Best Practices Transfer - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Risky Business with Structured Finance

absorbing losses in excess of 12 percent. The scholars also run a simulation that constructs a "CDO²" by further dividing the mezzanine tranches, noting that due to the practice of subdividing large pools of residential... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

treatment;... 01 Jan 2021 Integrated Practice Units: A Playbook for Health Care Leaders by Michael E. Porter, PhD, MBA, Thomas H. Lee, MD, MSc The playbook for assembling and integrating a successful Integrated View Details

30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

13 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen

rather than maintaining genuine interest. Unexpected result amplified in pandemic workplaces While extroverted managers and employees may feel discouraged by the results, the research points to practical methods for improving business... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

determine which version of HBS Online's CORe program best aligns with your career level and experience, learning objectives, and schedule. Access Your Free Flowchart Our Difference The Most Engaging, Interactive Way to Master Business... View Details

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

producers and customers in an efficient manner. Q: How can intermediaries grow as businesses in their own right? Khanna: Emerging markets can't mandate intermediaries into existence. Entrepreneurs must first recognize an institutional void and deem it in the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Crowd Favorite Winner A medical device company founded by surgeons to identify and solve problems that practicing surgeons face every day. Social Enterprise Track, 2022 CashEx Kingsley Ezeani (MC/MPA 2022) Scott Morgan Social Enterprise... View Details

01 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 1

they may fail to notice when the moment is right for action on one path. They may also seem too remote and aloof to their staffs. The best leaders can zoom in to examine problems and then zoom out to look for patterns and causes. They... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

resources and articles Joining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know , book by HBS Professor F. Warren McFarlan Resources for Increased Impact Leading With Intent: BoardSource Index of Nonprofit Board Best View Details

27 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership

In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

best managers who send a clear message from the top that the company is serious about seeking frank feedback to make organizational changes. Then managers should interview people in all parts of the company who know what is and isn’t... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

behavioral ethics. I explore why some decisions are much more easily resolved in the classroom than in practice and offer three ways to more effectively prepare students: integrating ethical decision-making with core-discipline teaching,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Joel Hurd

Coming to HBS is like Getting tossed in the fanciest washing machine on earth with the “heavy duty” and “extra spin cycle” settings selected. What is your most memorable classroom moment? I once argued very bluntly against a case protagonist’s marketing View Details

26 May 2022
HBS Case

Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

issues like privacy. The authors of the case offer a suggestion for CEOs: Few corporations can expect to steer clear of the lightning-rod issues of the day, so perhaps it’s best to meet them head on as part of the job. “What is new is the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

both design and identity. This involved establishing a strategy management system based in part on best practices that had been successful in the corporate world: He and his team implemented the balanced... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

garage, a safe and secure neighborhood, interior walls in good condition, and natural light. Of the 20 attributes tested, 17 of them were rated significantly less necessary for the lower-income family. "The gap emerged for things like a View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

people desperately need and want but often do not get in organizational life. To accomplish this, HCHP firms establish and institutionalize human resource management policies and practices that look fairly similar. Capacity for learning... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2024
Blog Post

It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

something tangible. Second, I cannot emphasize the power of the community enough! The first-year curriculum ensures you have some academic experiences unique to the MS/MBA cohort: starting classes a month early for Design Theory and View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

entrepreneurial companies and was the past Chairman of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MTLC) and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) - two leading entrepreneurial organizations. He was selected by Business Week as one of the View Details

January 1990 (Revised June 1995)
Case

Colliers International Property Consultants

By: Nitin Nohria

Describes the origins, organizational structure, management practices, and use of information technology (IT) in Colliers, a real estate network. Colliers provides local firms with a way to maintain local autonomy while gaining national and international coverage.... View Details

Keywords: Property; Organizational Structure; Information Technology; Management Practices and Processes; Partners and Partnerships; Business Model; Mission and Purpose; Business Growth and Maturation; Conflict and Resolution; Quality; Real Estate Industry

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