Planning Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2009
News

Hope for Reform Dims

president and COO. Thain labeled as “nonsense” the frequently heard claim in Washington that executive pay plans, particularly lavish bonuses, spurred the excessive risk-taking that ultimately led to the financial meltdown. He advocates pay View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

21 Dec 2018
Blog Post

The Dedication - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

the outside of the buildings, but in the work and training on the inside.” George F. Baker, Dedication Address, June 4, 1927 Aerial view of Campus during Dedication Ceremonies, June 4, 1927. The celebration of the new HBS campus on June 4, 1927 began with an academic... View Details

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

Summing Up Management is a complex process. Good plans executed poorly may be worse than poor plans executed well. This is never truer than at times of disaster, in which plans... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

the United States, the time, cost, and complications of patent suits provide openings for opportunistic assertions of infringement. This article proposes a way to address information problems that facilitate opportunistic assertion: an automatic View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Deborah A. Farrington

of 30, Farrington was asked to help create and run a division of Merrill Lynch international, thus gaining valuable management experience. She was deeply involved in strategic planning and human resources and learned the importance of... View Details

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

designed to focus on those challenges "horizontally"—across all the functions managers need to address from the original business plan through the first eighteen months of an organization's life. For companies that are "up... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

22 Feb 2022
News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

manage their assets, tenants, and leasing, the software solutions that Lerner and Holder supported offered the promise of a cutting-edge solution. The implementation process once a customer signed on, however, could be a struggle, with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Sep 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

perfect set of slides to convince investors to back you and your venture. The authors, veterans of the startup world, show you how to create a compelling pitch deck and how to plan and execute a fundraising road show to garner financial... View Details

21 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Didn't Know About HBS Faculty

college, I joined Saudi Aramco where I worked as a process engineer, and later as a project engineer, helping to build one of the largest petrochemical facilities in the world. While working at Saudi Aramco I was selected to join one of... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Addressing The Financial Security Gap

emergency—a problem that is particularly acute for women and their ability to save for retirement. “In the United States, women’s pensions or retirement plans are typically 35 percent less than men’s even though we live longer and our... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

Between Economic Planning and Market Competition: U.S. Law and Economics in the 1920s By: Phillips Sawyer, Laura Abstract—The impact of institutional economics in shaping the American regulatory tradition has largely been dismissed as an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

interviewed key executives on both sides of each partnership to document the process of their unfolding relationships. This initial research corroborated Austin's hypothesis that these alliances were creating value for themselves and... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

rethink their business models and radically transform their organizational capabilities. The implications for organizations and management are profound. Let's take one example. At the heart of most modern corporations are information, View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

Business School Press), a new book by HBS professor Dorothy Leonard and Professor Walter Swap of Tufts University. The authors not only disprove the stereotypical perception of group creativity as an oxymoron but show how the group creative View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

01 Jun 2002
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

presents the latest breakthroughs in strategic planning from some of the most preeminent names in the field. Harvard Business Review on Culture and Change. This diverse series of articles provides insights into the confusing and often... View Details

Keywords: Harvard Business School Press; books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

Chuck Knight [former chairman and CEO of Emerson Electric Co.] made conflict a fundamental element of his firm's strategic planning process, and while he has now retired, the process retains the same... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

Staff Catering Guidelines | About

participants plan to bring their lunches. Process for Ordering Campus Catering Restaurant Associates (RA) is available to assist with your various catering needs. All orders must be placed through the... View Details

Web

2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

equality , Cuz: an American Tragedy , and Talking to Strangers: anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education. She has chaired numerous commission processes and is a lead author on influential policy roadmaps, including... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

production facility that are different from typical original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). And the vehicle’s design allows for an efficient production process at low volumes and with manual labor. Because of these innovations, Yong says... View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

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