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- 02 Sep 2014
- News
Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple
Managers know that individuals who have experience working together can influence team performance. Yet most managers underestimate the benefit of such familiarity, according to Robert S. Huckman, Professor... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager It’s not lonely at the top anymore. Today’s CEO has an average of 10 direct reports, according to new research by Associate Professor Julie Wulf, Maria Guadalupe of Columbia Business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
What Are They Thinking?
The Leadership Initiative, whose mission is to ensure that the School remains at the forefront of leadership R&D, has two projects under way that focus on young people. Using interviews, self-assessment exercises, and periodic interventions, one study is documenting... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
patterns that could signify an attack or a system failure. A fundamental component of the theory is how the brain represents information differently than computers do. Data entered into a computer—whether... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
leads client teams in the effective delivery of solid, useful information and analysis. We also look for a record of leadership or, in the absence of concrete experience, leadership potential as indicated by certain personal qualities.... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
accessible and searchable can be both a time and life saver, and [it can] prevent unnecessary tests.” “It gives the patient real power in accumulating their records from any location they receive care,” says Dr. Adam Buckley, chief medical View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory
freshman in high school when the 9/11 attacks happened. That event had a significant impact on me,” he explains. After the Academy, he earned a master of science degree at MIT and then worked for three years at the US Air Force Space and Missile View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
performance management system into corporate governance processes. The Balanced Scorecard strategy map portrays, on a single page, a company's strategy. It includes the financial outcomes expected;... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
New Course on Leadership, Values, and Corporate Accountability
Management (TOM), a first-term offering, in order to add significant new content on the management of information technology. “These changes represent only the most recent step... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
various perspectives, raise conceptual and empirical concerns, underscore challenges for further development of this literature, and provide directions for future research. Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
market. “Many summer internships were canceled,” explains Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003), managing director of HBS’s Career & Professional Development (CPD). “Graduating students who already had job offers saw their start dates delayed,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
to learn as much as they can by “network interviewing” with those currently in their target field. “You want to get detailed information about roles and responsibilities, current trends and issues in the company or industry, and the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
In April, Dean Kim B. Clark announced that Harvard Business School will add the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) to the portfolio of criteria used to evaluate a candidate's application to the MBA Program, effective for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Case Study: A Place at the Table
way it goes. In the case, Nohria recalls his experience teaching the first-year required leadership course: "When there were women protagonists in a case, students had questions about how they managed work-family balance. Men had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
competition, and offering resilience for economic downturns. "Any governance system is going to have to achieve these kinds of things," said Froot, noting that ineffective governance may have contributed to the demise of certain dot-coms... View Details
- Summer 2014
- Article
Taiwan's PC Industry, 1976–2010: The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities
By: Howard H. Yu and Willy C. Shih
The stellar growth of Taiwan's personal computer (PC) industry over the past three decades represents a paradox. Participating in the global production system, local firms in Taiwan grew in association with established firms in the West. Despite their technical... View Details
Keywords: Personal Computer; PC; PC Industry; Taiwan PC Industry; Taiwan PC Manufacturers; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Clusters; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Mobile Technology; Information Technology Industry; Taiwan
Yu, Howard H., and Willy C. Shih. "Taiwan's PC Industry, 1976–2010: The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities." Business History Review 88, no. 2 (Summer 2014): 329–357.
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
managers put into practice in the late 1980s and 1990s. Most recently, we have tried to develop a holistic view of how performance measurement and control systems function in the new economy. A considerable... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method
participate in two simulations in the required Technology and Operations Management (TOM) course. The “Shad Exercise” provides a sense of the challenges of managing a complex process. In teams of 12,... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
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Anil Doshi
economists, operations management scholars, organizational theorists, and others studying topics ranging from open innovation to information technology to product innovation. I have borrowed freely from... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Casadesus-Masanell decided to dive in. Most research to date into the OSS movement has focused on the organization and management issues surrounding OSS. Ghemawat and Casadesus-Masanell chose to explore the fundamental competitive... View Details