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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

responsibilities, such as assessing value and performance, budgeting, and communicating the financial implications of your decisions. The program expertly leads you through progressively more complex theories and analysis with a pace that... View Details

02 Mar 2009
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When Goal Setting Goes Bad

Bad "side effects" produced by goal-setting programs include a rise in unethical behavior, over-focus on one area while neglecting other parts of the business, distorted risk preferences, corrosion of organizational culture, and reduced... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Health Care Curriculum - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Using the Curriculum The Value-Based Health Care Delivery curriculum can be used in courses for students, but also executive programs for senior management of health care providers, insurers, employers, and View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Leading at State

government officials. “My observation was that senior military people have, in the course of their careers, received significant additional training in management and leadership,” Cox says. But the State Department, he noted, had few... View Details

Keywords: leadership; international relations; politics; Executive Education

18 Jan 2022
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How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

include them in the contracts of new and prospective employees, and most new employees are not in a position to negotiate against the inclusion of the non-compete term. When a state government does nothing, non-competes by default are... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

21 May 2024
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A New Chapter

Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

Matthew C. Weinzierl Senior Associate Dean, Chair, MBA Program Unit Business, Government and the International Economy Contact Phone Bio Matt Weinzierl is Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA View Details

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812096-PDF-ENG Hayman Capital Management Robin Greenwood, Julie Messina, and Jared DourdevilleHarvard Business School Case 212-091 In late December 2011, Hayman Capital founder and portfolio manager Kyle Bass was reviewing... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

empirical lacuna, we have developed a research program to measure the internal organization of firms—including their decentralization decisions—across a large range of industries and countries. Enamored with Scale: Scaling with Limited... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Kevin J., and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—We provide fresh evidence regarding the relation between compensation consultants and CEO pay. First, firms that employ consultants have higher-paid CEOs—this result is robust to firm fixed effects and matching on economic and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

opened a branch office in Chicago in the 1930s and another in Los Angeles in the 1940s. Manhattan: William Street, 1923. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Digital Equipment Corporation. Programmed Data Processor-1 Brochure.... View Details

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Ratcheting, Competition, and the Diffusion of Technological Change: The Case of Televisions Under an Energy Efficiency Program By: Amano, Tomomichi, and Hiroshi Ohashi Abstract—In differentiated goods markets with societal implications,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Dec 2019
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Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

rewarding to have the opportunity to help shape public policy in a way that’s beneficial to them." Yet social norms are a significant factor when it comes to the success or failure of government programs. Women’s participation in the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 Sep 2023
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Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive

School. The Network comprises 104 clubs, including shared interest groups (SIGs) and liaisons that produce a wide range of programs and events to engage alumni in lifelong learning, networking, and making a positive impact in their... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; community service

31 Mar 2023
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Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

automatically covers all residents in its National Health Service, a public system with no out-of-pocket costs, and Germany and Israel have systems of coverage through competing nonprofit plans. Like programs in other countries, the... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

11 Aug 2008
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Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

We note that quality and process improvement programs are like teaching people how to fish. Strategy maps and scorecards teach people where to fish. Another pitfall occurs when budgeting and financial planning are done separately from... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Strategy for Health Care... Strategy for Health Care Delivery November 5th - 8th, 2023 Executive Education Course Learn More Summary When you improve value, everyone wins—your patients, your organization, and the global health care ecosystem. This View Details

02 Oct 2006
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Negotiating in Three Dimensions

Business School and a principal of Lax Sebenius LLC, a negotiation strategy firm. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. David A. Lax, a former faculty member at Harvard Business... View Details