Small Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 May 2013
Blog Post

The Self-Discovery Process

After spending two very busy but very productive months in my career search process, I am amazed at the evolution I have experienced. I have done several exercises to define my career vision. I have attended many company presentations to... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

balance of trade in the 1960s, and the devaluation of the U.S. dollar and the end of its convertibility into gold in 1971, provided symbolic signs of the ending of an era. There remained many restrictions on the flow of capital, trade, and people across borders.... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Stakeholder Relations (4) Business or Company Management (19) COVID-19 (127) Capital Markets (13) Capital Structure (1) Capital (65) Cash Flow (1) Cash (2) Central Banking (2) Change Management (67) Change (116) Civil Society or Community... View Details

28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

Initiation to Graduation By: Raisch, Sebastian, and Michael Tushman Abstract—Large companies initiate many new businesses, but few of them reach scale. The ambidexterity literature describes how companies... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

excerpted here, authors Kaplan and Anderson suggest the process be simplified through an approach they call "time-driven ABC." Here's an overview. The solution to the problems with ABC is not to abandon the concept. ABC after all has helped many View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson

2009
Working Paper

Does Competition Favor Delegation?

By: Christian Alejandro Ruzzier

This paper studies the consequences of product-market competition on firms' decisions to delegate more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Competition; Decision Making

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18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

20 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 20

policy-makers. Stakeholder Marketing 2.0 Author:Bhaskar Chakravorti Publication:Journal of Public Policy and Marketing (forthcoming) Abstract As more companies pursue "open innovation" and adopt social networking and Web 2.0... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

in which agents recruited by a public health organization to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive, respectively, a View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

business model for small independents is often elusive. So when a crisis of the magnitude of the COVID-19 global pandemic forces restaurants to close, and their revenue drops to zero overnight, things get particularly dire. Unlike the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

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For Alumni - Health Care

the Health Care Initiative There are a number of opportunities to engage in exciting health care activities at HBS. Volunteer to mentor a student Alumni working in health care are needed to mentor students interested in health care careers. Being a mentor requires only... View Details

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Alumni - Global

White 01 Sep 2023 HBS Alumni Bulletin Action Plan: In Context Re: Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012); By: April White 01 Sep 2023 HBS Alumni Bulletin Returning to the Roots Florent Latour takes the helm of his family’s centuries-old winemaking View Details

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

the consumer products giant Unilever, published some years ago. This company had a long-established business in soap and other toiletries, but spent decades after World War II striving without great success to expand its business into... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Networking Events - Recruiting

Hire Talent Networking Events Hire Talent Networking Events Post your event on our recruiting platform 12twenty to effectively connect with HBS students and build brand awareness. Successful events prioritize a meaningful conversation around View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Richard G. Hamermesh

Richard Hamermesh was the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. While at HBS Richard served as co-chair of the HBS Healthcare... View Details

Keywords: health care

16 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

companies offer a direct stake in the company's performance through stock, a share in profits, or both. Companies with employee stock ownership plans report significantly higher sales growth and higher... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2003
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Kumar Mahadeva

Cognizant provides application outsourcing services and 24/7 software project management for a small but intensely loyal client base of large U.S. and European companies. Widely praised in the business press for its innovation and growth,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2024
News

Counter Intelligence

When Pano Christou (AMP 195, 2018) was hired at Pret A Manger in 2000, the idea that he would one day run the entire company could not have been further from his mind. At the chain’s Carnaby Street shop, in London’s Soho district, the... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

23 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

In The Strategy-Focused Organization, HBS professor Robert Kaplan and David Norton, president of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, share the results of ten years of research into companies that have implemented the Balanced Scorecard.... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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