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  • September 2009
  • Article

The Technology Manager's Journey: An Extended Narrative Approach to Educating Technical Leaders

By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell
Technology management poses particular challenges for educators because it requires a facility with different kinds of knowledge and wide-ranging learning abilities. We report on the development and delivery of an information technology (IT) management course designed... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Business Education; Multinational Firms and Management; Entertainment; Communication; Curriculum and Courses; Framework; Design; Goals and Objectives; Learning; Information Technology Industry
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Aldrich Hall | About

eliminated from the 1920s campus construction for economic reasons, and growing enrollments in the wake of World War II stretched the limits of provisional facilities in Baker and Carpenter Halls. With extensive input from Dean Donald K.... View Details
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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About

Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Arthur Rock (MBA 1951) Rock Center was made possible by and named in honor of pioneering venture capitalist Arthur Rock (MBA 1951). The present-day home of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship was View Details
  • 2006
  • Working Paper

Managing Functional Biases in Organizational Forecasts: A Case Study of Consensus Forecasting in Supply Chain Planning

To date, little research has been done on managing the organizational and political dimensions of generating and improving forecasts in corporate settings. We examine the implementation of a supply chain planning process at a consumer electronics company, concentrating... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Business or Company Management; Supply Chain Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Planning; Electronics Industry
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    Capitalism at Risk: How Companies Can Lead

    Q. Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism? A. Business, not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion,... View Details

    • January 1987
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    Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem

    By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
    When a decision rule is implemented using a Bayesian incentive compatible mechanism in which the messages are publicly observable, the players' information is augmented by their observation of each others' strategies. In this paper we study the set of Bayesian... View Details
    Keywords: Incentives; Commitment; Mechanism Design; Decision Making; Information
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    Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade

    Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details
    • 28 Nov 2023
    • Book

    Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

    financial systems are not technocratic enterprises; rather, they are constructed based on political institutions. As such, building modern and effective financial institutions in the absence of rule of law and political competition has... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 09 Jul 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

    meeting formats in favor of “collaborative problem-solving sessions.” These are action-oriented, beginning with a list of issues that need to be resolved, focused on constructive conflict, and ending with a decision. “Swarming sessions,”... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
    • 29 Mar 2022
    • Book

    5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

    How do companies survive not just for years, but for decades? For centuries even? During a global pandemic, researchers are studying anew what makes companies resilient, agile, and enduring. After all, Japanese construction firm Kongō... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Oct 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

    power of its own wheels. On the contrary, McLean saw several stackable trailers in the hull of the ship. The trailers would need to be constructed of heavy steel so that they could withstand rough seas and protect their contents. They... View Details
    Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace
    • 22 Feb 2018
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    The New History of American Capitalism

    property come into being and inflect material and ideological life. The study of finance as a concept constructed by law and naturalized by economics is one theme that the new history of American capitalism emphasizes and that exemplifies... View Details
    Keywords: Manufacturing
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    By: Joshua Lev Krieger
    In examining the competitive dynamics of R&D strategy, Josh has become particularly interested in how the introduction of new knowledge generated by rivals impacts the direction of R&D efforts. Understanding how new information alters project portfolio decisions is... View Details
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    Indoor Spaces | About

    and a director of the C.D. Spangler Construction Company. Stamps Reading Room The Stamps Reading Room, located in Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, was made possible through the support of the charitable foundation of E. Roe Stamps IV... View Details
    • August 1975 (Revised July 1983)
    • Case

    Lincoln Electric Co.

    By: Norman A. Berg
    Covers the strategy and management practices of the world's largest manufacturer of welding equipment. Discusses the compensation system and company culture, and the leadership style of management. View Details
    Keywords: Construction; Compensation and Benefits; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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    Events - Business History

    and unmade, and how belonging is constructed and contested. With this conference, we brought together rising scholars from a range of disciplines and interdisciplines who study capitalism in non-urban locations. This conference was... View Details
    • 09 Apr 2018
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

    iPhoto Companies continually test ways to incent employees to perform more effectively, often turning to worker-motivation tools such as bonuses, “up or out” employee ranking tournaments, and employee of the month rewards. Behavioral scientists warn that these... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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    Chase Hall | About

    Executive Education programs and, at times, provides overflow housing for some Executive Education participants. About the Name Chase Hall is one of seven buildings named for secretaries of the US Treasury at the suggestion of George F. Baker, the prominent banker who... View Details
    • 28 Nov 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    Jon Jachimowicz, Columbia University

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    Gallatin Hall | About

    as part of the School’s original master plan, Gallatin Hall was constructed in 1926. For many years the four-story, Georgian Revival-style building also housed a first-floor snack bar and pub, a popular gathering place for generations of... View Details