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- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
precisely what they want their salespeople to be good at, assessing the sales force on these dimensions, and then hiring or training in order to get where they want to be. The (B) case provides rich detail of the model, the assessment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
as well as opportunities? Khanna: Here's an example. Let's think about the sourcing of talent. A business school in some sense is an institution that, in addition to training and teaching people to think about their role in society,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
to survive." Bhide also points to "certain attitudes and skills" that spell entrepreneurial success. One is "the ability to make decisions in real time, with very limited information," a skill that may ring a bell with HBS grads. "Yes, the case method is very good... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
countries generally lack a solid technology base of trained scientists and world-class research universities. 2. Companies in developing countries must manage to eke out a profit while serving customers with low disposable income; per... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
harmonization strategies. The analysis and framework in this paper can help broaden the understanding of accounting's globalization. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1875682 Cases & Course MaterialsElizabeth Jacobs:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Clarence Kennedy and the Art of Photography | Baker Library
friendship with Land implanted [both] artistic ambitions and the artistically trained at Polaroid from very early on.” (9) Previous Chapter: Research in Black and White Next Chapter: Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D Smith College Bulletin,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Gamble's leadership training programs. There's nothing like having to step into a decision maker's shoes to learn about leadership." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "If you can find work that both stretches you and plays to your strengths,... View Details
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
performance—and the issues about how top executives seem to be getting a different kind of deal than employees get, there is a fundamental cynicism about the free enterprise system. The closed CEO labor market and the consequences it has... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Management and Davies through a unique recruitment process that raises questions of compensation and employee incentives, negotiation strategy, and human resources management. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
technical training for its long-tenured tool-and-die professionals. “We are now a core group, and for anything beyond that we bring in people on a project and per-hour basis,” Chirchirillo explains. “We are doing more just-in-time work;... 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 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
job? After I arrived, we got an authorization for 840 new professional employees on the base of about 3,100. Is that enough? I would say that we are never going to have enough resources given the enormous scope of this agency’s task. How... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
pandemic, Bahia El Oddi (MBA 2019) launched CoCaSha.org, a platform that allows female chef-owners around the world to teach cooking courses. "The women are masters of ethnic cooking from their own native country. CoCaSha trains and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
the XXVIth Olympiad, opening next month in Atlanta. On an overcast morning in Atlanta, as the airport rapid transit train glides past auto-body shops and rain-swept intersections toward downtown, a passenger can glimpse in the distance a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
and a culture that values employees above all and empowers them to excel. Unlike its competitors, Dreyer’s has always insisted on delivering ice cream to grocery stores with its own trucks and drivers to ensure product quality. Early on... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
click." Reinvestment—where "if someone succeeds, their felt obligation is to put it in the community"—is also increasing, said Stevenson, not just through angels, venture capitalists and other investors, but through View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
with Laura, to Columbus, Indiana, and then to Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Rogers was impressed with the emphasis on values as well as profit at Cummins, where he worked both as a customer-service supervisor and as a purchasing agent. "I had always believed in treating... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
groups, university and system-wide initiatives. She is also affiliate faculty of the George Washington School of International Affairs in Leadership Studies and faculty emeritus for the RISE San Diego Urban Leadership Program that trains... View Details