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  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

the company had lost its "human touch" in the process of professionalizing and modernizing to capitalize on the fantastic market opportunities that had opened up in Spain. Some felt that the work was now too structured and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 28

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2542242   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 215-037 Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance and is under pressure to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

Business in Global Society (BiGS), Purpose of the Firm, and the School’s ongoing work in open inquiry and constructive dialogue. Video Recording (login required) Saturday, September 28 Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well... View Details
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure?

us to be garbage. There was no relationship. While that in itself might have been a useful finding, it disappointed us. What to do? Throw out more than a year of work and a great deal of data? We were experiencing what felt like failure. “If we were to analyze the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Apply to PRIMO - Doctoral

Program for Research in Markets & Organizations Apply to PRIMO 1ms HOW TO APPLY Applications for PRIMO 2025 have now closed. Applications for PRIMO 2026 will open in late Fall. All files must be uploaded as pdf files through the online... View Details
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Program Requirements - Doctoral

take into account the quality of the student’s oral presentation, the quality of the student’s responses to questions from the Dissertation Committee, and the written material prepared prior to the oral date. Dissertation Students are... View Details
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Company, 1901–1922 Henry Crown Material Service Corporation, 1921–1941 Richard J. Cullen International Paper Company, 1936–1948 John W. Culligan American Home Products, 1981–1986 Joseph S. Cullinan Texaco, 1902–1913 Joseph F. Cullman III... View Details
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FAQs - Alumni

6:00 p.m. and on Class Parties When can I register, how much does it cost, and is financial assistance available? Registration opens with an email invitation, sent approximately four months before your reunion. Registration fees vary.... View Details
  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

companies). Most CEOs rose in their company but a few came from outside. If they came from outside it was generally because the firm was in trouble and needed a turnaround. For example, Allan Leighton took over as chairman of the Royal Mail and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Africa - Global

Africa Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi HBS continues its efforts to build a deep understanding of and expertise in global business practice and innovation around the world, including throughout Africa, a region that is assuming an increasingly vital role in the world... View Details
  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

and to calculate metrics to compare their levels of modularity. Our research takes advantage of a natural experiment in this industry, where products exist that fulfill the same function, but that have been developed using very different organizational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Middle East & North Africa - Global

Middle East & North Africa Cairo, Dubai, Istanbul, Tel Aviv HBS continues its efforts to build a deep understanding of and expertise in global business practice and innovation around the world, including throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The... View Details
  • 27 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 27

crossed with small financial incentives (ranging from U.S. $3 to $14) to open bank savings accounts. We find that the financial literacy program has no effect on the likelihood of opening a bank savings... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

Linden, with a reputation for being open and knowledgeable yet sometimes intimidating, tries to convince the committee to come around to his way of thinking. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/913509-PDF-ENG PunchTab, Inc. Investor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

engineering, product and process development and production of goods and services within individual operating units; the networks of information and material flows that tie operating units together and the systems that support these... View Details
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Latin America - Global

Latin America Mexico City, Montevideo, São Paulo HBS has had a longstanding footprint in Latin America for over 20 years. The Latin America Research Center (LARC) opened in 2000 to satisfy strong interest on the part of the HBS faculty in... View Details
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 19

jobs and dignified salaries. As of March 2010, La Fageda has opened up a new production facility to make ice cream in an urban area outside of its well-known agricultural farm. Students are faced with understanding La Fageda's business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

these are-- it is a school where people come to learn how to be very successful in the material world. Brooks: Yeah. Goldberg: Right? What are you teaching then about happiness if you're telling us in the book that wanting less is one of... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49339   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-016 The Sino-Russian Rapprochement: Energy Relations in a New Era The United States could enhance or threaten China's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Spangler Center | About

course material distribution center, and an ATM. MBA administrative offices occupy the upper level, and well-appointed student lounges with computer terminals are on the main level. Dining facilities on the lower and main levels are View Details