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  • 21 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 21

companies were less and less present in MBA recruiting, and he believed that companies' ability to train employees within the context of their jobs was quelling their desire for MBAs with less company-specific general management training.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

up, consuming only about ten seconds of the two minutes. Having studied and written about the value of "listening posts" in business, I concluded that the company's management wasn't interested in listening. In his new book Quick and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 21 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

cohorts of some 70 students each, worked in 15 locations with 171 global business partners to get a firsthand look at how business is conducted around the world. A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives... View Details
  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

the total value of the company. We saw such erosion in the two examples presented earlier. We see it as well in the common practice of channel stuffing—when managers ship loads of products to distributors to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

Student "Treks" Lead to Jobs and Opportunities

Angeles for the premier Hollywood Trek, where they joined a total of 45 HBSers interested in the entertainment industry and the Internet. Meanwhile, in London, more than 90 students from the School were experiencing a full agenda of company visits and panel View Details
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

things I said or did that contributed to the defensiveness of the client?", "Was my presentation of ideas and arguments clear and persuasive?", or "Did my analysis fall short in some way that led the client to have... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • Web

HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

FY19 174 FY20 211 FY21 227 FY22 247 FY23 Harvard is obligated to preserve the endowment’s purchasing power by spending only a small fraction of its value each year. Spending more than that over time, for whatever reason, would privilege... View Details
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

critical thinkers Patterns of behavior strive to persuade othersdefend your positiondownplay weakness present balanced argumentsremain open to alternativesaccept constructive criticism Minority views discouraged or dismissed cultivated... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
  • 04 Dec 2023
  • Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

focusing a lot on financial analysis for the team and putting together various communications documents for them to help demonstrate their value across the park service. We presented to senior leadership and... View Details
  • Web

Team - 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 Team... View Details
  • Web

General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Social Entrepreneurship Award. Lynn S. Paine : Inducted into Bartow (Florida) High School Hall of Fame in 2003. Lynn S. Paine : Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2021
  • Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing, Cespedes, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, offers research-based insight and context, and presents sales productivity not only as a core way to increase... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • Web

The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

the political consequences of a hostile public opinion.” 20 The U.S. Steel public relations office, for example, established outreach efforts with national magazines. In 1936, Fortune magazine presented a series of articles about U.S.... View Details
  • Web

Electricity - Business & Environment

HBS MBA 1986, Investment Director, The Carbon Trust Alex Edison HBS MBA 2020 “The climate crisis presents challenges to every sector in our economy. My HBS education has helped me to recognize how those challenges can create opportunities... View Details
  • 23 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

When start-up thredUP launched its peer-to-peer online exchange for used children's clothes two and a half years ago, its creators were the latest generation of entrepreneurs competing online as multi-sided platforms (MSPs), alongside trailblazers such as eBay, Yelp,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We present a model of the yield curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

of one-off contributions, constant mentoring and co-authorship with younger colleagues, distillation of advice into accessible and memorable forms, and investment in an institutional legacy. Beyond these aspects, which I elaborated in a companion article in the Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

equity firms have billions of dollars of investible cash—although whether any of these investors have the appetite to risk their capital in the present environment is yet to be determined. And of course, an effective cure or vaccine for... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

buy or sell stock. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/07/what-good-are-shareholders/ar/1 Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

show that increased competition is associated with greater inspection leniency, a form of illicit quality that customers value but is illegal and socially costly. Firms with greater numbers of local competitors pass customers at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne