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- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
savings in the development of art assets for their video games. However, the firm's management find themselves at a point at which they feel they need to make a strategic decision that will enable Glass Egg to grow more substantially and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
Janisse Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2012). Abstract We examine the internal supply chains at two service organizations to discover the source of disruptions that erode employees' efficiency. Through... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
as a national blueprint. Near-universal coverage, a pipe dream anywhere in the United States a few short years ago, is the chief reason that the state’s model has generated so much excitement. And the Bay State’s example has arguably put... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
develop a high-level blueprint of the IT systems, decide where to locate and how to lay out floor plans, set up relationships with suppliers, and design a management system and scorecard with which to run the new organization. Oui, La... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Hood. “Our staff features not only business-trained project managers but also an unusually young group of scientific Ph.D.s whom we value as a new kind of expert. They bring their own innovative ideas about what directions and projects... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
recession. The financial crisis opened the door to massive public interventions in the world's economies, in which the government served as venture capitalist. But these efforts focused on the most troubled and poorly managed firms in the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
fastest-growing urban businesses. This year, the ICIC and the School's Executive Education Owner-Managed Programs will offer a special one-week general management seminar for the IC 100 CEOs. "If we can get... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
walks of life. He generously thanked people for their efforts on behalf of the School, sending handwritten notes in distinctive longhand. McArthur also was there for members of the HBS community in good and bad times. He often appeared... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
management and maintenance services to owners of the Eclipse VLJs in existence. Linear will have permission to fly those and pass along 85 percent of revenues to their owners. “It’s a way to grow without expending any capital,” remarks... View Details
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
managers—the Friday Packet-—is described and illustrated in exhibits. Top managers use this system to focus organizational attention on the critical uncertainties of the business. Provides examples of how new strategies emerge from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
a management consultant and author who is writing a book titled "ReSpiriting Work," notes, "Another important factor is the aging of the American population. The baby boomers are coming into their fifties, which is a natural time to start... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
leadership of Professor Jim Cash in whose honor we named Cash House on the campus. And Jim has helped us assemble a phenomenal advisory board. And the board consists of individuals like Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck, Ken Chenault, the former CEO of American Express and... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
doesn't increase its debt limit on October 17, it will start defaulting on its bills—an unprecedented event in the nation's history. Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller, a member of the School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit and an expert... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
leaders must respond to. The selection systems used to pick leaders, which he says homogenize the pool of potential CEOs and presidents. These are especially important, Mukunda argues, because they preserve the status quo and prevent incompetent or disturbed leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
And Functional Hubs The two general types of B2B hubs, said Upton, are vertical hubs, focused on a single industry segment, and functional hubs, focused on a common process or requirement, such as maintenance or human resources, across... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
hip-deep in paper. And of course, there were no women on the floor back then.” As co-founder and general partner of Manhattan-based StarVest Partners, Farrington is one of the few women to run her own venture capital firm. StarVest... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
management and delivery platform that is School-wide. Then we can think about what additional things we can do on top of those platforms—apps that anybody can build to amplify their message across the broader HBS ecosystem. This kind of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
passenger can create his own climate zone. We customize our music and then implant the made-to-order entertainment directly into our ears. And what bigger marketing success have we seen in the past generation than the coffeehouses where... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
17 other executives of color from leading Massachusetts corporations. Pursuing an innovative, state-focused approach, the fund specifically targets Black- and brown-led nonprofits closely tied to the people and problems in under-resourced Massachusetts communities.... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
lump sums to estimations of RVU volumes if the crisis didn’t happen. My hope is that this crisis will provide the opportunity to rethink physician compensation in a way that maps physician incentives to the behaviors that generate value... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost