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- 01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal
of laughter from the burly men sporting crew cuts and gold DSNY shields who had gathered around her conference table. (The agency employs approximately 7,500 uniformed workers and 2,500 civilian staffers.) “I really like the modernizing... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
society from at least the ancient Egyptians onwards has used beauty products and artifacts to enhance attractiveness. However, beauty ideals have always varied enormously over time and between societies. The book shows that as the modern... View Details
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Pushing decision authority downward and increasing employee autonomy have become watchwords for the modern organization. Leaders of contemporary organizations view efforts to replace “command and control” systems with less-hierarchical approaches to organizing as... View Details
- 13 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Joachim Henkel
- Teaching Interest
Applied Business Analytics
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Business Analytics has become a core function in many firms today and is driving innovation in the form of new business and operating models. Data-driven decision-making requires understanding of statistics, computer... View Details
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Partners - Case Method Project
School Waipau, HI Subjects: Participation in Democracy, Political Science HI 4 of 10 Eljean Madio Waipahu High School Waipahu, HI Subjects: College Prep/Honors U.S. Government, Modern Hawaiian History HI 5 of 10 Woodie Milks 'Iolani... View Details
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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment
part of the digestive process of ruminant animals such as cattle—produces methane, a gas about 20 times more damaging that CO 2 in terms of its global warming potential. [29] Modern farming techniques emit CO2 by releasing some of the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Financial Policies in Misvalued Credit Markets
- 2017
- Working Paper
Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence
By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper provides a business history perspective on debates about the Great Divergence, the rise of the income gap between the West and the Rest, and the more recent Great Convergence, which has seen a narrowing of that gap. The literature on the timing and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Economics; History; Wealth and Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth
Jones, Geoffrey. "Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-004, July 2017.
- 15 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Shaky Business: How Handshakes Win Negotiations
handshake today seen as a mere formality or does it still serve an important purpose in modern society? He joined with HBS Professor Francesca Gino, Juliana Schroeder of Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and Jane Risen of Chicago’s... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Events - Business History
Business School), “Capitalism and Global Health: A Modern History (1850-2020)" Organized by Geoff Jones and Kwelina Thompson Seminar meets on Zoom. Nov 6 06 Nov 2023 Business History Seminar: Business, Society, and the Environment Kwelina... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World
Harnessing customer data well is central to any modern business, as is earning consumers’ trust that their information will stay private. With data breaches growing more common, regulations are tightening across the globe to bolster... View Details
- 15 Aug 2022
- Book
University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed
“Will China threaten American supremacy?” asks Kirby in his new book Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China. "Public institutions in the United States educate three-quarters of all American... View Details
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Manuscript Variations of Dabistān-i Maẕāhib and Writing Histories of Religion in Mughal India
By: Sudev J Sheth
A text that has found renewed interest among scholars of early modern India is the Persian compendium of religion called Dabistān-i Maẕāhib. Written between 1645 and 1658, the Dabistān presents a lively ethnographic and historical account of customs and habits of... View Details
- 2013
- Teaching Note
Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu and Shanshan Cao
Established in 1958, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as "Xinhua Hospital") is an integrated modern teaching and research hospital with a comprehensive set of disciplines and a specialization in... View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu, and Shanshan Cao. "Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2013.
- 2013
- Case
Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu and Shanshan Cao
Established in 1958, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as "Xinhua Hospital") is an integrated modern teaching and research hospital with a comprehensive set of disciplines and a specialization in... View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu, and Shanshan Cao. "Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project." Tsinghua University Case, 2013.
- 11 Feb 2015
- HBS Seminar
EVENT POSTPONED - Ohad Barzilay, Tel Aviv University
- 28 Nov 2023
- Book
Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?
financial systems are not technocratic enterprises; rather, they are constructed based on political institutions. As such, building modern and effective financial institutions in the absence of rule of law and political competition has... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
the necessary tools to encourage people to come forward with information? Jonas Heese: Our research focuses on specific legislation known as the False Claims Act, which was the first cash-for-information whistleblower law in the world. It goes back to the Civil War,... View Details
Keywords: by April White
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Elverson Philadelphia, PA Subjects: US History, AP Government, Social Science OR Molly Bruins St Mary's School Medford, OR NY Sue Brumer White Plains High School White Plains, NY NC Mark Brunton Charlotte Latin School Charlotte, NC Subjects: US History, View Details