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- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
with which they can be used. Cheap labor is not really cheap if workers are unproductive. Input costs can be overshadowed by logistical costs, delays, and inefficiencies. There are hidden costs of outsourcing. The most obvious is the cost of management and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success
majored in psychology as an undergraduate at Brown University and continued to develop that interest through the study of hakomi, a method of body-centered psychotherapy. Until recently, he also volunteered in the Young Presidents' Organization as View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
missions, NASA missed the opportunity to identify problems (and solutions) that might have helped avoid later failures. The final set of problems that conspired against the success of FBC in the Mars program was a lack of coordination... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
children, and Ray’s demanding travel schedule. To supervise my parents’ care, I relocated my family to Boston, five miles from their home, and Ray and I began commuting to our jobs in Manhattan. I soon discovered the challenges of aging in America: the lack of View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
working with leadership teams from nine urban school districts over the course of three annual sessions to coordinate research and create coherent, scalable systems for education reform. Two cases written for PELP and taught by HBS... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
coordinated effort to reach out to club members across Australia by publishing the Club News, a quarterly newsletter full of events listings such as cocktail parties, Leadership Luncheons, Monday Club discussions, and theater outings.... View Details
- 23 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
How I Structured My Second Year at HBS
entrepreneurship, who love helping students. I would have spent more time building these relationship during my second year because it is such a great way to expand your perspective and the EC year provides the flexibility to coordinate... View Details
- Student-Profile
Hummy Song
I became passionate about health policy and operations management while I was working with community health worker programs in rural Uganda. I witnessed firsthand the gaps in coordination that needed to be bridged, and spent a lot of time... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
the Post to look after their four children and coordinate the couple's active Washington social life. Her life changed abruptly in 1963, when Philip Graham committed suicide after a struggle with manic depression, and she took control of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow
that I have.” Neeley’s research focuses on the challenges organizations face when coordinating operations across linguistic and national boundaries. As a doctoral student at Stanford, she participated in a large-scale global teams study... View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
environment. By doing so, they benefit not only their own shareholders and stakeholders but their homeland. Thus, these firms must be encouraged to act as incubators, spawning new ventures that provide outlets for talented workers. Second, View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 19 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book
matter of concern to some, but I would argue that rather than be anxious about it, we should celebrate it and allow a lot of these ideas to bubble up. With some oversight form a coordinating body--of which I know there are a few that have... View Details
- Web
THE VALUE OF THE PHYSICIAN SHADOW PROGRAM: Witnessing The Front Lines of Care Delivery - Blog: Health Supplement
anesthesiology was from start to finish of the procedure. I was very impressed with the preparation, stamina, and coordination it took from all the practitioners involved to complete the successful seven-hour surgery.” Dr. Muehlschlegel... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
From the Classroom to Casablanca
To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Countdown To Remote Learning
aspects of running classes so that faculty could focus on the students and the case discussions. Sarah Descheneaux, an OLF who also works as a coordinator in the Finance Unit, explains, “We each partnered with a specific faculty member... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
procedures, boost innovation, and keep costs down while retaining a high degree of teamwork, communication, and coordination across functions. While its top-ranked customer service ratings have established its reputation as the "nice"... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
For Education Reform, PELP Is on the Way
Minneapolis, and San Francisco. The Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which is principally funded by the HBS Class of 1963, will coordinate research in each district aimed at identifying the key forces that are shaping... View Details
- 09 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from CPG to a Self-Driving Car Startup through my Summer Internship
working at a pre-revenue startup. For example, at my pre-MBA role, producing a video entailed big budgets and an entire agency team to help coordinate the shoot day. At Cruise, creating a video involved my acting as both the client and... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project
optimistic that a coordinated effort by business, labor, government, academia, and citizens at large can help reverse this course and put the American economy back on a positive track." The Project's research focuses on key dimensions of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
corporate synergies should be defined at the top and realized in the business units. Just as the CFO coordinates the budgeting process, a senior executive should coordinate the alignment process—a... View Details