Confidence In Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
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Touching All the Bases: Stephen A. Greyser

In his MBA elective, The Business of Sports, Professor Stephen A. Greyser brings an insider's knowledge to topics such as league development, sports and the media, corporate sponsorship of sports, marketing... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Mar 2014
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Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

financial abuse Big Data applications—using data analysis to identify problems before they develop and suggest improvement opportunities After HBS, he put that knowledge to use in his six years at Nokia,... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

01 Feb 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

HBS Working Knowledge Web site (www.hbsworking knowledge.hbs.edu). In particular, it recommended adopting an aggressive strategy for promoting the site. Ideally, the committee would like to see more hands-on... View Details

Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)

27 Aug 2019
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A Shot at Success

college, a good presence in the locker room, and the ability to compete in the classroom. But too often, Feickert says, these high-potential students lack “the recipe”—the View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 2001
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Books

Work, by Don Cohen and Laurence Prusak, is the first book to examine and explain the role that social capital — the value inherent in human connections, including trust, personal networks, and a sense of community — plays View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2003
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Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus

Frank Batten, a member of the MBA Class of 1952, has made an extraordinary $32 million gift to HBS. The gift — one of the largest in the School’s history — will support the renewal and enhancement of the Soldiers Field campus. “Frank... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

01 Dec 2005
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Winning Legally

actively participate in a dialogue. When an attorney is asked to draft a contract, he or she should have enough knowledge about the broader business context to speak up if the rationale behind the deal seems... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2013
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Five Bright Ideas

organization is involved, we charge. Advertising also brings in revenue." ALISON enables potential employers to immediately test the skill of certificate-holding ALISON graduates through 20-question "flash tests" that assess their View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2005
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Transforming the IRS

think it’s fair to say that the IRS successfully copied many of the things that well-run big companies do. It’s an objective that’s often articulated but not often implemented in government. — Ann Cullen Read the entire HBS Working View Details

Keywords: Ann Cullen; IRS; Many Unhappy Returns; reform; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

06 Dec 2017
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Puzzle Master

had this advice for those interested in mergers & acquisitions: “...the best thing you can do is to develop an expert-level knowledge or—if applicable—execute one of the many workstreams required for a... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 1996
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Meditations on the Bottom Line

order that has survived this kind of transition." Despite ongoing challenges such as establishing cash flow, keeping up employee morale, and maintaining the organization's core spiritual values in the face of fiscal uncertainty, Bothwick... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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What You Know Depends on Where You Go

world, though the words used for the numbers differ. If you're a chemistry instructor, whether in Beijing, Beirut, or the Bay Area, you can be confident that water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen. View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Strategic Networking

“By the time they zero in on those final few names, they’ll have refined their information even further.” That makes it easier to ask more specific questions, and the bank of knowledge accumulated from... View Details

Keywords: Networking

01 Apr 1996
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Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?

too long to the mass-production model. Unable to halt declining returns and market share, it lost confidence in itself. That confusion contributed to a serious falloff in... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Action Plan: Fired Up

company in 2015, moved it to his home state of Utah, and began assembling a team that embraced what he saw as Traeger’s greatest appeal: “Our products give people the confidence to prepare and share meals... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; company culture; barbecue; entertaining; food; marketing; brand

01 Sep 2012
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Rebel with a Cause

As a junior Episcopal minister, Bob Massie (DBA 1989) infuriated church leaders by revealing to his congregation that its $9 million endowment was secretly invested in a number of unchurchly entities, including military contractors,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; social activism; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2012
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Joint Venture

key players in the process. At HBS, it has always been true that, from their field-based academic research and consulting, faculty constantly seek knowledge from practitioners. View Details