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- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
risks they present for brands. The case allows students to grapple with the strategic and tactical decisions that accompany marketing communications strategy and to combine information on consumer behavior with an understanding View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
other numbers. They turned to HBS’s Information Technology group to implement the model, with versions going back and forth as they calibrated and set hundreds of parameters for the game. About 20 people... View Details
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
reserves when investing in bonds of lower ratings. Ratings are also used in private contracts, for example to define the investment objectives of bond mutual funds. Ratings are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
extending the idea that information could be used not just for after-the-fact scorekeeping but for real-time managerial decision-making. In particular, he was in the vanguard of advancing the idea that View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
Benchmarks: Do Boards Follow the Informativeness Principle? By: Ma, Paul, Jee Eun Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Relative total shareholder return (rTSR) is increasingly used to incentivize and evaluate managers. Although... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
new way of looking at the traditional organizational structure of cost and profit centers. Every unit, by contributing to effective strategy execution, has the opportunity to support and create profit. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise
use my experiences to help other athletes is what led me to found Trey. Trey is the first to combine objective team-specific information with individualized recruiting advice in order to empower athletes in... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
“ancient quest to measure.” Specific discontinuities in the practice of information science are identified that, the paper argues, have large consequences for the social order. The infrastructure that runs... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
objective observer, non executive board members) serves as an effective moderator of (thinking fast) on the part of executives. The relationship between the Independent... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
to developing a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard that places economic, environmental, and social objectives as the highest-level objectives. He faces the challenges of cascading the corporate Balanced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- May 1987 (Revised June 1987)
- Background Note
Note on Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)
By: David A. Garvin
Describes Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II), a production technique designed to couple business and financial plans with manufacturing plans. It is an important tool for aligning manufacturing with a company's overall strategy and goals. Describes MRPII,... View Details
Keywords: Design; Finance; Surveys; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Production; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy
Garvin, David A. "Note on Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)." Harvard Business School Background Note 687-097, May 1987. (Revised June 1987.)
- 05 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’
or navigational guide, the appointment and training of a peer coach, and a dialogue between the new executives and their direct reports, managed by a trained facilitator. The onboarding plan identifies both formal and View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
(more comfortable) side of the desk: 75 percent of recruiters are HBS alumni. “It’s nice to see that relationship come full circle,” says Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick wants to dispel the View Details
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
Working PapersAccounting Information as Political Currency Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We test whether accounting can be used as political currency. Our setting is the US congressional election View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?
Development (DRFD), have invested in this critical objective for the School. This is an extraordinary accomplishment, and shows the deep commitment our faculty have towards supporting our students and the HBS Racial Equity Plan.” In... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Diversifying Our Case Protagonists: How is Harvard Business School Doing a Year Later?
Development (DRFD), have invested in this critical objective for the School. This is an extraordinary accomplishment, and shows the deep commitment our faculty have towards supporting our students and the HBS Racial Equity Plan.” In... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
FIELD 3 Tests Students
practiced while working with global partner organizations during FIELD 2. “Our objective with FIELD 3 was to provide students with an opportunity to apply and integrate the knowledge, skills, and tools acquired in the first-year... View Details
Keywords: FIELD program
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
supporters note a number of reforms over the past two decades, including a current review of the Bank's information disclosure policy, and a series View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details