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  • 24 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

tended to have narrower provider networks and broader care management strategies. Many more, however, still need to hone unique strategies for the public exchanges that can both improve short-term financial performance and ensure... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health
  • February 2008 (Revised February 2008)
  • Case

University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and James Weber
The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business offered a discipline-based, flexible MBA program to full time, evening, weekend, and executive MBA students. At a time when other MBA programs were introducing significant changes to their curricula, Chicago felt... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Higher Education; Training; Management Style; Problems and Challenges; Education Industry
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  • 11 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the Business and Environment Initiative

The Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS launched back in 2010. It was founded in order to educate business leaders about the environmental challenges and opportunities confronting businesses today and to help them design... View Details

    John D. Macomber

    John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, and information technology businesses. At HBS, Mr. Macomber's work focuses on climate adaptation and the... View Details

    Keywords: waste management; waste management; waste management; waste management; waste management; waste management; waste management; waste management; waste management; waste management
    • May 2022
    • Article

    Variance Analysis: New Insights from Health Care Applications

    By: Robert S. Kaplan and Susanna Gallani
    We use a health care application to illustrate how variance analysis can be used to benchmark costs across similar service delivery sites. Variances for personnel costs, typically the largest cost component in service organizations, are calculated for price, quantity,... View Details
    Keywords: Variance Analysis; Benchmarking; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Health Care; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Service Industry
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      Willis M. Emmons

      WILLIAM (WILLIS) EMMONS is Senior Lecturer and Director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard Business School, a position he has held since 2004.  As Director of the Christensen Center, Emmons oversees programs to... View Details

      Keywords: airline; infrastructure industry; pharmaceuticals; telecommunications; utilities

        Archie L. Jones

        Archie Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School, where he currently teaches Venture Capital and Private Equity, Field... View Details

        • November 2022
        • Technical Note

        National Security and Transnational Capitalism

        By: Meg Rithmire
        Though the relationship between national security and transnational commerce had long been interrogated and contested, the 2020s saw the escalation of concerns about insecurity and interdependence. These concerns manifested in a suite of institutional innovations and... View Details
        Keywords: Capitalism; National Security; Globalization
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        • 15 Jul 2019
        • Book

        Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

        researches tax policy, international finance, and corporate finance. The book grew out of his efforts to make finance more accessible through executive education teaching and his online course Leading with Finance. His previous book, The... View Details
        Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

          Angela Q. Crispi

          Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the execution of the School’s strategy ranging from academic programs to research, and the... View Details

          • November 1993
          • Supplement

          Sierra On-Line (C): The Insiders' Perspective, An Interview with Ken and Roberta Williams

          Presents the insiders' perspective using an interview format. Ken and Roberta Williams, Sierra's founders, discuss issues raised in the (A) and (B) cases and present their vision to become the world leader in educational software. Teaching Purpose: Analysts typically... View Details
          Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Management Teams; Education Industry
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            Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie

            Hakeem Belo-Osagie is an accomplished Nigerian professional and entrepreneur. He earned a degree in Political Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University as well as a law degree from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

            He is the... View Details

            • May 2022
            • Case

            Deborah Quazzo at GSV Ventures

            By: William A. Sahlman, Michael D. Smith and Nicole Tempest Keller
            As COVID-19 swept across the globe in 2020, the education sector faced unprecedented disruption. Schools and colleges worldwide shut down, forcing over a billion students and teachers to move to online learning. Investor interest in the EdTech space exploded as... View Details
            Keywords: Edtech; Technology; Online Learning; COVID-19 Pandemic; Education; Information Technology; Venture Capital; Change Management; Strategy; Education Industry; Education Industry; Chicago; California
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            • 05 Feb 2008
            • First Look

            First Look: February 5, 2008

            transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers... View Details
            Keywords: Martha Lagace

              Eric J. Van den Steen

              Eric Van den Steen is a Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he teaches strategy. He holds the Roy Little chair, established in honor of the founder of Textron. 

              Professor Van den Steen's research studies the fundamentals of strategy and... View Details

              • 2010
              • Simulation

              Finance Simulation: Capital Budgeting: Product No. 3357.

              By: Timothy A. Luehrman
              In this single-player simulation, students act as members of the Capital Committee of New Heritage Doll Company, tasked with selecting and allocating capital across the company's three divisions. Students evaluate a diverse set of competing investment proposals and... View Details
              Keywords: Resource Allocation; Investment; Projects; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Finance
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              • March–April 2023
              • Article

              The New-Collar Workforce

              By: Colleen Ammerman, Boris Groysberg and Ginni Rometty
              Many workers today are stuck in low-paying jobs, unable to advance simply because they don’t have a bachelor’s degree. At the same time, many companies are desperate for workers and not meeting the diversity goals that could help them perform better while also reducing... View Details
              Keywords: Diversity; Recruitment; Social Issues; Higher Education; Competency and Skills
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              • Teaching

              Overview

              By: Ethan S. Bernstein
              Professor Bernstein currently teaches a second-year MBA course in Managing Human Capital (MHC). He is also the faculty chair for the Harvard Business School Online Developing Yourself as a Leader course and teaches in a variety of executive education... View Details

                W. Carl Kester

                Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

                Keywords: asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management
                • Program

                Competing in the Age of AI—Virtual

                the creation of algorithms, software infrastructure, data pipelines, and experimentation platforms Guide your organization in the development of sophisticated data platforms and artificial intelligence capabilities and enable higher levels of automation Ensure an... View Details