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- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index of agglomeration and investigate the patterns and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
cost performance of IT technologies over the first forty years changed by roughly 107, and for the foreseeable future will continue to evolve at the same rate. That is in sharp contrast to a train, which after eighty years moved six times... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
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Mellon Hall | About
renovations were undertaken to improve its facade. The building is now being used as an Executive Education residence. About the Name Andrew W. Mellon Mellon Hall is one of seven buildings named for secretaries of the US Treasury at the... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
Business Review Group, HBP Education, and Corporate Learning—each delivered year-over-year revenue growth in fiscal 2022. As a result, total Publishing revenue increased 10 percent from fiscal 2021 to $302 million. HBP international revenue View Details
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Loeb House | About
The Georgian Revival-style, stucco and brick facility has been repurposed several times and was renovated in the 1960s and again in 1985, when it became the first building on campus to be wired for networked personal computers. In 2016 Loeb House was renovated and... View Details
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-010 United Airlines: More Out-and-Back Flying? This case looks at United Airlines when it is facing a decision on whether to shift its aircraft routing to more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
by 2010, this process can still continue for a number of years. But the downside is that without improvements in competitiveness, Vietnam will ultimately remain stuck at the level of prosperity given by low... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 21 May 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
generally used one in particular), and I reviewed the ratings that were given. More often than not, the ratings would give very limited information on what needed to be done to improve the overall rating, but rather would talk about... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
relative-performance approach drives success. Each manager knows from the outset "what has to be done to improve his or her usual performance," Hope and Fraser write. But it is only in hindsight that they know how well they have... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
continuously improve urban student achievement, teaching must become a career that motivates and retains effective early career teachers. Teach Plus began as a pilot in fall 2007, launched by Celine Coggins,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
With COVID-19 cases growing worldwide, business leaders are scrambling to deal with a wide variety of problems, from slumping sales and stalling supply chains to keeping employees healthy and making sure they can continue working. We... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
2018 Independently published Unlocked: Keys to Improve Your Thinking By: Zaltman, Gerald Abstract—What’s the best way to change your life? Change how you think, says marketing guru Gerald Zaltman. While most of us are accustomed to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Growing on the Job - Alumni
continued growth depends largely on your own initiative. Ultimately, growing on the job requires two things: identifying the areas in which you would like to grow, and establishing goals for your progress. Assessing needs and goals... View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
data. How do we free up time and improve our moods? Whillans says it starts with prioritizing activities that bring us joy—savoring a well-cooked meal with a spouse, taking a leisurely walk with a friend, reading a book to a child—and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Productivity Implementing Strategy Featured Exercises Create a customer journey map to discover complementary products and services Establish an employee journey map to find ways to improve the employee experience Develop a value map for... View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Op-Ed
Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned
reevaluate. Maintaining culture change requires measurement. Leaders should constantly reassess their progress by collecting feedback from a random representative sample at random intervals. The culture of continuous View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
(both MBA 2015) heard from Keith Alaniz, a fellow officer stationed in Afghanistan, about a farmer there who was concerned about having too few markets for the saffron he was growing. The trio, inspired by the man’s determination to View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 22 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Decarbonization and Sustainable Production: Immersive Field Course in Denmark and the Netherlands
back in 2012, I was hoping to graduate and work in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. My goal was to contribute to eradicating energy poverty and improving general welfare. At that time, petroleum accounted for roughly 80% of the... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
survival of only the most productive domestic firms. We investigate the roles of the two different mechanisms in determining the aggregate productivity gains by exploring their distinct predictions on the distributions of domestic firms: within-firm productivity View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
could continue our success as part of Cisco, but it meant I had to build Altiostar from scratch,” he says. By all accounts, Dahod has met the challenge. Altiostar is still in stealth mode, but the press recently reported that it had... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young