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- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life
support and inclusion that will benefit every member of your team. Harvard Business School students and alumni shared with us what they have seen companies doing well to support LGBTQ+ employees, and where there are areas for improvement.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- April 1993 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
Designed to look at outsourcing from the perspective of a major computer services company trying to get into the business. View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Business Startups; Business Plan; Business Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Financial Management; Management Teams; Communication Strategy; Organizational Design; Product Design; Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)." Harvard Business School Case 193-145, April 1993. (Revised December 2001.)
- April 1993 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
Designed to generate discussion on the issues of outsourcing from the perspective of a firm thinking about turning over its IS activities to a third-party vendor. View Details
Keywords: Management Systems; Management Style; Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business Strategy; Economic Systems; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Processes; Employment; Emerging Markets; Activity Based Costing and Management; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-144, April 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
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Aïda Muluneh Beside the Door (Water Life Series) 2018 | About
Aïda Muluneh Beside the Door (Water Life Series) , 2018 Aïda Muluneh (Ethiopian, born 1974), Beside the Door (Water Life Series) , 2018, Archival digital photograph, 31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. Schwartz Art... View Details
- 06 Oct 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Faculty Remember Steve Jobs
- 20 Dec 2017
- Blog Post
Meet Annie & Piper: A Student and Dog's Life at HBS
into a more fulfilling career in the building industry. Annie graduated in 2017, and has since started a career in strategy with Clark Construction, one of the largest commercial general contractors in the country. Fortunately, attending Harvard View Details
- June 2012
- Article
A Reexamination of Tunneling and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods
By: Jordan I. Siegel and Prithwiraj Choudhury
One of the most rigorous methodologies in the corporate governance literature uses firms' reactions to industry shocks to characterize the quality of governance. This methodology can produce the wrong answer unless one considers the ways firms compete. Because... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Mergers And Acquisitions; Business Economics; Firm Organization; Firm Performance; Groups and Teams; Analytics and Data Science
Siegel, Jordan I., and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "A Reexamination of Tunneling and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods." Review of Financial Studies 25, no. 6 (June 2012): 1763–1798.
- 15 Mar 2023
Life at HBS Coffee Chat in Tel Aviv with Current Student
Join current HBS student and Tel Aviv native, Igal Raich, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so... View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- HBS Seminar
Paul Healy, Harvard Business School
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Polaroid: At The Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation
speech files, Polaroid Corporation Records, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. 2. Edwin H. Land, "Chairman's Letter," Polaroid Corporation Annual Report 1978, 5. 3. Victor K. McElheny, Insisting on the Impossible: The View Details
- 15 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
From Bench to Board: Gender Differences in University Scientists’ Participation in Commercial Science
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Fellowships - Business History
maximum of six months. It is expected that the recipient will be actively engaged in the intellectual life of the business history group. Fellowship recipients are strongly encouraged to be in residence to... View Details
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Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders - Course Catalog
in the world. As you prepare to leave Harvard Business School, the critical question is: “What do I need to do to make a difference?” To answer this question, we will study—and learn from—the life choices of... View Details
- January 2024
- Article
Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment
By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
Can investing in children who faced adverse events in early childhood help them catch up? We answer this question using two orthogonal sources of variation – resource availability at birth (local rainfall) and cash incentives for school enrollment – to identify the... View Details
Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment." Economic Journal 134, no. 657 (January 2024): 1–22.
- 28 May 2015
- News
Harvard Business School Celebrates 105th Commencement
- 25 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?
where you don’t know your neighbors,” he says. “In India, you grew up knowing abject poverty and that has stayed with me throughout my adult life and influenced my research.” He came to the United States about 40 years ago to research how... View Details
- 29 Nov 2016
- HBS Seminar
Aneeta Rattan, London Business School
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MBA > Academic-experience > Joint Degree Programs > Engineering Sciences | MBA
technology ventures. Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) through the Graduate School of Arts and View Details
- January 2017
- Case
Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation... View Details
Keywords: Danaher; Fortive; Larry Culp; Beckman Coulter; Pall; Life Sciences; Diagnostics; Environmental Operations; Water Management; Dental; Testing; Measurement; Fuel; Fleet Management; Automation; Toolmaking; Tools; Disease Management; Continuous Improvement; Toyota Production System; Divestiture; Spinoffs; Spin-off; Networks; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Engineering; Chemicals; Construction; Machinery and Machining; Profit; Revenue; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Business History; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Management Systems; Resource Allocation; Market Entry and Exit; Measurement and Metrics; Logistics; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Wastes and Waste Processing; Science-Based Business; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Technology; Software; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Value; Valuation; Aerospace Industry; Auto Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Computer Industry; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Retail Industry; Rubber Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Utilities Industry; United States; District of Columbia
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017." Harvard Business School Case 717-464, January 2017.