General Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

Companies need to have smart technicians who stay abreast of emerging digital threats and defenses, of course, but the technicians shouldn't be calling the shots. General managers need to take the lead in building processes that will... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

29 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

and took a plunge into the unknown. A relatively small number of largely older, uneducated voters decided that the younger generations of Britons who voted to remain should instead face the growing global competition on their own rather... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

01 Feb 1999
News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

She has taught at the Wharton School and at the United Nations Economic Development Mission in the Republic of Belarus. A former assistant director of Admissions at HBS, she is the past president of TriCom Ventures and was general manager... View Details

26 Aug 2016
News

Connecting with the Past

Photography by Owen Egan Stanley Diamond (MBA 1958) was thinking about the health of future generations of his family when he went searching for records of his relatives in Poland. Prompted by the diagnosis of his nephew, Mark Diamond... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

15 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

Incompatible Assumptions: Barriers to Producing Multidisciplinary Knowledge in Communities of Scholarship Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract Co-locating knowledge workers from different disciplines may be a necessary but insufficient step to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Seven Trends to Watch in 2025 | Working Knowledge

ahead. Willy Shih is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration. Jacqueline Lane: Reimagining innovation with AI The ability to generate novel ideas was long... View Details

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

As waves of globalization wash across the business world, tremendous new opportunities for financing and investment present themselves to savvy enterprises. In a new casebook, HBS professor Mihir A. Desai discusses the numerous challenges... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

01 Oct 2001
News

A Janus-Faced Reflection

ideas, explanations, and solutions for the smartest business readers.'" In 1996, after nearly twenty years at Fortune, Kiechel brought his high editorial standards and equally high regard for savvy business... View Details

Keywords: Walter Kiechel; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2019

a year earlier. Cash Before Capital Activities The School’s cash from operations increased in fiscal 2019 by $14 million from the prior year to $104 million. As in fiscal 2018, this cash was largely generated by margin contributions from... View Details

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

Double-digit long-term growth might justify bragging rights for any country. But a turbocharged GDP comes at a price, says Eric D. Werker, an associate professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

06 May 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup

required a good deal of solo work, I learned that digging into data to understand how a business operates can bring me into “flow state” at work. Variety in each role was also a huge plus for me. At Fifth Wall, one week I would explore... View Details

24 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

research by Harvard Business School Professors Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson begs to differ. Financial crises, even ones as calamitous as the 2007-2008 banking meltdown, are surprisingly predictable to those who know the warning... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

21 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

of each segment is changing, and how the company's products and services address the needs of each segment. The product was developed by Gail McGovern, a professor of management practice, and John Quelch, the Senior Associate Dean and Lincoln Filene Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

propositions that lead customers to do more business and at higher margins with the company Innovation and excellence in products, services, and processes The capabilities and alignment of employees and systems that enhance important... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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Staff Catering Guidelines | About

pre-approved by the department Business Manager. There may be occasional scenarios where it makes sense for HBS to pay for a meal for HBS INTERNAL employees only, particularly when cross-departmental collaboration and networking... View Details

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From the Dean - Annual Report 2020

Harvard Business Review’s circulation climbed to 340,000, the highest in its 97-year history, evidence that the Publishing group continues to produce insights that shape management practice. The Business and... View Details

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing

forecasting; supply chain speed; inventory planning; and gathering accurate, available data. The following excerpt from their report in the Harvard Business Review shows how some of these companies are making the most of the data... View Details

Keywords: by Marshall L. Fisher, Ananth Raman & Anna Sheen McClelland; Retail

01 Sep 2004
News

Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)

Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he holds a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management units.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2011
News

The Spangler Effect

Spangler Center was conceived to give a new heart to the Business School, which had been atomized over time by many buildings and an increasing number of students living off campus.... From the day it opened, students adopted Spangler as... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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