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11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

Companies that manage for short-term gain rather than long-term growth have been blamed for everything from popularizing celebrity CEOs to causing a significant chunk of the current financial crisis. Now new research findings suggest that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008

Working PapersTesting Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24 Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, Susan L. Kulp, and V.G. Narayanan Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

care providers such as doctors and hospitals placing profits before client needs (David Stahl, John Van Slyke, Roger Chen, Jan Fersing, Hugh Quick, among others); the agency problem separating payers such as individuals, businesses, and the Government View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

time for vacations. What was your first job? I was a paperboy in Hartsdale, New York, for a few years, delivering the Reporter Dispatch. In high school, I sold sporting goods at E.J. Korvettes, a New York metropolitan area discount chain. During summer breaks View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Teele Hall | About

Teele Hall Teele Hall is named for Stanley Ferdinand Teele (MBA 1930, DCS 1933), the Dean of Harvard Business School from 1955 to 1962. Located at 230 Western Avenue, Teele Hall is home to the School’s... View Details

25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

originally appeared in the Harvard Gazette. You Might Also Like: Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes. Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership,... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

day. At that point, Sityodtong learned he had been accepted to HBS. A 1994 econ grad from Tufts University with experience working as an equity associate at Fidelity, he fit the profile of an MBA student.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

19 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 19, 2006

Working PapersSuperstars and Underdogs: An Examination of the Long Tail Phenomenon in Video Authors:Anita Elberse and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract The rise of online channels facilitates the distribution of a wide range of products and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1998
News

Simmons Family Endows Professorship

The only way to truly appreciate what you have is to work for it," says Roy W. Simmons, the 82-year-old chairman of Utah-based Zions Bancorporation, one of the most successful bank holding companies in the country. Simmons speaks View Details

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

ten times that of developing nations. 3. Managers in these companies must often innovate on a shoestring budget, since the high cost and scarcity of capital preclude massive spending on R&D. As a result, they must innovate from other... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

businesses amid the opportunities and uncertainties of developing markets throughout recent decades. Working Knowledge Editor-in-Chief Sean Silverthorne asked Gupta about his experience interviewing Kapur. Sean Silverthorne: Kapur comes... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

or it’s a bad air-quality day and my child really shouldn’t be outdoors, I’m going to keep them home from school. As a normal working adult, I don’t have money to hire a... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Executive Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “The transfer from the field of polarized light to the field of photography was... View Details

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

years, which means the next few months will be critical until Mexico City's rainy season begins. That's still three months away.” The impending water crisis in the city where she grew up motivated Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023) to move View Details

29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008

to the idea that Sales and Marketing should each play a role in each phase of the process from e-mail marketing solutions right through to the close. That is, they argue that the two functions are best integrated by encouraging them to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions The Challenge of Color James N. Doolittle. Illustration for Chevrolet, ca. 1934.... View Details

13 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

opportunities and jobs, their life satisfaction has steadily declined, the paper notes. That might be due at least in part to women working during the day, then having to return home to the “second shift” of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

case-based examples brought to life by industry-leading experts from companies like Marvel Comics, Microsoft, HBO Home Entertainment, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Description of silent animated... View Details

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Angela R. Hicks Bowman

for her boss William Oesterle. Hicks was a 22-year old college graduate, an economics major from DePauw University, who had grown up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Oesterle, a venture investor and a fellow HBS alum (MBA 1992) was remodeling an... View Details

14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

line of research examines how best to schedule work to improve operational performance. This literature typically takes the perspective of a central planner who directs individuals to execute tasks in a prescribed order. In many settings,... View Details