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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
timely information and to perform transactions quickly and economically have spurred organizational and strategic transformation. Customers' expectations and demands are escalating, as well. As Schwab's Goldman says, "What people expect... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
another that failed, followed by another that managed to limp along without much success. At age 60 I started my seventh venture, Uplands Cheese Inc., a manufacturing business that has been very successful, meeting all my goals for it and... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
antagonists in a tug-of-war. They tend to focus on regulating workers’ behavior, often putting a damper on commitment, innovation, and performance without realizing it. But freedom and control aren’t zero sum, argues the author. By giving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
and eventually the inevitable happens. I realize that if I don't fire Bob, I'm going to lose all my star performers because they're fed up with having to redo his work, having to cover for his mistakes. So I sit down to have a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
step-by-step, room-by-room guidance on how to create a welcoming and functioning space that expresses your unique individuality. Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top Performing Staffing Firms by Mike Cleland and Barry Asin... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
you can’t pronounce . Part of the strategy revolution was the coming of what I’ll call Greater Taylorism, the corporation’s application of sharp-penciled analytics, this time not to the performance of an individual worker — how fast a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
customer. ET then went a step further, locating an aluminum extruder in China that would manufacture some of the parts used in the panels. “We ship in 48 hours from our Singapore partner’s warehouse to the customer’s facility,” Sharpe says. “Our View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407049 Analyzing Relative Costs Harvard Business School Note 708-462 Introduces students to the technique of relative cost analysis, a core technique of strategists. Among the intricate quantitative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Department, must decide if this approach is still the best way to fulfill his organization's goal of protecting and increasing the pension assets of 17 million Canadians. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
widgets, according to John Quelch and Katherine Jocz. In "Greater Good", the authors contend that marketing performs an essential societal function—and does so democratically. They maintain that people would benefit if the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208125 China's Financial Markets: 2007 Harvard Business School Note 208-147 Provides an overview of capital markets in mainland China in 2007, evaluating the up-to-date View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
improves financial performance on measures such as profitable investments at the individual portfolio-company level and overall fund returns. And even though associating with similar people can have social benefits for those people, it... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024
value. The University’s endowment payout rate for fiscal 2024 was 5.0 percent, compared with 4.7 percent in the prior year. The payout formula typically results in a lower annual payout rate after years with strong investment performance... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
vision of sustainability. Holding on to stringent notions is not going to lead to practical, workable solutions." Yet Vietor points out that more and more companies are spontaneously coming up with sustainable development strategies that aim for the twin View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
arrival at LC in 1994 that the company had done relatively little consumer research, he immediately launched an intensive survey of customer needs. He also performed an asset inventory of the entire organization, which revealed "a lot of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
access or heightened inspiration for women entrepreneurs. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/GKO_ReservationsEntry.pdf August 2013 Journal of Economic Perspectives Shifts in U.S. Federal Reserve Goals and Tactics for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
unconscious thought (UT), more so than after conscious thought (CT). We aimed to test the hypothesis that UT decreases intrusions and increases conceptual organization in memory. Methods. Participants were shown a stressful film and were required to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Points is an expertly crafted and powerful collection of strategies to act with more intention, help yourself and others, realize your goals and achieve greater fulfillment. International Sport Business: Current Issues, Future Directions... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
transport. And this year, Tata launched Ginger Hotels, which promises clean, no-frills accommodations at around $21 per night. “These are consumers who didn’t exist just a few years ago,” observes Ratan Tata. RATAN TATA: "We need to ensure that we set View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
relationships to attain the desired outcome. Of comparable importance is an understanding of why the other partner wishes to engage in the collaboration so that the participant can be responsive to those goals and needs. In thinking about... View Details