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  • 22 Apr 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

new ability to collect and store an incredible amount of data. And that has made sales management a more complex job, requiring a level of analytical and business acumen that wasn’t View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

When Does Domestic Saving Matter for Economic Growth?

By: Philippe Aghion, Diego A. Comin, Peter Howitt and Isabel Tecu
Can a country grow faster by saving more? We address this question both theoretically and empirically. In our theoretical model, growth results from innovations that allow local sectors to catch up with frontier technology. In poor countries, catching up requires the... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Foreign Direct Investment; Saving; Technological Innovation; Mathematical Methods
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1.17 Field Based Learning/Independent Projects - MBA

of enrollment and will be reimbursed by HBS once the student provides a verified certificate confirming the successful completion of the course. The Late Drop Policy and... View Details
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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

for a revised version of the School’s Business Policy course. Designed to give students the strategic perspective they would need as general managers, Business Policy became a jewel in the HBS curriculum and... View Details
  • 06 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

genuinely good plan, pursuing a great idea, or making a needed vision a reality might be filled with frightening risks—even though that is not really the case. There are all sorts of ways to create fear. You... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
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Mental Health - MBA

typically schedule an appointment with Suzy Conway to discuss their mental health needs to ascertain the level of service most appropriate to their needs and facilitate a... View Details
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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

campus for the Women’s Leadership Summit to evaluate this landscape through the lens of women leaders: the progress made, the challenges still faced, and the collective determination and effort needed to... View Details
  • December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Financing PPL Corporation's Growth Strategy

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
PPL Corp., an electric utility in Pennsylvania, needs to finance $1 billion of peaking plants as part of its new growth strategy. In February 2001, Steve May, director of finance for PPL's Global Division, is responsible for recommending a finance plan. After... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Financial Instruments; Project Finance; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Leasing
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Satisfactory Academic Progress - MBA

performance review process, the MBA Program addresses three classifications of academic difficulty: Academic Concern Academic Alert Academic Review by the APC In addition to this process, an instructor may speak privately with a student... View Details
  • 2009
  • Case

What People Want (and How to Predict It)

By: Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris
Historically, neither the creators nor the distributors of cultural products such as books or movies have used analytics -- data, statistics, predictive modeling -- to determine the likely success of their offerings. Instead, companies relied on the brilliance of... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Creativity; Customer Satisfaction; Forecasting and Prediction; Markets; Business Model; Publishing Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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  • 02 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

fund a company, we need to believe that the existing CEO could bring the company to a successful outcome. We found proprietary technology is important but doesn't make much of a difference as a unique... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
  • 14 Aug 2006
  • HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

overlaps a little bit, is how you lead, your style. The third overlapping oval is the situation." Leaders who can recognize and call upon all three areas can expand their range of management styles to meet the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports
  • Portrait Project

Katie Rowe

fall short of delivering the care we both need and deserve. While individual patients drive entries on my “grrr” list, the patterns that emerge suggest shared themes. Over time, I weave the threads View Details
  • January 2018
  • Case

Ak Gıda: IPO or Strategic Sale

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Eren Kuzucu
In 2015, Yıldiz Holding, one of the world’s largest producer of confections, biscuits and crackers, was at the end of its divestiture process from Ak Gida, one of the leading dairy companies in Turkey. The company had adopted a dual track process, pursuing an initial... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Growth and Development Strategy; Value Creation; Decision Making; Growth Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Initial Public Offering; Business Conglomerates; Business Exit or Shutdown; Family Business; Joint Ventures; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey
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Student Research - Doctoral

Student Research Student Research Examining critical issues in management Featured Research A National Analysis of General Pediatric Inpatient Unit Closures and Openings, 2011–2018 By: Carolyn San Soucie, Nancy D. Beaulieu, Jason D.... View Details
  • 09 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration

leaders grappling with improving racial equity in the workplace, important changes need to go beyond actively recruiting, hiring, and promoting more minority employees—and toward implementing workplace policies that challenge the... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 21 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity

“If someone’s past experience has been entirely in the world of older technology, and suddenly a machine learning tool is thrust upon them, they will be less productive” Choudhury realized there was scant research available on the skills... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Information
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McCulloch Hall | About

included new flooring and ceiling tiles, window repair, low-flow plumbing and fixtures, and upgraded electrical systems. When work was completed in 2009, McCulloch Hall, home to 84 MBA students, was awarded Platinum LEED certification, the highest possible LEED View Details
  • June 2001 (Revised May 2002)
  • Case

Spir-It, Inc. (B): Managing People

When Jack Sindler founded Spir-it, Inc. in 1934, he was the company's sole employee. By 1999, Sindler's firm more than survived its first 55 years. Employment was up to nearly 200, with facilities in two states and work done in three shifts. The product line--which had... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Production; Business Growth and Maturation; Interpersonal Communication; Logistics; Human Resources; Diversity Characteristics; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 23 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 23

Publications "From Visible Harm to Relative Risk: Centralization and Fragmentation of Pharmacovigilance Author: Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication: Chap. 13 in The Fragmentation of U.S. Health Care, Oxford... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace