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- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
father, James Cole, must set compensation that meets the needs of the family and the business. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808078 Managing in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
call centers, with their attendant voice response units (VRUs—also known as automated voice response systems), need not be so inefficient. When a company manages its call center well, effectively linking a triad of service, View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium
attract and enroll outstanding students, we also know that many future leaders don't think of HBS as one of their options," says Jill H. Fadule, managing director of MBA Admissions. "We need to reach people who may not realize the... View Details
Keywords: Cindy Olnick
- 26 Jun 2008
- News
The First HBS Class Notes
in 1910, it included a page of staff-written "Personal Items" about alumni, reporting job changes, addresses, and marriages. The first item — "M.B.A. '14—Hugh D. Hite is manager of the Chicago office of Priester, Quail & Cundy, Inc.,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Executive Development Program (EDP), a special executive training course for the Bank's upper-level managers. "I felt that the World Bank's top people should have an intensive exposure to the latest ideas and techniques in the management... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Does Good and Why While it's common knowledge that business leaders often serve on nonprofit boards, there has been little formal information about the characteristics and motivations of such individuals. In a 1997 working paper... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
implementation. Systems need to be selected, workflows altered, and the inevitable kinks ironed out. Change is hard. Yet, in my experience, after an individual or organization undergoes the transition from paper to digital, few would ever... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
political agenda. Such objective information helps to gain the trust of the people. And trust in a country’s leadership is vital because any agenda to prevent the spread of the virus—such as social distancing measures—requires the... View Details
- December 2010
- Article
Organising Response to Extreme Emergencies: The Victorian Bushfires of 2009
By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
How can people and organisations best respond to emergency events that are significantly beyond the boundaries of what they had generally anticipated, expected, prepared for-or even imagined? What forms of organisations are likely to be best able to cope with such... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Management Practices and Processes; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Boundaries; United States
Leonard, Dutch, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Organising Response to Extreme Emergencies: The Victorian Bushfires of 2009." Australian Journal of Public Administration 69, no. 4 (December 2010): 372–386.
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
businesses. In reorganizing to capitalize on its technology, Xerox created a new entity in 1989, headed by Robert Adams, that effectively established a third phase for managing spin-offs. Adams had created a new business for Xerox out of... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Putting the Project Puzzle Together
stayed aligned over a long time, as has Wal-Mart. Q: You have spent much of your career deeply involved in management information systems. What are some enduring characteristics of successful View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
entrepreneurship, for example, nine courses will be offered this year, including four that are new or substantially revised: Starting New Ventures, Running and Growing a Small Business, Entrepreneurial Marketing, and Management of the... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
enhance cognitive performance. “Offices with the premier health story will get the premium rent and get the tenants, and the offices with a lagging health story will lag.” To convey to managers the benefits of the healthy building... View Details
- August 2008
- Supplement
Microsoft's Unlimited Potential (B)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Madelene Bell
This short (B) case provides an update of how Microsoft organized its unlimited potential initiative. View Details
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Madelene Bell. "Microsoft's Unlimited Potential (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 509-009, August 2008.
- Blog
How We Are Keeping HBS—and Our Program Participants—Healthy
websites where members of the community could perform COVID-19 self-assessments, provide information about their vaccination status, and manage periodic required COVID-19 testing. Just as important, we have... View Details
- October 1985 (Revised November 1986)
- Supplement
CompuServe (E)
By: James L. Heskett
Describes events and raises issues subsequent to Charlie McCall's acceptance of the job of CEO at CompuServe. View Details
Heskett, James L. "CompuServe (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 386-098, October 1985. (Revised November 1986.)
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market
have," said Mark Cleverley, a senior solutions executive at IBM. "The CIA can talk to the INS," agreed Mark Hogan, vice president and general manager at BEA Government Systems, "but there are policy issues that affect... View Details
- 10 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis
has interviewed leaders in agribusiness from emerging markets who have successfully implemented such water-conserving innovations. Below, we highlight two of these business leaders from Peru and India who have invested in drip irrigation View Details