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    Michael Montelongo

    Michael Montelongo is a Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Managing Service Operations in the MBA elective curriculum that shows how to effectively design, manage, and improve... View Details

    • 28 Oct 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization

    Keywords: by Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun & John Van Reenen; Technology
    • Web

    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    technology-related sectors. Previously, Bajaj served as the cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Baazee.com, which was acquired by eBay. He also was an investment banker in the technology group at Goldman Sachs in New York and San Francisco and a management View Details
    • September 2021 (Revised June 2023)
    • Supplement

    Serving Bud Moore (B)

    By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
    In only his third year at a Leading Strategy Consulting firm (LSC), Gregory Davis has been assigned to a select group tasked with advising General Motors (GM), one of the largest companies in the world by revenue, on how to reorganize their entire North American... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Relationships; Outcome or Result; Groups and Teams; Management Skills; Restructuring
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    8 FAQs on the MBA Application - MBA

    Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering... View Details
    • 28 May 2024
    • In Practice

    Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

    of Labor Statistics. US employers added 175,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, far fewer than the more than 300,000 in March and below the 240,000 analysts expected. For those seeking business careers, success might mean searching beyond traditional first jobs like View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne

      Rakesh Khurana

      Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

      Professor... View Details

      Keywords: executive search
      • Research Summary

      Accountability in the World Bank

      This research, now complete, examines the roles of civil society actors in advocating for greater accountability at the World Bank at three levels of decision-making: (1) the project level, (2) the policy level, and (3) the board governance level. The research finds... View Details
      • May 2018 (Revised October 2020)
      • Supplement

      La Ribera Health Department (B): Epilogue

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Emer Moloney and Daniela Beyersdorfer
      The La Ribera case studies depict an innovative low cost/high quality privately financed hospital model struggling to achieve alignment with the Six Factors. It is reimbursed by the public sector in a Spanish environment whose Consumers, Structure, and Public Policy... View Details
      Keywords: Trends And Opportunities; Government; Government Programs; Acquisition; Business Model; Business Plan; Trends; Opportunities; Government and Politics; Programs; Health Care and Treatment; Situation or Environment; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Technology Industry; Spain
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      • Spring 2017
      • Article

      Globalizing Latin American Beauty

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      This article discusses the growth over time of the beauty industry in Latin America and its bias towards celebrating whiter rather than darker skin. Although alleged Latin American fascination with beauty is regularly ascribed to culture, Latin sensuousness, and... View Details
      Keywords: Latin America; Race And Ethnicity; Globalization; Race; Ethnicity; Prejudice and Bias; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Latin America
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      • 2011
      • Working Paper

      Non-Audit Services and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from 1978-1980

      By: Kevin Koh, Shiva Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan
      We provide evidence for the long-standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978 to 1980. Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Stocks; Price; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Service Delivery; Quality; Research
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      • June 2011 (Revised November 2014)
      • Case

      Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group

      By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
      The case describes the creation of Turkey's largest business group by Vehbi Koç. The foundation of this group in the interwar years, and its subsequent diversification into many industries, including automobiles, household goods, and services, is analysed. The case... View Details
      Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Organizational Structure; Diversification; Manufacturing Industry; Turkey
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        William R. Kerr

        William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details

        Keywords: consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting
        • February 1997 (Revised April 1997)
        • Case

        Harrington Financial Group

        By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
        In early 1997, Harrington Bank, a small Indiana savings and loan (thrift) wondered what its next move should be. Harrington was acquired in 1988 by the principals of Smith Breeden Associates, a money-management and consulting firm specializing in the application of... View Details
        Keywords: Banks and Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Price; Risk Management; Mortgages; Contracts; Asset Management; Investment; Financial Services Industry
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        • 2009
        • Working Paper

        Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge

        By: Heidi K. Gardner
        In this paper, I develop and empirically test the proposition that performance pressure acts as a double-edged sword for teams, providing positive effects by enhancing team motivation to achieve good results while simultaneously triggering process losses. I conducted a... View Details
        Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Expectations; Groups and Teams
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        • 21 Aug 2017
        • News

        Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t

        • April 2001 (Revised March 2003)
        • Case

        XUMA

        By: Andrew P. McAfee and Kerry Herman
        XUMA is a Silicon Valley start-up that builds customized eBusiness software suites for its corporate clients. This market is crowded with large players, including the major consulting and systems integration companies. To date, building these suites has been a very... View Details
        Keywords: Production; Software; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry; California
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        • 01 Nov 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making

        to the information necessary to make important choices, both the ERP and CAD systems would increase the likelihood that plant managers and production workers would make decisions and act on them without having to consult an executive at... View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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        Podcast - Business & Environment

        justice. David also offers insights on career opportunities at the intersection of business, climate, and government. BCG Global Chair Rich Lesser: How Businesses Can be “Bold and Pragmatic” on Climate Change 23 OCT 2024 | Climate Rising Rich Lesser, Global Chair of... View Details

          Steven C. Wheelwright

          Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

          Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details