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- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We examine the accrual choices of outsourcing firms with links to U.S. congressional candidates during the 2004 elections, when corporate outsourcing was a major campaign issue. We find that politically... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
attitude, and I think it was directly attributable to the presence of minorities and women in the class. They were really pioneers, and I think they made the whole school a more human place." One of those "pioneers," Eve Benton, currently... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. When the book is written on this election,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 06 Nov 2000
- What Do You Think?
Succession at GE: What’s Next?
important qualities and capabilities to be sought in a successor to Welch is moot. But as in any good Harvard Business School case discussion, hindsight provides neither a guide to the future nor necessarily the best response. With that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
their products directly to buyers) or as a reseller (purchasing products from suppliers and selling them to buyers). We model this as a decision between whether control rights over a non-contractible decision variable (the choice of some... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
origins of one of the most successful companies on the planet, but are also a commentary on the origins of any invention. "Anytime you invent something, you have really invented two things—the thing itself, and an idea," says Harvard Business View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)
to make a bigger impact outside of the people who may or may not show up for a class.” For Gomih, the answer was business school and specifically HBS. “I joke that it's the stereotypical Nigerian thing to do to go back to school, but I... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
We investigate these research questions in the context of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Audit Policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-021.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsGianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
intellectual passions, even though I think the roots of it go back to the relationship with my father. I didn’t put it all together until I came to MIT. When I graduated in 1988, I had offers from nearly all the business schools I had... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51128 Harvard Business School Case 716-074 Russia: Tribulations and Toska No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716074-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
other side of this wall, and I could have gone to her office to take this meeting but I decided to stay at my desk. Roche: I wish we were able to do these studies and get them out faster, because managers need to make these choices right... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
behavior and preferences into service cost and productivity standard metrics. Optimal Value and Growth Tilts in Long-Horizon Portfolios Authors:W. Jakub Jurkek and Luis M. Viceira Publication:Review of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We develop an analytical solution to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
school tend to have higher academic achievement and experience greater acceptance by their peers in adolescence. Despite this positive influence on educational outcomes, it is still unclear why some children are more prosocial than others... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
duties, it is wise, as part of its selection process, to seek inputs from those who will 'live' daily with the next leader." Mike Flanagan commented: "The more buy-in from a broader range of people the better (the) choice and... View Details
- 21 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know
Programs at Harvard Business School. She and Bohnet, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School who serves as director of its Women and Public Policy Program, have extensively studied gender gaps and inequality in the workplace. Their... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
evidence on major trends in consumption, savings, and borrowing. Examining consumer decisions, changes in regulation, and business practices, we identify four major themes that characterize the sector: (1) innovation that increased the View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
consider: Is that experience transferable to this investment? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209110 SAP AG: Orchestrating the Ecosystem Harvard Business School Case 609-069 Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
included the least selective schools. Students accepted into top programs generally have the choice of going to any school they like, but usually choose the most selective View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
Business School professors Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine argue that while robust governments must play a role, leadership by business is essential. For enterprising companies—whether large multinationals, established... View Details
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Commencement 2011 Address | About
As I stand here today, giving this Commencement address, I have to pinch myself to believe it is actually happening. When I came to the United States in 1984 to attend graduate school — at that other noted institution in Boston on the... View Details