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- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
developed our courses,” said Bower. “The field of marketing developed around case writing in retail and consumer goods companies. The field of management accounting developed from cases on the use of numbers for managers to use for control. And the whole field of View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the media attention to the issue will not go away. Directors are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
we’ve completely gutted the right of workers to organize in the private sector, to be heard in the workplace, which is a fundamental human right. That needs to be restored. Not just because it’s a... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
want you to join us in building. Thus, this campaign was born: to reclaim the word feminist to mean “a believer in equal rights for all genders,” without regard to race or religion or ethnicity, sexual orientation or sex assignment at... View Details
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
from home including technology, establishing routines, health and wellness, and communication. Technology One of the major reasons so many companies can consider work from home plans right now is the available technology. “It’s not like... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
from home including technology, establishing routines, health and wellness, and communication. Technology One of the major reasons so many companies can consider work from home plans right now is the available technology. “It’s not like... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Australia (HPE), launched the Dandelion program in 2015, introducing people with autism spectrum disorders into the IT workforce. Dandelion—an innovative collaboration between HPE and the Department of Human... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 06 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Extraordinary Things We Do on Ordinary Days: A Mother’s Day Tribute
priority. Everything about HBS felt right from the moment we stepped foot on campus. While we are thrilled with our decision to embrace this opportunity, there have surely been hard days. This past January, I lost my grandfather to COVID.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
biotech industry. At HBS, Higgins currently teaches Self-Assessment and Career Development in the MBA curriculum and Strategic Human Resource Management in the Executive Education Program. What is a career imprint? Organizational career... View Details
- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy: Ananya Zutshi (MS/MBA '21)
and will call myself an engineer forever. But I recognized that my strengths and experiences are well suited for the business side of drug development.” Guardian Bio’s cell therapy uses dendritic cells, an essential component in the human... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: Zurich, Warsaw, and Istanbul
good books to read or movies to watch while traveling? Because we were traveling to three cities in six days, it was essential to have good travel entertainment material. Our book choices were: Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and The... View Details
- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Buy big, sell small
bus to restock. Their orders are relatively small, so they can’t negotiate on prices or credit terms,” adds Shruti, who watched her uncle’s kirana go out of business years ago due to issues with pricing and product selection. ApnaKlub... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
with economies of scale in merchandising, marketing, and distribution. To ensure standardization, Wal-Mart sets the span of control for store managers at the "narrow" end of the scale. Although they nominally control their stores, Wal-Mart site managers have... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 25 Oct 2006
- Op-Ed
Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance
the right thing to do is for shareholders as a whole. This uncertainty is a burden on managers and one that will force them not to choose investments, mergers, and accounting decisions based on the details of their contracts. Rather, they... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother
and the impact that humans have on the natural world. Initially, I wasn’t sure what aspect of conservation I wanted to pursue, but after taking an undergraduate class on climate change I became fascinated by the science behind it all. I... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
companies, on communities, and, most of all, on employees. "The initial drive was to build empathy around the decisions that are so core on a human level," Sucher says. "They wanted people to learn about that." Green... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
On February 14, US Airways and American Airlines put their names on a valentine to each other as they announced an $11 billion merger, a union that created the largest airline in the United States. For American, it was one more step in the View Details
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, finds that 19 percent of all drugs approved worldwide are reviewed in December, twice the percentage of a typical month. However, drugs passed before an informal “desk-clearing” deadline, such as View Details
- 09 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads
about this financial services company as a safe option. Stephen A. Greyser Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus Almost half of US television households (some 200 million eyeballs) watched a very exciting... View Details
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Summing Up How best is denial managed? Denial is endemic to management. It is a natural part of human nature, closely related to the survival instinct. It can be useful or disastrous. And it can be managed. That sums up at least many of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett