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- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
suggested that " doctors rush when the illness is serious managers, when faced with little time and pressure to get things done, fail to think well and so make poor decisions." Itamar Offer, a physician, said that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
Dávila, now on the faculty of Stanford Business School. Some thirty case studies are also available in a version of the book geared toward students as well as managers who want to tap more extensively into examples of best practice. Q:... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- Profile
Paris Wallace
Ovuline, women are conceiving within 60 days. An early stage startup, Ovuline has raised more than $3 million in seed investment and is already getting significant revenue traction. And it tracks well with Wallace’s previous startup... View Details
- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
mechanism." The basic concept is straightforward enough: A cap is set on carbon emissions. Companies can then buy and sell a limited number of emission permits, which allows them flexibility in their pollution levels, and at the same time creates a market price... View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Accelerating Climate Solutions - Short Intensive Program 2023
faculty (HBS’s George Serafeim, Harvard Kennedy School’s (HKS) Joe Aldy, and the College’s Dan Schrag), as well as industry professionals and experts (including Rodi Guidero of Breakthrough Energy, Spencer Glendon from Probable Futures,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
across the country. HBS visited Tata Power’s Trombay Power Station on a sunny Mumbai day. Despite the temperate weather, visibility was quite low due to significant air pollution – an AQI of over 200 – which reflects PM 2.5 levels well... View Details
- Web
Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library
position to obtain benefits improperly for himself, directly or indirectly . . . [which] can be controlled by appropriate legislation.” (2) Lehman Brothers also focused on the oil industry, helping to finance TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., Penzoil Company, Halliburton Oil... View Details
- Web
Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
a rewarding field for American Research and is particularly well suited for creative capital investment. . . . In specialized technical areas with products protected by patents and know-how, it is easier for small companies to compete... View Details
- Web
Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising
and restaurants, and salesmen assisted storeowners in arranging advertisements for store counters and window displays using trade cards as well as larger formatted show cards. 19 Marketing images also came to adorn home interiors. “Amid... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
that don’t turn up in their financial reports. So how is a consumer—or an investor or board of directors, for that matter—to know how well a purpose-driven company is really doing on any of these metrics? “The fact of the matter is that... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
else is the same” And a mission-based ROI can be a tough sell sometimes. “I wish I had a stock price, because then it would be easy to show everybody how well we’re doing, or for them to realize we’re not doing so well. Instead, I have to... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
Raymond H. Herzog
During 40 years of service at 3M, Herzog served in a variety of roles, but he is particularly well known for helping to start 3M’s copier business that was a huge success in the 1950s. Herzog also left his mark on the company by refining... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
week's US Supreme Court ruling. It's time to end three-and-a-half years of political wrangling and make the Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) work. The law's shortcomings are well known. It provides health care access to 30 million... View Details
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
Nova lived up to its moniker, nová meaning "new" in Czech and alluding as well to a bright star. Its wide array of programs provided a spicy alternative to the tired fare offered by the two prevailing state-run channels whose... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
outlines concrete steps that managers at all levels can take to spark positive conflict and make sure that all views get a fair hearing, and he outlines as well a fair and open process for making more effective decisions. "Keeping... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
What Happened to Leadership?
leaders: They need to be “systems thinkers” as well as eclectic and attentive listeners. And, he said, they must like and respect people and be able to motivate, build competence, move quickly, and execute. View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Ethics Fellowship Announced
outstanding teachers and scholars who wish to develop their ability to address questions of moral choice in areas such as business, education, government, law, medicine, and public policy. Fellows participate in the program's weekly seminar and may attend courses in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
Cyril Taylor (MBA 1961) (Amberley Publishing) As a social entrepreneur and education reformer, Taylor helped establish 3,000 specialist schools and over 1,500 academies in the UK as well as founding and working as chairman of the American... View Details
- Career Coach
Nicole Ledoux
Nicole (HBS '08) is Co-founder/CEO of 88 Acres, a Consumer Products company in the Natural Food space. She has experience in brand building, business development, new product launch, fundraising & financing as well as manufacturing.... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne