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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
"When, for instance, a professor asked how a manager in a case should deal with the issue of a defective product, I had absolutely no clue. The only way I got through the program was to prioritize and really try to shine in the subjects I... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
participants face in their new jobs." Like executives, faculty eventually need to resist career pressures that compel them to become too narrow because many, if not most, business problems are multi-dimensional. "When you come to HBS as a junior faculty... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Electricity - Business & Environment
change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. [19] Power suppliers are also subject to risks and opportunities from regulations that address climate change, such as those imposed in Europe and New England that... View Details
- July 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Teaching Note
Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-041. This case concerns a complex potential energy infrastructure investment in Argentina by a global conglomerate shortly after Mauricio Macri (“Macri”) became President of Argentina in 2015. The central issues are (i) why was a country... View Details
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
performance," and reaches conclusions that might give pause to many who chase stars. Their subjects are top investment analysts (as identified annually by Institutional Investor magazine) and the organizations that develop and hire... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
less product, especially with indulgence items. MacKay: The products we’re talking about are also sold in fairly competitive outlets, so you have a lot of inter-brand competition. To John’s earlier point on Dannon and Yoplait, you’re View Details
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Frist Faculty Commons | About
Corporation, and today it is the leading provider of health-care services in the United States. HCA was the subject of a 2012 HBS case study. Thomas F. Frist Jr. is director of the Patricia C. and Thomas F. Frist Jr. Foundation, which... View Details
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
subject to varying levels of psychological influences. Although the importance of psychological factors may be something that business leaders have long understood, the field of economics has only relatively recently been equipped with... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
can be found to reduce bounded ethicality, most ethics "education" is missing a large part of the problem. In fact, one study found that ethicists who teach the subject are less likely to return library books associated with... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Jan 2023
- News
‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
weren’t evaluating merely what was written on paper. “They were looking at him and applying subjective character tests. Do you look trustworthy? Do you fit the image in my mind of a successful businessperson?” The solution, Ballard... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
The primary pedagogical rap on it is that it is an inefficient way to teach some things. This is particularly true, the argument goes, if concepts or quantitative techniques are the subject of the day. Why not instead employ an expert to... View Details
- 23 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming Nervous Nelly
a lifeline and to rely more heavily on the advisor's judgments. That's not necessarily a bad thing—in fact, it's reassuring to think that people who are unsure of their own judgment might reach out to a knowledgeable advisor. Unfortunately, Brooks also learned that her... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
about a particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services Manager at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Understand power and how to use it responsibly to make a positive impact on society. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Building a Better Brazil
Lemann Foundation have proposed to improve the quality of Brazilian education at all levels," said Lemann Foundation CEO Denis Mizne. "This gift is in harmony with that strategy, which aims to develop programs in a wide variety of View Details
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
pages long, but it perfectly captures the essence of capitalism. The 2 chapters preceding and the 2 following it flesh out the argument. So in the space of a little more than 40 pages, we have probably the richest material ever written on the broad View Details
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
of customers and the volume of sales increase, the retailer gains a dominant position in the market. The goal gradually shifts from attracting more customers to increasing prices and margins in order to achieve higher profits. That View Details
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
Anita Elberse, a Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School, studies high performers in creative industries—from basketball superstar LeBron James to pop diva Lady Gaga, from actor Tom Cruise to tennis powerhouse Maria... View Details
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Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About
committed to maintaining a safe and healthy educational and work environment in which no member of the University community is, on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation or gender identity, excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
in the design of the coordination system determines the complexity of each partner's role. The strategic and operational activities and the design of the coordinating system provide much of the subject matter for over 10,000 peer-reviewed... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston