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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
political, and economic institutions are able to coordinate private decisions on stable and productive paths. Where institutional development is weak - as seems to be the case in much of the developing world - private actions are poorly... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
fragment and coordinate production around the world, multinationals will be able to rationalize operations more by concentrating productive activities and disposing of secondary activities. This rationalization, in turn, will require an... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
When Do Alliances Make Sense?
expertise, and spreading out risk. On the other hand, forming alliances also requires coordinating tasks and merging cultures, which can often be difficult and costly to achieve. Business theorists have long pursued this question in an... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
HBS in San Francisco: West Coast Recruiting Recap
year in a row, we packed up a team from our office and headed west for a two-day visit during Spring Break. Our goals were to: 1) Create a centralized place to network with HBS alumni, current students, and recruiters on the West Coast. 2) View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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TALK: How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life - Course Catalog
conversational goals: Why do we talk? What does it mean to do it well? How do these goals play out over the short- and long-term? Study the TALK framework to understand conversation as a fundamental part of the human experience—a repeated View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Platforms and Collaborations
would deliver course materials to MBA students in a coordinated way. Not just spreadsheets but audio and video clips, with an eye toward multimedia cases, would be available online, personalized to each student’s courseload. A key element... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
business and government leaders and visited a variety of companies, including the Merinos rug weaving mill in Gaziantep owned by the Erdemoğlu Group, the world’s leading exporter of machine-made area rugs. The immersion was coordinated by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
costs, and widespread patient frustration. The cure for these ailments lies in better use of health-care technology, says David J. Brailer, national coordinator for Health Information Technology, a newly created position he has held since... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
ties between section-mates lead to insights about the merits of business plans. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16918 Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Adaptation vs. Coordination in I.T. Purchasing Authority... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Andrew Dervan
operations in a General Electric jet engine facility. "I think of the operating room from the perspective of a doctor," Andrew says. "But wouldn't it be great if I could learn from GE, if I could gain expertise in workflows to View Details
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George Pierce Baker Courtyard | About
Bower (MBA 1930) were instrumental in coordinating donations from 112 corporations to fund Baker Hall’s construction. The decision to name the building for Dean Baker was made by Harvard University’s governing boards in recognition of the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS
CEO looks like," noted Andrea C. Silbert (MBA '92) , founder and CEO of the Boston-based Center for Women & Enterprise, which coordinated the New England event along with the National Women's Business Council. A study last July by the... View Details
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Staff Directory | Baker Library
Access Services Coordinator Curriculum & Learning Services Alex Caracuzzo Associate Director Baker Research & Data Services Areas of Expertise: information research leadership, data sourcing, compiling text corpora for analysis,... View Details
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
new report says as much. The report comes from The Commission on Global Health Risk Framework for the Future. It makes 26 recommendations which aim to strengthen the WHO’s leadership role in coordinating international preparedness and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
bowls. What he found: Good teams are much better matched up than they used to be, and there are implications beyond sports. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6010.html. The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting criminal enterprises that prey on children
Department of Justice for more than eight years, prosecuting child exploitation and human-trafficking crimes. "The UN is in a position to coordinate and incentivize countries to work together to develop laws and practices that are... View Details
- 01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1
occurs when supplier- and customer-facing IT are adopted together, suggesting the presence of complementarities in supply chain technology adoption. These results are consistent with the view that, by reducing external coordination costs,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
one thing we hope for more of in the future is a government or nonprofit-led initiative to coordinate various mangrove conservation and restoration initiatives across India. The Godrej Mangroves, though powerful, are only in one small... View Details
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The Global Health Delivery Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Dr. Paul Farmer from Partners in Health, and Professor Michael Porter. Coordinated Knowledge Sharing The Global Health Delivery Project is focused on systematizing the study of global health delivery and rapidly disseminating knowledge... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
leadership of Henderson and Professor Forest Reinhardt, the BEI coordinates the activities of a large group of Harvard faculty members from multiple disciplines in an effort, Henderson says, "to create new business models that encourage... View Details
Keywords: Dalai Lama