. Base proximity does not predict vaccination probability. Conclusions and Relevance: Minor changes in the environment can have substantial effects on the probability of vaccination. If... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
“I’d like to see a number of our major corporations pick one African school of business, fully endow it, and help make it really good,” America says. “Upgrading management... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
management of financial communication? Greg Miller: The French group Total and the British BP are both major players in the oil and gas industry, which is increasingly moving into the center View Details
- Web
Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog
performance. Course Faculty The course will be co-taught by Susanna Gallani and Robert Huckman. Susanna Gallani is the Tai Family Associate Professor of Business Administration. Her research focuses on performance View Details
- September 2010 (Revised February 2013)
- Background Note
The Cage-Free Egg Movement
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Describes the social movement confronting conventional egg production techniques (battery cages) based on animal welfare concerns, and some merits and drawbacks of cage-free alternatives. Highlights animal rights activist campaigns, political and regulatory responses,... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Rights; Supply Chain Management; Natural Environment; Social Issues; Competitive Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "The Cage-Free Egg Movement." Harvard Business School Background Note 611-021, September 2010. (Revised February 2013.)
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
The ills of the U.S. healthcare system are well chronicled—soaring costs, low customer satisfaction, increasing problems with quality, and restricted coverage lead the list. But do we really understand the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Facing Ambiguity
research associates Erika Ferlins and Laura Feldman, students are assigned the parts of six managers or engineers who were involved in the Columbia mission. After logging into their password-protected role,... View Details
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
genuine concern, as is the efficiency of using established distribution systems designed for inter-store delivery to also package and ship thousands of small orders to... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
explosion of trade and capital flows created a world that looked in many ways like ours. Yet even in the early 20th century, there remained tensions of increasing inequality and wage competition in a context... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
- October 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
By: Mihir A. Desai, Suzanne Antoniou and Leanne Fan
How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States
Desai, Mihir A., Suzanne Antoniou, and Leanne Fan. "The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations." Harvard Business School Case 221-039, October 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
do everything your way. Not to mention being best at every activity of your life, from tennis to cooking to managing your portfolio. For this kind of mix, maximization will not... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
companies gain flexibility in the range of projects they may undertake. "Hiring outside contractors is a way for managers to access the talent they need to get the work done," says Bradach. Independent... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross