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03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707027 eClinicalWorks: The Paths to Growth Harvard Business School Case 807-025 In January 2006, eClinicalWorks (eCW) had an acquisition opportunity that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

figure out which assets to harden and defend, which to abandon, and which to prepare to rebuild after events. I’m interested in how we can cost justify and mobilize investments in real property - and address the human vulnerabilities as... View Details

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

to be the most efficient. The central insight of the theory is that each method offers a different way of aligning decision-making authority with valuable "specific knowledge" inside the organization. The theory suggests that View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

team to deliver a highly customized solution that absolutely requires Julia's expertise. This case presents an opportunity for students to analyze two prevailing aspects of organizational life: working in teams and working under pressure.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2018
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The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models

brick-and-mortar stores, you can’t change shelf prices that frequently. With e-commerce, that cost disappears, and nowadays with better algorithms, it becomes even easier to change prices as often as possible. Another constraint has been... View Details

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Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

the 1920s Research Links Site Credits Crisis Leadership: Waltham Watch Company, 1837–1957 Financial crises place extraordinary demands on business leaders. Surges in bankruptcy rates testify to the hazards involved, but these brief periods of cataclysm have also been... View Details

21 Jun 2020
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Rooting out Racism

basic practices, such as acknowledging what constitutes third-degree racism so there is no hiding behind a lack of understanding; committing to diversity plans that meet a carefully considered standard of rigor; and delivering outcomes in which people of color have the... View Details

17 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Through The Eyes of The Patient: A Recap of The 13th Annual Health Care Conference

David Torchiana, President and CEO of Partners HealthCare in Boston delivered the morning keynote address, and spoke about improvements in the quality of care over time, then looked forward in discussing what impact further improvement in outcomes may or may not have... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

08 Apr 2021
Blog Post

HBS Entrepreneurship Immersion - Four Highlights

to start immediately? What’s the bottleneck? Independent Studies: I had the opportunity to work with Professor Jeff Bussgang diving into YCombinator - we work with hundreds of YC companies at Pilot! Finance: At a successful startup, the... View Details

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Transportation - Business & Environment

Battery costs for electric vehicles have dropped 85% since 2010. [38] Challenge Globally, transportation is the fastest-growing source of GHG emissions. Reducing GHGs from this sector is difficult because economic growth usually requires... View Details

06 Oct 2020
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Clearing the Path to Citizenship

Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Thirty years ago, at the age of three, Xiao Wang (MBA 2014) came to the United States from Nanjing, China, to join his parents in Los Angeles. The couple had moved to pursue educational View Details

Keywords: April White

05 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

challenge. With over 500 tickets sold, the Symposium, held on HBS campus on November 6th, 2022, facilitated conversation and reflection between leaders and experts from all areas and industries about the challenges and opportunities of... View Details

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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog

irreversible climate crisis. As a result, countries and companies have committed to decarbonization initiatives and announced net zero targets. While there are significant climate-related problems that are common across the world, there are some unique challenges and... View Details

12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12

the costs and benefits of land placed under different uses. Policy scenarios then determine the amount of land under each land use and the implications for costs, benefits, and carbon emissions. A "low-carbon development... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

self-adjust to technological innovation. But the idea of offering the opportunity to buy privacy is hard to swallow—if privacy is something to which we are entitled, should our share of it depend on ability to pay? Inevitably it does.... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

simultaneously creating economic and societal value. Through project work with a diverse range of business partners, from established corporations to burgeoning startups, students will have an opportunity to gain practical insights into... View Details

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

contributed to the development of a business-oriented society with increased short-term opportunity for MNCs. "The dot-com bubble brought practices, ambitions, and goals to China that are here to stay," he added.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

25 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

including streaming content). Even the best product design will end up subordinated to the best multi-sided platform. Software platforms have also been the source of much creative destruction. The reduction in transaction costs and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

when treating the opponent’s campaign plan as given. Our formulation accounts for both the time cost of traveling between districts and the time expended while campaigning within districts. We describe a polynomial-time algorithm that... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

head of the European Commission's competition authority, was widely believed to be looking for an opportunity to assert Continental independence. It seems the real reason Welch was surprised is that he just didn't pay enough attention.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

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