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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
dissertation focused on organizational mutiny. “Mutiny happens, but it’s hard to study,” says Merryman, noting that her interest in the topic was sparked by the 2006 resignation of Harvard President Larry Summers in the wake of a no-confidence View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
congressional bailout than Wall Street? No. The reason Congress voted in October to allot $700 billion for financial institutions was the risk that multiple bankruptcies would place the economy in jeopardy. Let’s apply that reasoning to... View Details
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
hesitant to vote for such proposals. Add to this the ideological divisions about whether to emphasize taxes or spending when closing the budget gap, and we have a difficult and volatile fiscal outlook for this country. Given these... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Web
MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 | Baker Library
School faculty voted for women to be directly admitted to the first year of the full MBA program. Dean Teele had argued, "that the young woman with an MBA will be given more responsibility and more pay than our Harvard-Radcliffe Program... View Details
- 19 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Finding Success in the Middle of the Market
"middle class values" and "middle America" and that captures a majority of the independents in the middle. The middle may not be as clearcut or exciting as the left or the right. It is a fuzzy zone that requires constant compromise. Yet midfield is... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
has always been a part of how I've structured my life." Recently, that relationship became even stronger. After two years of setting Habitat on a new trajectory, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) will vote to confirm... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
are voting with their feet. This hardly provides a stimulus for corporate investment. Executives are confronted with options so far underwater that they may not surface in the span of a management career. And employees are disillusioned... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
Botkin (MBA ’68, DBA ’73) Cambridge, MA A Vote for MVP In the March Bulletin, writer Deborah Blagg touched all the bases in “Local Hero,” her article about San Francisco Giants president Larry Baer (MBA ’85). For all his wizardry and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
and not tooting his own horn, I’ll give a vote for Michael Horn’s podcast, Future U. It’s great for anyone interested in higher ed and workforce development. —Scott Benson (MBA 2008) I’ve been listening to many of the podcasts by Mark... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
but also decreased trust in electoral institutions after the election, a decrease that was stronger in areas that experienced election-related violence as well as with individuals on the losing side of the election. The mobilization backfired because the IEBC promised... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
source of America’s economic decline and fading international power and provide an action plan for restoring “true” democracy, in which politicians provide only the services people vote for within the civil and property rights protections... View Details
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
holders of equity in the U.S., they couldn't just sell the shares in their companies, and the only vehicle through which they could exercise their vote was through their voice. They pressured directors to remove CEOs at under-performing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
Asked which institutions must be in place in order for African countries to grow, experts on a panel at the Africa Business Conference had no shortage of suggestions. One panelist, representing the International Monetary Fund, voted for a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
scenario where one candidate wins the popular vote and is projected to take the electoral vote, but lawsuits in many states over mail-in ballots and congressional races mean the outcome is uncertain. Several problematic laws could then... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
heights? Datar: There is no question that the need for people with leadership and managerial skills is greater than ever. So on the one hand, demand is terrific. But on the other, we’re seeing all the issues that David talked about plus the lack of student engagement.... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
Business School Case 407-129 Briefly describes the trend in 2006 and 2007 in the United States to give shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation. Highlights a few examples where shareholders have successfully garnered a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
advertising, and outside advertising—vary in their effectiveness for voters with different political predispositions. We compile a comprehensive dataset that includes voting outcomes, detailed campaign activities, and voters’ party... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams
people are voting on ethnic lines. Other research has found that teams made up of people from diverse cultural viewpoints show more creativity and versatility in unfamiliar situations. “Indeed, ethnic diversity may be very useful in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Business Education & The Case Method | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Dean asked for a faculty vote that the instruction method, referred to as the “problem method,” be called the “case system,” reflecting the formalization of the pedagogy at the School. Previous Page The General Shoe Company, 1921 Business... View Details