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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
In a working paper presented at the June colloquium, HBS professors Michael Porter and Nitin Nohria consider the CEO’s role in the large, complex organization that is typical in today’s global economy. An excerpt follows: “CEOs must... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
recent study, “The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS,” Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun and her coauthors conclude that a singular leader is far less effective in these large and complex public... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
logistics to web services—will be disrupted, with experts predicting that quantum machines will rapidly perform tasks that would take today’s fastest digital supercomputers years to complete. Quantum computers will be able to carry out View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
into three interrelated parts. First, students learn about the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of companies and their leaders. Next, they look at organizational systems and governance structures that can foster responsible... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Student Plan Goes to Washington
encourage non-TARP companies to allocate voluntarily slots for three CGC directors. The proposal anticipates demand for roughly 500 professional directors within five years. “I wouldn’t say that the current corporate governance system is... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mobile robots revolutionize order fulfillment
orders. Kiva’s distribution center automation technology simplifies operations and reduces costs while increasing flexibility. When orders are received, hundreds of autonomous mobile robots are directed by a complex software application... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
to help, has the government unwittingly created the mother of all moral hazards — implicit rescue guarantees as far as the eye can see? No doubt about it, says HBS professor and economic historian David Moss. “The extension of implicit guarantees to all View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
and New York. Cummings asked readers for their thoughts on how to design a fulfillment system that would suit their complex process. Their path: The company switched to an assembly line from a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
infrastructure for the Industrial Century did not compete, conquer, or die in the manner of the national industries that created the infrastructure for the Electronic Century. I wanted to find out why. Amid these complex shifts of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170 billion in pension and mutual funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Collaborative Cures
Photo courtesy of Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship Harvard University is ripe with new advances in science and technology. But developing those findings into breakthrough therapies and cures for disease is a complex... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Eight Join HBS Faculty
teaches the first-year course Technology and Operations Management. His research focuses on techniques to evaluate and improve the performance of complex systems in the airline and sports industries. Fearing... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Los Angeles, California 1968 Earns BS, Systems Engineering, US Naval Academy 1985 Earns MS, Operations Research, US Naval Postgraduate School 1987 Receives Stockdale Award... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
side, it’s still very complicated even just to get a crypto wallet. I think for many applications, a lot of this technical complexity is eventually going to get submerged. NBA Top Shot is a system for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
in the United States. Those profits are now subject to a 35 percent corporate tax rate, but the tax can be totally avoided as long as American corporations hold the profits in their accounts at foreign banks. The current system needs... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Facing Ambiguity
find out the threat is harmless, but that’s OK — you learned, built capabilities, and understand the system better.” The case, which is dedicated to the memory of Columbia’s flight crew, includes a fifteen-minute documentary, produced by... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- News
Management Matters In Health Care, Too
Harvard Medical School. He has shown that detailed checklists can improve surgical patient outcomes. Gawande told the audience that traditional practices with individual doctors can’t meet the complex challenges of modern medicine.... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
Burlington, Vermont. “It is a simple, inexpensive, and straightforward solution to a complex problem.” Despite the fact that MedKaz is being used by patients, Bushkin’s biggest challenge is penetrating medical bureaucracy. Hospitals are... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology & Research Former Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Toronto, 1970 BASc., Industrial Engineering University of Singapore, 1974 M.S.,... View Details
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
Goals. Whether it’s improvements in sanitation or health or education, it starts with a payment system everyone can use.” The Better Than Cash Alliance advocates for this type of digital financial inclusion, provides guidance to... View Details