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- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
the case and prepare answers to assignment questions. But they attend equally to orchestrating class discussion most effectively. In this, they have help. All instructors who teach first-year courses, a mix of newcomers and old hands, are organized into teaching... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
Thorek/Scott & Partners. Profesor Ethan Bernstein Speaks to the HBS Club of Toronto Club president Suzanne Kwok (MBA 2015) says the discussion focused on the fundamental shift in the way people view their careers and how they can use View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
minimum wages to go up 13.5 percent a year. That’s an 82 percent increase in wages over five years. Higher wages will cause China’s growth engine to transition from low-cost exports to domestic consumption. My prediction is that over the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
integrated reporting, explains the forces that give momentum to the associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. It posits integrated reporting as a key mechanism by which companies can ensure their own long-term... View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
Nokia, H&M), we find that instead of choosing between conflicting outcomes such as long-term strategy or short-term performance drivers, top-tier managers argue that their role is to embrace such paradoxes to make both things happen simultaneously. The study... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog
challenges encountered when acquiring a small business. We then learn about different ways to fund a search through five other acquisitions by HBS graduates. We then focus on the market for smaller firms including cases about private... View Details
- 30 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reflecting on AASU50: Advancing African American Business Leadership
first black woman to graduate from HBS, joined forces to form the predecessor of the African American Student Union (originally called the Afro-American Student Union). “The Founders of the AASU embodied the School’s mission of educating... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and income-generation programs. Ruhr, who joined the mission shortly after it began, has been central to its work. At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
from any innovative venture must be assessed within the framework of a specific business model, which will specify how revenues will be generated, from whom, and what costs will be incurred in so doing. In other words, technology does not... View Details
- Web
Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog
nonprofit cultural industries and those interested in serving on the boards of arts organizations. The course also provides useful insights and frameworks for students pursuing careers in a range of for-profit creative businesses... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
traditionally earned their biggest margins when rooms were scarce and customers were forced to pay higher rates—such as in Midtown Manhattan on New Year's Eve. And it's good news for travelers who don't have to pay through the roof to get... View Details
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
true? As it turned out, good teams, which value communication, report more errors. In a recent research paper Edmondson and doctoral student Sara Singer explore this and other hidden barriers to organizational learning. Five Steps to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
Where once "corporate giving" meant writing an annual check to a favorite charity, more recently businesses and nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have joined forces to achieve their separate, but related missions. When these partnerships... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 09 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Pursuing an Interest in Nonprofits at HBS
leadership team and staff across the organization on a strategic project to review their extensive teaching and training programming and developed an analytical framework and recommendations. The IP was a wonderful learning opportunity... View Details
- 12 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?
joined forces with colleagues David Young and Michael Goold on a wide-reaching project. With five goals in mind, which Collis explains below in an e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge, they surveyed... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
company focused on improving its sales force and restoring retailers' confidence in the quality of an expanded and more fashionable product line. After five years, Bulova was breaking even; when Tisch left... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
should avoid any semblance of tax evasion or illicit activity, says Baker. He points to the goals of GFI’s Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development (TFFIED), a global coalition of civil society organizations and some 55... View Details
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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
most enduring contributions.” — Peter M Senge Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management “Professor Porter has been, and still is, the most influential global thinker on Strategy. His contributions are numerous and as relevant today as when he first developed them. The... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
their first response isn’t, “That’s so cool!” Silverthorne: I was surprised by your emphasis on physical training and food strategies. Is the academic job market that rigorous? Rouen: To be fair, I have no self-control around sweets. Without some kind of View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
vary the sales force compensation scheme at an Asian enterprise that sells consumer durable goods. With variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne