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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Faculty News
from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Other Promotions New Associate Professors (and the faculty units to which they belong) include Bharat Anand (Strategy), Amy C. Edmondson (Technology and Operations Management), and Jonathan... View Details
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Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Launching Global Ventures Course Number 1645 Senior Lecturer DJ DiDonna Assistant Professor Ebehi Iyoha Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 13 sessions Paper Overview Launching Global Ventures explores how founders and leaders turn global View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
to do is work on is following a phased plan. And there are three phases to the plan. Phase one was fixing the fundamentals of the business, which are making sure you're operating well, making sure you got high-quality food and system.... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
valuable and transformative." Also last September, Acxiom unveiled its beta Audience Operating System, which allows marketers to connect traditionally disconnected data across all channels — online, offline, and mobile — and which Howe... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
codifying values. Specifics are often left unspoken; for example, teaching notes for faculty provide much guidance on how to teach but little on what to teach. Faculty and students are exposed to a system that operates on open-ended... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- News
Teaching Farmers New Tricks of the Trade
are constantly looking for ways to improve and become better, become more profitable and keep track with a very competitive marketplace. “I talk to farmers all the time. Many farmers that I speak with feel very comfortable in running the agronomic, View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
elected Wilmington mayor and a $16 million gift from a Salesianum alumnus (the third-largest gift to a U.S. Catholic high school) put construction of a new, city-owned sports facility on track for completion in 2020. Kennealey calls the deal a historic moment for the... View Details
- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
How much is a CEO worth? What is appropriate compensation for the leader of a large and complex organization? One frequent reply has been “Let the market decide.” The “market” apparently decided that Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice
The commitment to research that influences pedagogy, theory, and practice is inherent to HBS’s identity. The first field study, conducted in 1911 under the School’s Bureau of Business Research, comprised a comparative examination of the costs of View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- News
Maximum Cities
into the collective, particular experiences of practitioners. "I was struck by the complexity of the problems and the magnitude of the opportunities," remarked Rebecca Henderson. "There's no reason that business cannot rise to the... View Details
- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
response unit than with attending to customers' real needs. "The more complex the IT, the less calls are able to be handled by the VRU, resulting in customers bailing out and choosing to deal directly with an agent," Frei,... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
Summing Up What's rational in the world of management? Judging from replies to the question, "Are you ready to manage in an irrational world?," respondents to this column are ready. But they also conclude that the question is much more View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
Rivkin, the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for research. “The world’s problems are becoming increasingly complex and no longer lend themselves to a single method of research.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
about the future of lighting. That’s not their business. But that’s a challenge, and that’s the complexity of this. It also suggests a role for public policy in terms of making sure the country is maintaining a broader set of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines
relationships it is fostering across faculties, will have a spillover effect on both schools’ curricula and research agendas. The program also will serve as a prelude to yet-to-be-planned activities that await the 2020 opening of the Harvard Science and Engineering... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Objectives in Unpredictable Times studiously avoids a discussion of what the authors call “the S-word” — strategy. Instead, the book offers “a no-excuses, in-the-trenches perspective” that lets managers take existing realities and View Details
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Launch Lab/Capstone 1 - Course Catalog
system engineering methods to plan, design, develop, build, and test a complex technology-based product/service, integrating knowledge across multiple engineering disciplines. Business Knowledge: The use of business model analysis and... View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market
an educational excursion, it was an enlightening journey into the core of the global flower trade. Witnessing RFH's unique blend of operational efficiency, commitment to sustainability, and dedication to quality, we gained invaluable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
with senior researchers James Weber and Mary Louise Shelman, examines the complex political and economic underpinnings of the ethanol industry and the dilemma facing the farmers of Mid-Missouri Energy (MME). The farmers must make major... View Details
- 25 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines: Santosh Iyer (MBA 2020)
LEGOs to build an intelligently actuated tool for precision brain biopsy. Inspired by cutting-edge research at Johns Hopkins University, where surgeons used tele-operated robotic instruments for minimally invasive neurosurgery, I realized how engineering could solve... View Details