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Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring - Course Catalog

Lastly, there are important lessons to be learned through studying companies and industries that have struggled. Through understanding a variety of reasons why “things go wrong”, students will be better able to identify the patterns of... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

manufacturing workers on a computer system used for data reconciliation. The assignment proved challenging. “I was a total outsider running a class designed to change the work patterns of an experienced manufacturing team,” she grimaces.... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

01 Mar 2004
News

Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits

these individuals and their companies, we have discovered distinct patterns that were at play during each of the decades in which they rose to prominence. “Many of these leaders had a remarkable ability to adapt to the changes that they... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

11 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

spurious face-like pattern in a rock than miss a predator," the researchers write in their paper "Multivoxel Patterns in Face-Sensitive Temporal Regions Reveal an Encoding Schema Based on Detecting Life in a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Feb 2008
News

The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen

wondered how Samuels had managed to make the transition between two such different industries. “You have to build a pattern of trust,” he said. “When you create a record of films, artists see that you’ll take a risk on their creative... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Real Estate

08 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?

spread of epidemics, reducing congestion on highways, or finding ways to detect fraudulent transactions.The trend toward people analytics, Polzer says, is a logical extension of the era of big data, as the science of processing and identifying View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

11 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

Question: What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

14 Mar 2007
Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

shares of private-equity groups reveals wild fluctuations. As Judge Medina stated when reviewing the changing rankings of underwriters a half-century ago, "The only pattern is no pattern." Thus, the reality of the market seems... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures

detailed understanding of the local context, but also to have a perspective on opportunities and resources globally," he said. A number of open questions remain, however. In terms of the importance of local context, he asked, which aspects of local context matter... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2000
What Do You Think?

Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?

and England (Joseph Ramsey). Several respondents pointed out, however, that the benefits of deregulation are less obvious to consumers than its failures. The latter include short-term dislocations of demand-and-supply patterns and the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jan 2011
News

Robert Kraft, MBA 1965

to be an extremely risky decision made by a sports fanatic, but in time it proved to be a winning business move. The decision to buy the Patriots fits a pattern that Kraft developed at a young age. He is a man who believes that anything... View Details

24 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

divisions. Our two studies allow us to demonstrate that spontaneous within-game dialogue and manipulated pre-game talk lead to the same results. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-039.pdf PublicationsCost Structure View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

How to Revive Health-Care Innovation

value network, compared to the reactive posture they have taken in the past. Finally, we have seen a pervasive pattern in every industry that has been transformed through disruption. This same pattern... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. M.D. & Jason Hwang; Health

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

different work patterns and decision rules required in the new business. Print reps were used to selling in long cycles, to an established customer base, with a generic, nontargeted advertising product. Online advertising customers bought... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

06 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 6

firm-wide diversification; in contrast, a high net value of within-firm coordination is correlated with centralization. Variation across establishments within firms is widespread: most firms are neither fully centralized nor fully decentralized. Delegation View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
News

Ears to the Ground

and groundwork help police identify patterns and root out the problem: Most repeat shootings in an area actually come from a small number of repeat shooters. Maybe it’s a gang leader. Maybe it’s an illegal gun dealer using a backyard to... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; photography by Vance Jacobs

20 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

statistical simulations to analyze drivers’ work patterns and pay. Their findings suggest that the ability to set one’s own work schedule has a significant impact on quality of life—not just for gig workers, but for everyone—and that that... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology

18 Oct 2021
Blog Post

How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.