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  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Management and the Financial Crisis (We have met the enemy and he is us...)

By: William A. Sahlman
The financial crisis of 2008-9 has revealed that our broad model of corporate governance is broken, independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important firms failed to protect employees,... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis
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  • 25 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

effectively be reduced with moderate levels of investment, these findings suggest substantial economic value for policy and organizational expenditures for burnout reduction programs for physicians,” the study states. "Essentially... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 29 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 29, 2016

providers, healthcare systems, and even countries. Similar value-based breast cancer care frameworks are also being pursued internationally. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50865 forthcoming The Oxford... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

governments that caused their misery in the first place. In such mismanaged countries—which number close to seventy—a way must be found to change the basic system. Globalization—seen by many today as a sort of cure-all—will certainly not... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge

    Jacob M. Cook

    Jacob Cook is a Lecturer in the Marketing Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches the EC course Digital Marketing & AI Workshop. His work focuses on how companies design and scale customer acquisition and retention strategies using digital marketing,... View Details

    • Program

    The Women's Leadership Forum

    Attend This women's leadership development program is designed for women in senior leadership positions in public and private companies and nonprofit organizations, including senior executives, business owners and entrepreneurs, business unit leaders, and other senior... View Details
    • August 2018 (Revised July 2020)
    • Case

    Revenue Recognition at HBP

    By: Paul Healy and Siko Sikochi
    In early 2014, Paul Bills, CFO of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), sat down with David Wan, the company’s CEO, to discuss budget preparations for the coming year. Bills noted that the performance of Corporate Learning, one of HBP’s three business units, would be... View Details
    Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
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    • August 28, 2018
    • Article

    How Intermittent Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence

    By: Ethan Bernstein, Jesse Shore and David Lazer
    People influence each other when they interact to solve problems. Such social influence introduces both benefits (higher average solution quality due to exploitation of existing answers through social learning) and costs (lower maximum solution quality due to a... View Details
    Keywords: Transparency; Social Influence; Collective Intelligence; Interaction; Problem Solving; Collaboration; Intermittant; Breaks; Always On; Communication Technologies; Communication; Design; Information; Management; Leadership; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology
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    • December 2022
    • Article

    Kindness in Short Supply: Evidence for Inadequate Prosocial Input

    By: Jennifer E. Abel, Preeti Vani, Nicole Abi-Esber, Hayley Blunden and Juliana Schroeder
    In everyday life, people often have opportunities to improve others’ lives, whether offering well-intentioned advice or complimenting someone on a job well done. These are opportunities to provide “prosocial input” (information intended to benefit others), including... View Details
    Keywords: Prosocial Input; Gratitude; Feedback; Advice; Behavior; Interpersonal Communication
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    • Web

    Overview | MBA

    Endowment for Leadership in Life Sciences, which supports the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences joint degree program.Upon completion of the MS/MBA program, graduates will be able to: Lead science-based organizations, including... View Details
    • 07 Jun 2023
    • Blog Post

    My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

    students discuss and debate potential solutions with fellow classmates, bringing their personal, cultural, and professional backgrounds to bear. While all cases help broaden the perspectives of future leaders, students find some to be... View Details
    • Article

    Use of Crowd Innovation to Develop an Artificial Intelligence-Based Solution for Radiation Therapy Targeting

    By: Raymond H. Mak, Michael G. Endres, Jin Hyun Paik, Rinat A. Sergeev, Hugo Aerts, Christopher L. Williams, Karim R. Lakhani and Eva C. Guinan
    Importance: Radiation therapy (RT) is a critical cancer treatment, but the existing radiation oncologist work force does not meet growing global demand. One key physician task in RT planning involves tumor segmentation for targeting, which requires substantial... View Details
    Keywords: Crowdsourcing; AI Algorithms; Health Care and Treatment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; AI and Machine Learning
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    • Program

    Managing Turbulence

    module that features live online sessions in the HBS Live Online Classroom, and experiments that can be immediately applied in your organization. In the process, you will learn how to champion diversity and inclusion, foster communication... View Details

      Howard H. Stevenson

      Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details

      Keywords: broadcasting; communications; computer; construction; financial services; forest products; health care; high technology; industrial goods; insurance industry; investment banking industry; manufacturing; paper; professional services; real estate; service industry; software; venture capital industry
      • Program

      Private Equity and Venture Capital

      a deal. By examining critical issues related to industry infrastructure, portfolio management, and negotiation strategies, you will be well equipped to overcome emerging investment challenges, find new paths... View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Finance
      • April 2021
      • Case

      The Clean Network and the Future of Global Technology Competition

      By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han
      In May 2019, amidst of an ever-worsening trade war between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump added Chinese telecom giant Huawei to the Department of Commerce’s “entity list,” essentially forbidding American firms from doing business with the company. Huawei,... View Details
      Keywords: 5G; Telecommunications; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Trade; Competition; International Relations; Telecommunications Industry; China
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      • Program

      Authentic Leader Development

      Summary Companies need to be developing leaders who exhibit high standards of integrity, take responsibility for their actions, and make decisions based on enduring principles rather than short-term expedience. The best leaders are... View Details
      • July–August 2018
      • Article

      When Technology Gets Ahead of Society

      By: Tarun Khanna
      New technologies can be unsettling for industry incumbents, regulators, and consumers, because norms and institutions for dealing with them don’t yet exist. Interestingly, businesspeople in emerging economies face similar challenges: The rules are unclear and... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Society; Situation or Environment; Infrastructure; Entrepreneurship; Performance Effectiveness; Cooperation
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      • March 1998
      • Case

      Bumper Acquisition (A2), A: Confidential Information for Medallion Capital, Inc.

      By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
      Located in Mundelein, IL, Thermo-Impact, Inc. is a rapidly growing, private firm that manufactures automotive bumpers. In 1995, a number of large automotive supply companies and a private equity investment firm offer to buy Thermo-Impact. The cases in this series focus... View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Valuation; Negotiation Participants; Decision Making; Negotiation Process; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Offer; Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Illinois
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      • 09 Jan 2006
      • Research & Ideas

      When Benchmarks Don’t Work

      served as a wake-up call for GM. Benchmarking works well when the process being benchmarked is essentially the same at the multiple units (either internal or external) participating in the exercise. For... View Details
      Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service