Design Of Core - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

Negotiations between family members who own a business are different—different from negotiations between non-family members and also different from negotiations between family members who don't have a business. This is because family relationships are distinctive kinds... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

19 Aug 2009
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Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice

Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew Weinzierl & Danny Yagan

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Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s Leadership Transitions 2008 Bankruptcy... View Details

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Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research

statistical models and simulations. This research cluster is fully integrated with a dedicated research network-attached-storage facility and a dedicated MySQL server used for housing custom databases. RCS offers one-on‐one consultations on use View Details

26 Jul 2022
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Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

employees to discuss the quality of a job at a specific company. I think regulators focusing on labor conditions could tap into that trove of data to understand what works, so maybe we can View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

18 Nov 2022
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What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

members of the investment team are at par and make investment decisions together, instead of having someone who ultimately makes the investing calls. This is possible when teams are View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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Teele Hall | About

Education administrative offices. Formally renamed Teele Hall in 2000 in honor of Dean Stanley F. Teele (1906–1967), the modern brick, concrete, and glass structure was designed by Goody & Clancy and... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

session, Professor Beshears will lead a mini case discussion that serves as a launching pad for a presentation illustrating the power of the “choice architecture” approach for influencing the behavior of... View Details

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Dean’s House | About

Dean’s House The Dean’s House was part of the original campus design and made possible by the George F. Baker founding gift. The Dean’s House was designed by Coolidge Shepley... View Details

15 Dec 2023
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Like-Minded

Yumiko Murakami (MBA 1994), Miwa Seki (MBA 1993), and Kathy Matsui share the same month and year of birth, so the friends started an annual birthday get-together to reflect on the year ahead. Work was always a hot topic View Details

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Resources - Alumni

New Venture Competition Resources 18ms Past Pitches : View past Student and Alumni NVC pitches Become an Entrepreneur Without Leaving Your Day Job Joining the Right Start-Up The Startup Rules of Three HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship... View Details

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

presenter highlighted the nutritional benefits of cow-based dairy products and said she was unsure that alternative dairy products would be able to match the nutrition and taste profile. Arla is also farmer-owned, meaning that the View Details

September 2014 (Revised February 2017)
Case

Belk: Towards Exceptional Scheduling

By: Ethan Bernstein, Saravanan Kesavan, Bradley Staats and Luke Hassall

With 24,000 staff and over 300 stores, Belk Inc. sought to replace its entirely manual labor scheduling system with an automated software solution from Reflexis. Belk hoped the upgrade would simplify scheduling, reduce time employees spent in non-customer-facing roles,... View Details

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MBA Program - Alumni

Giving MBA Program Giving MBA Program Enhance Learning Ensure a transformational educational experience The MBA Program is the cornerstone of HBS’s educational offerings. Ongoing innovation in teaching and learning, as well as the... View Details

February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
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Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers

By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred

This case illustrates the importance of choosing a primary customer as the basis for organization design. Cross Country Group managers adjusted resource allocation, organization design and performance measures over time to transform Cross Country Group from an... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Gap; Entrepreneurship; Auto Industry; Insurance; Performance Management; Performance Measurement; Performance Measures; Performance Pressure; Decisions; Family Business; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Customer Focus and Relationships; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry

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22 Oct 2019
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Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate

into the field so often, so it does.” Develop an algorithm that goes deep. Large firms may be able to design their own in-house machine learning algorithms to employ their AI system. Smaller firms can contract one View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

impact within the community is designed to build ecosystems that deliver quality livelihood, health, and energy services at the last mile. During our visit, we had the chance to see and learn about several View Details

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What You Can Support - Alumni

gifts to the HBS Fund provide flexible resources that the School can use immediately to advance core priorities and pursue new initiatives. Although HBS’s endowment provides a strong foundation, it does not cover all View Details

22 Feb 2024
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GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

sociologist at Harvard Business School. His parents were an interracial couple who fell in love in the 1960s, when mixed marriages faced scorn and sometimes worse in many parts of the US. Even so, he said, they always believed in the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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