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- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
self-control. We focus on children aged between 5 and 15 as the literature suggests that self-control develops within such age range. We ask each child to toss a fair coin in private and to record the outcome (white or black) on a paper... 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 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
dollars. This creates a direct connection between U.S. monetary policy and EME credit cycles. We estimate that over a typical U.S. monetary easing cycle, EME borrowers experience a 32-percentage-point greater increase in the volume of loans issued by foreign banks than... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3
developed between analysts and managers by investigating analyst coverage decisions in the context of CEO and CFO moves between publicly listed firms. We find that top executive moves from an origin firm to a destination firm trigger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
authority on case method teaching. Christensen joined the Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty in 1946, and although he formally retired in 1990, he continued to write, teach, and offer seminars on Case Method teaching until the last... View Details
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Our Values | About
that it continues today. We can and must start by making a difference at HBS. Antisemitism is insidious and we simply cannot allow it to persist in any form. We must ensure that our Jewish and Israeli faculty, staff, students, and alumni... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
develop the kinds of chip-based systems that now power everything from smartphones to supercomputers. Some experts believe that quantum computing will follow a similar decadal timeline, which would put SEEQC and its chip-based systems... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
we review the goals of each cancer provision of the ACA and discuss the effects each has had to date. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51115 Notes on Developing a Strategy and Designing a Company: Vol. 1—A... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Courses - Business History
Courses Since 1927, Harvard Business School has been a pioneer in teaching business history. The Business History Initiative continues this tradition and seeks to facilitate and promote course development in... View Details
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Events - Business History
day participants explored the continuing methodological challenges in conducting oral history, including the choice between audio and video recordings, and the language in which such interviews should be conducted. The urgent need to... View Details
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MOC Network reaches 20 year milestone - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
economic development careers. Microeconomics of Competitiveness - 20 th Anniversary Video View Video MOC 2022 Report Through its 20 years the MOC Network has successfully leveraged a network of scholars and change leaders on a global... View Details
- 17 Dec 2020
- News
Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta
Plex, is also the youngest-ever president of the club, with a mandate to inspire a new generation of diverse business leaders in Japan. “I feel honored, humbled, and thrilled to take on this role as the first female president,” says Tanaka. “I look forward to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
Walter A. Friedman's new book Birth of a Salesman chronicles the rise and development of modern sales management from the 18th century to the present day. Its fascinating cast of dynamic business figures and academic leaders includes John... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
aligned with its strategic performance goals and its human and customer-centric values. Because managers at all levels are held accountable for implementing and maintaining this governance and learning system, it becomes embedded in the culture. That ensures View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- May 2025 (Revised June 2025)
- Supplement
Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (D)
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
This fourth installment in the Pfizer Global Clinical Supply (GCS) transformation case series highlights how over a decade of cultural and digital evolution positioned GCS to meet unprecedented global challenges. In 2011, Michael Ku became the Vice President of GCS and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Technological Innovation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Transformation; Health Pandemics; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Digital Transformation; Leading Change; Product Launch; Supply Chain; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Alignment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; United States; Asia; Europe; Latin America
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 425-079, May 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
- 23 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Taking the Risk to Start a Company at Business School
you have to go ahead and take the risk. “If you don’t ever try, you won’t know. Don’t ever wait. If there is a market opportunity, run the tests and get clarity on if you should go full throttle.” After graduation, Julie continued to work... View Details
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
Networking Taking a break from a job should not mean disappearing from the marketplace. Continue to maintain and expand your network, both virtually (digital communities, like LinkedIn) and in-person. Harvard ManageMentor: Leveraging Your... View Details
- July 2011 (Revised August 2011)
- Supplement
Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)
By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary
This case continues the story of the evolution of GE's business initiatives Africa. Between November 2010 and March 2011 several significant structural changes and leadership appointments were announced at GE, which reflected the company's commitment to global growth... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Africa; Republic of Ireland
Thomas, David A., and Stephanie J. Creary. "Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 412-028, July 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Publication:World Development 38, no. 3 (March 2010) Abstract Female "empowerment" has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving other View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2017
- Case
Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit
By: Paul A. Gompers, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
In 2009, Blackstone, the New York-based alternative asset and financial services firm, committed to invest up to $750 million into Summit Materials, a new company in the aggregates sector (i.e., construction materials, such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement,... View Details
Keywords: Roll Up; Private Equity Roll Up; Aggregates; Aggregates Materials; Construction Materials; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Growth and Maturation; Engineering; Construction; Finance; Capital; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Investment; Housing; Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Planning; Problems and Challenges; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Construction Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
Gompers, Paul A., John D. Dionne, and Amram Migdal. "Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit." Harvard Business School Case 218-002, September 2017.