American Well - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

and encourages the continued creation of deep knowledge within the field, as well as collaborative research across disciplines that develops and incorporates insights from service operations. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

upon which to dramatize the advantages of the American system of free enterprise." Foremost among the more than forty company exhibitors was the nation's largest industrial corporation, General Motors. Still smarting from the... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

01 Dec 2009
News

INCAE Making Global Impact

one of its earliest international ventures, INCAE, the Central American business school, is an established and vibrant institution. As it approaches the fiftieth anniversary of its inception, INCAE is preparing to launch a development... View Details

07 Sep 2007
What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

like. The French term of 'cadre' may best accommodate the reality of business practitioners in a modern world." Respondents also provided some possible remedies. Osbert Lancaster suggested that what is needed is an injection of "'craftsmanship'—broadly... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 2009
News

Taking the Plunge

American bathrooms. Taught in the second-year course Leading Innovative Ventures, the case was coauthored with Masako Egawa (MBA ’86), former executive director of the Japan Research Center, and former research associate Jun Fukuyoshi... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2022
News

Research Brief: Pocket Change

Illustration by Jim Frazier Women and ethnic minorities donate small amounts of money to political candidates in ways that have helped to democratize the American electoral process, suggests Associate Professor Vincent Pons. In his “Small... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 1996
News

Starting Up and Starting Over

What is it about HBS that has produced such a steady stream of remarkable entrepreneurs whose endeavors have changed American life in the postwar decades? The creative impact of the case method, as noted earlier, should not be... View Details

16 Nov 2017
News

The Business of Social Justice

communication, networking, and policy advocacy. As COO, Brooks is the steadying force who keeps the ship on course, by overseeing strategic planning, operations, and finances, as well as evaluating programs to determine what is working... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

22 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?

More frequent quotas can motivate underperforming sales reps. StockPhoto Personal selling is a key ingredient in making the American economy go. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 10 percent of the labor force in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Web

Women's History Month | Baker Library

students and alumni, as well as on access to business content to the Harvard University community at large. Largest Minority/Women-Owned Businesses in Massachusetts by Revenue The Boston Business Journal, which is part of View Details

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Harvard Business School

Films HBS Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit More Baker Library Exhibits Baker Library Special Collections For nearly 50 years, African Americans on the HBS faculty have forged extraordinary careers that... View Details

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the false narrative that being View Details

15 Dec 2020
Blog Post

MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review

Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letters to my Classmates Series Members of the HBS African American Student Union have written a series of Letters to our Classmates in an effort to elevate this message: “On behalf of your Black... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

In Memoriam

Emeritus, passed away in October at the age of 78. His work focused on exploring the strategic uses of technology by corporations and the relationship between technological change and competitive strategy, as well as the social... View Details

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

01 Oct 2000
News

Faculty Retirements

addition, he has held important administrative positions at the School, chairing Exec Ed's Advanced Management Program and its International Senior Managers' Program, as well as the MBA Program's Production and Operations Management unit... View Details

Fast Answer

Executives: biographies

dropdown Menu in the left corner of the screen Select Executive tab at the top Leadership Connect BoardEx Profiles on over 1M Directors & Senior Managers. This platform allows for historical individual searching, connections/networking as View Details

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

role of the American Economic Association (AEA) in the market and focuses in particular on two mechanisms adopted in recent years at the suggestion of our committee. First, job market applicants now have a signaling service to send an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

26 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 26

Publications International Marketing Review Achievement Motivation, Strategic Orientations and Business Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms: How Different Are Japanese and American Founders? By: Deshpandé, Rohit, Amir Grinstein, Elie... View Details