Values and Beliefs - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Ahmed Alimi

Advisory Services, FBN Capital, and Helios Investment Partners. "At Helios," Ahmed says, "I had a unique opportunity to work on deals as well as support value creation efforts at our portfolio... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

beyond in the study and appreciation of the lessons and legacies of business history, the endowment supports a wide range of innovative projects and programs associated with... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

theory by constructing a measure of overconfidence, using the indicator of when a CEO exercises his or her stock options. She found a strong connection between executives who habitually hold their options longer and continue to buy stock... View Details

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

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

Enrollment Stories FAQs Start Anytime Key Concepts Master frameworks and tools to execute a high-quality, profitable business model Discover how to conduct experiments to determine your venture’s value... View Details

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Paper at the DRUID 2013 Conference in Barcelona, Spain, for "Spatial Organization of Firms: Location Choices through the Value Chain" (with Mercedes Delgado). Juan Alcacer : Received the Meritorious Service Award from Management Science... View Details

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Kristin W. Mugford | About

previously served as Faculty Chair for field-based learning and co-curricular programs in the MBA program. For the last decade she taught "Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring," a popular advanced... View Details

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Timing - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

and he reveals how he managed the R.R. Donnelley and Sons case discussion. Making Real Time Adjustments David Garvin While it's important to allocate time for each segment of a discussion, Professor Garvin... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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My First Job

watch for shoplifters, and keep smiling to maintain customer service. I was 16 and it was a real stretch, but I became quite good at juggling it all and was made a department... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

13 Dec 2022
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Christine Beckman, USC Price School of Public Policy

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

talking about, Deward?’” “I said, ‘Corn? What are you talking about, Deward?’” One of those gardens is planted on the 38-acre grounds of the Tri-Faith Initiative, a Sacred Seed partner. A joint effort by local Muslim, Jewish, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship

customers begin to give more volumes." Wesco's costs began to go down, not just due to volumes but also efficiency. For the customers, value increased, thanks to price reduction and the fact that the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Jan 2016
What Do You Think?

Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

long-term strategy and culture. David Wittenberg led the way in making the argument for an inadequate strategy as a primary cause of the problem. He suggested that bad timing is related to a lack of “strategic frameworks to assess the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

up, consuming only about ten seconds of the two minutes. Having studied and written about the value of "listening posts" in business, I concluded that the company's management wasn't interested in listening.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

and bolts of how to create, build, and sustain effective relationships with like-minded organizations to better accomplish a social goal. Previous research with colleagues on growth suggested that growth... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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What You Can Support - Alumni

Giving What You Can Support Giving What You Can Support Creating Value How will you make an impact? All alumni are encouraged to sustain the School’s excellence by giving annually to the HBS Fund. Donors who wish to target their giving to... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

traditional approaches in building enterprises, their governance, and growth.’’ The technology is open source, so different teams can build together. Participants value open information flow, universal... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

specific knowledge," and emphasis on "more variables [that] enter into people's choices than just value maximizing." Don Cameron thinks that "The problem with research is not the research... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

February 2022 (Revised October 2022)
Case

P.T. Barnum: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case describes the life of P.T. Barnum, widely considered to the be the father of modern advertising and marketing. Barnum showed his genius for business early, selling lottery tickets and confections from his father’s store. He went on to found a famous museum of... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Entrepreneurship; Personal Characteristics; Marketing; Success; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Europe

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16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

executives in the core businesses, rather than ambitious young MBAs, should be assigned to growth initiatives; 3) Assembling the wrong team and staffing up prematurely. CEOs should focus on capabilities, not who's available, View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

December 2020 (Revised December 2022)
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The Dance of Dharma: On the Difficulty of Being Good

By: Arthur I. Segel and Tyler M. Richard

When deciding how to be good and act well, we often seek outside help. Many of our oldest and most frequently consulted sources of ethical guidance are our religious traditions. Just as one might consult a thoughtful friend, countless people seek direction from their... View Details

Keywords: Hinduism; Ethics; Religion; Values and Beliefs; Decision Making

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