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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

utilization of a payout formula means that the annual payout rate is generally lower following years of relatively high investment returns, as was the case in fiscal 2022, and higher following years of lower investment returns.... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Are We Ready for Self-Management?

as many cited obstacles to its implementation, chief among them management itself. Many respondents were enthusiastic. For example, Leeor Geva characterized self-management as a "win-win strategy." In Jonathan Narducci's words, "Any View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Brandon Tieu

case method does a standout job of producing the laundry list of pros and cons inherent in different business decisions, engaging with peers from diverse backgrounds challenges us to over-weigh or... View Details

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

curricula. The good news, says Huckman, is that many of these skills can be learned simultaneously with clinical skills. “Like medicine,” he says, “leadership is best taught through observation, experience, and practice.” In fact, the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

is to encapsulate a wide body of scientific knowledge in a labeling scheme that is comprehensible to the average shopper. Here, we describe our method of developing a nutrition metric to fill this void. Methods—We asked leading nutrition... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

Education Leveraging Crowdsourced Peer-to-Peer Assessments to Enhance the Case Method of Learning By: Avery, Jill Abstract—Many marketing educators use the case View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jul 2019
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Solving the Complexities of the Biotechnology Industry

method implements. The unique case method at HBS is the result of decades of thinking critically about how to build the ability to react quickly and thoughtfully to... View Details

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Teaching Quantitative Material - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Teaching Quantitative Material Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding... View Details

03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51347 Harvard Business School Case 118-061 The Whistleblower at International Game Technology Robert Mayhem, a senior manager at International Game Technology, had filed a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Lena Licht

brings a unique background to HBS, which is what makes the case method so fulfilling. No two students are the same, so own and celebrate what makes you different and bring your full self to the application... View Details

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Providers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care Value-Based Health Care Cases & Teaching Notes Key Concepts Key Stakeholders Publications Team Work With Us Presentations Key... View Details

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

card networks, the decline of checks, the rise of stored value cards, and the growth of new payment methods such as PayPal, Bill Me Later, and decoupled debit. This case presents the structure of these... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

Abstract—High-performing knowledge workers often question whether managers actually contribute much, especially in a technical environment. Until recently, that was the case at Google, a company filled with self-starters who viewed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Tom Adeyemi

classroom. If you could give one piece of advice to prospective students, what would it be? Have strong opinions but be open to them being challenged. The case method encourages you to make decisions with... View Details

07 Aug 2013
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Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

'gut check' on big decisions is always prudent. I realize that is the sort of bias these authors warn about, but the application of their methods shouldn't reduce decision-making to a formula " Phil Clark had a more encompassing view... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Dec 2019
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Creating the Experimentation Organization

more variations that are randomly applied to customers. As important, he says, it must also agree to abide by the results. In his book, Thomke includes Booking as a case study, showing how running these kinds of experiments by the tens of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

he says. "And obviously there should be a method for periodically testing and critiquing that strategy, and modifying it if it's not working." Ebrahim is working on a series of case studies focused on... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Kiran Gandhi

turning to her for leadership. She would have answers because of the flexibility and creativity that an MBA can teach you – the ability to pull from different hard and soft skill sets and apply them to dynamic problems. My goal at HBS is to use the key teaching points... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

interactions and non-linear effects, relative to traditional methods. In summary, ML methods could act as a complementary tool to both existing inductive theory-creating methods such as multiple View Details