Materials Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2000
News

HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues

Social and Environmental Stewardship, the report praised HBS as a leader in fostering social awareness, incorporating social concerns into coursework and projects, and supporting student activities and faculty research that influence both classroom View Details

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

Desktop Search and Revenue Streams

efforts to refine search capabilities. With that in mind, panel moderator Thomas R. Eisenmann, associate professor of Entrepreneurial Management at HBS, noted that the next wave in search tools is going beyond View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

01 Jun 2016
News

@Soldiers Field

Photo courtesy of Harvard Business School Former Baker Scholar and Bain consultant Chad Losee (MBA 2013) succeeded Dee Leopold (MBA 1980) as managing director of MBA admissions and financial aid in March. “My goal as Dee’s successor,”... View Details

Discovery Process

South and the British West Indies. I describe how all kinds of sophisticated quantitative management practices thrived under the circumstances of slavery. Before my year at HBS, I thought of my audience as primarily one of professional... View Details

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Related Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Transforming Customer Experiences ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! New... View Details

10 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

understand which data is relevant. On average, our study found that only about 20 percent of data in any given industry is material from an investment standpoint. That has huge implications in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio. For... View Details

Keywords: Re: George Serafeim

01 Feb 2002
News

Church on Sunday, Work on Monday

managers and with clergy and laypeople from a variety of Christian denominations; case studies of relevant programs for businesspeople; a survey of seminarians; a review of existing literature on executive spiritual development; and View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

27 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Taking the LEAP into the Case Method

cross-registered the course of Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) for MBA students at Harvard Business School out of curiosity because he has great interest in the Harvard case method and its related knowledge. Dr. Su holds a Ph.D. in View Details

19 Jan 2016
News

Electric Avenues

Costa Rica showing interest, and diverse, with corporations considering Agora to help manage shareholder and employee communications. “People want to be heard, but they have no channel,” says Sze. “We’re trying to fix democracy, one town... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Capturing Contemporary Latin American Business History - Creating Emerging Markets

new materials generated by the Business History Initiative’s Creating Emerging Markets project could transform research and teaching in management studies and business history in Latin America. Scholars and... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Entrepreneurship Program in Fourth Year

change through the development of new materials and a different approach to teaching; it’s also transformed many institutions through the integration of entrepreneurship into the curriculum,” adds Karen Wilson (MBA ’91), a foundation... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 17

volatility, whereas shadow banks tend to hold relatively liquid assets. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/banks_20150305_FINAL.pdf March 2015 Production and Operations Management Managing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2004
News

Outsourcing for Radical Change

Linder Photo Courtesy of Accenture Institute As research director at the Accenture Institute for High Performance Business, Jane C. Linder (MBA 1976, DBA 1989) was asked to provide a managing director with new View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

investment banking, private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance. However, many students have found that a thorough understanding of public capital markets and the business of investment management is valuable in a wider set of... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Carving a Niche

years more typical at larger ski manufacturers. “We don’t look at a manufacturing plant as a hole to fill every year,” says Hoye. “It’s more a question of observing what people are trying to do when they ski, and figuring out how to make it better and more fun using... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

Who Will Benefit Senior Managers and Consultants Analysts Aspiring Finance Professionals Use financial tools and metrics to inform strategic decision-making and drive business performance. The program expertly leads you through... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech

Narayanan, the Thomas D. Casserly Jr. Professor of Business Administration and chair of the Accounting and Management Unit. Called the Balanced Scorecard Game, the complex simulation was the result of intensive research, development, and... View Details

Keywords: Professor V.G. Narayanan; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Janina Motter

gravitated from the “theoretical” aspects of chemistry to materials science “because it focused on new technology applications.” She stayed at the school to gain her MS in the field. Given her diverse experience, Janina herself exploring... View Details

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

Questions To Be Answered: What are the best techniques for fostering innovation in multicultural teams? I want my functional experts to influence high-level strategy. How can managers get the best thinking out of support staff? What role... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

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