Planning Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
Case

Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)

In addition to the issues of expected cost minimization elucidated in Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A), problems involving regulatory uncertainty are critical to the firm's Clean Air Act compliance strategy. The regulatory uncertainty affects, and is affected by, the... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Investment Return; Government Legislation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; United States

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01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

these programs to exist beyond the global pandemic because of the unique ability to connect with students across geographies and expand the pool of potential candidates. To help organizations think through the process of creating a... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Hold ourselves accountable to meaningful, measurable progress. - Advancing Racial Equity

Action Plan Hold ourselves accountable to meaningful, measurable progress. Like many of the organizations we study, Harvard Business School is at risk of declaring a lot of good intentions and goals and then failing to follow through on... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Honorable Mention

HBS Business Plan Contest, and the organizer of the High Growth Career Fair, was hailed by Clark for his understanding of "the process of setting high standards and empowering others." The Dean's Award,... View Details

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

defensiveness in colleagues and subordinates. Second-guessing a senior manager can demoralize and demotivate not only that person but others around him, while eroding his authority and confidence. What's more, the need to overrule a proposal indicates that the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

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IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog

is available in the form of a student loan, a need-based HBS scholarship, or a combination of both depending on your individual circumstances. The Add/Drop process at the start of the term is the mechanism for any IFC enrollment changes,... View Details

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

Chuck Knight [former chairman and CEO of Emerson Electric Co.] made conflict a fundamental element of his firm's strategic planning process, and while he has now retired, the process retains the same... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2020
Blog Post

4 Ways to Make Your Company Conversations Count

to 8 students each. Smaller groups facilitated by one or two company representatives allow for increased participation. Also, set your company representative up for success with plans for facilitating the conversation. Create a View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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What We Do | Research Associates

basis and did everything from asking people to fill out surveys and explaining what the process was about to making sure that the tax preparers understood the splitting service. There was a lot of on-the-ground data collection and... View Details

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Staff Catering Guidelines | About

participants plan to bring their lunches. Process for Ordering Campus Catering Restaurant Associates (RA) is available to assist with your various catering needs. All orders must be placed through the... View Details

21 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Didn't Know About HBS Faculty

college, I joined Saudi Aramco where I worked as a process engineer, and later as a project engineer, helping to build one of the largest petrochemical facilities in the world. While working at Saudi Aramco I was selected to join one of... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Addressing The Financial Security Gap

emergency—a problem that is particularly acute for women and their ability to save for retirement. “In the United States, women’s pensions or retirement plans are typically 35 percent less than men’s even though we live longer and our... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Profile

Hunter Goble

am in the process of founding a company, including building the business strategy, articulating a development plan and courting investors,” Hunter says. “I’ll continue this work part time (as all of us are)... View Details

03 Feb 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

of importance. They point out that "a good strategic planning process also requires the utmost attention to the hows of executing the strategy," thus suggesting a marriage between strategy and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

equality , Cuz: an American Tragedy , and Talking to Strangers: anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education. She has chaired numerous commission processes and is a lead author on influential policy roadmaps, including... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

production facility that are different from typical original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). And the vehicle’s design allows for an efficient production process at low volumes and with manual labor. Because of these innovations, Yong says... View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

01 Dec 2010
News

Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings

and rational process but through a subjective process. Launching Technology Ventures is for students who plan to work at start-ups and at established companies launching information technology products.... View Details

Keywords: curriculum

01 Mar 2018
News

3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)

still have a number of manual processes here, so we see a lot of scope for more and more businesses in Jamaica to become technology-enabled, particularly in health care, financial services, and agriculture. There’s been some growth in the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Cross-Registration | MBA

Cross-Registration at HBS. 2. Research Courses of Interest 1. Visit Course Planning Resources to learn which courses will accept Cross-Registration petitions and to explore course content and schedules. 2. Determine which selection View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard

manage their assets, tenants, and leasing, the software solutions that Lerner and Holder supported offered the promise of a cutting-edge solution. The implementation process once a customer signed on, however, could be a struggle, with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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