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- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
acquisition (CPA). However, these standard online advertising metrics are plagued with attribution problems and do not account for dynamics. These issues can easily lead firms to overspend on some actions and thus waste money, and/or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
different settings. A coherent framework helps employees develop a deeper understanding of the business, which can lead to improved engagement, creativity, efficiency, and customer service. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which has gaping loopholes. Some of the arrangements behind the Indonesian projects seem not to have violated the law, but they didn't smell good in the light of public examination. In the long run,... View Details
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
organizational boundaries, and attend to customer and competitive needs. In 1988, the Timken Company, America's leading manufacturer of tapered roller bearings, embarked on a bold project to revolutionize the production process for... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 24 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?
Are remote workers less productive? While past research suggests that many American workers could successfully perform their jobs from outside the office, companies have been slow to adopt remote work arrangements for a variety of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
begin with consumer electronics. That industry began with radio. Two enterprises commercialized, that is, brought the technology into public use: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading U.S. electrical and... View Details
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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services
SAS nodes, and can run for an unlimited length of time. Fairshare Without additional intervention, schedulers usall dispatch jobs by FIFO - first in, first out. This can lead to persons dumping hundreds or thousands of jobs on the... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
get. Alan Horn (MBA 1971) Chief Creative Officer, Disney Studios Content Business Should Lead the Way BIO It is time for business leaders to respond to the challenge of climate change in a powerful and effective way. It is clear—and... View Details
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
and reaching your potential. "My objective is to help leaders reach their potential by helping them realize that they don't need to have all the answers or do this alone. I hope they will see that framing a question and listening can be enormously powerful in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
results are consistent with an experimentation hypothesis in which tight monitoring of decisions leads to more control but less learning. An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Cold Spring Harbor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
pervasive uncertainty created by COVID-19 in other ways, for example nurturing the relationship with other firms in their networks or establishing new connections that could lead to new learnings. Other firms, and especially businesses... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Fall Reunions
corporate governance, to finding a job during difficult economic times. A seminar on “What Really Matters in Life,” organized by the School, was offered to the Classes of 1968 and 1973. Individual classes also arranged their own... View Details
- September 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Supplement
Cathy Benko: WINning at Deloitte (B)
By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Deborah M. Kolb and Cailin B. Hammer
Cathy Benko pulls together a group of Deloitte and Touche's top partners for a weekend discussion of the Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women (WIN). Benko, stimulated by the strong reaction by the attending partners, agrees to take on the leadership... View Details
McGinn, Kathleen L., Deborah M. Kolb, and Cailin B. Hammer. "Cathy Benko: WINning at Deloitte (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 907-027, September 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
New Releases
his new book, Franchise Organizations, HBS assistant professor Jeffrey L. Bradach offers the first fully realized documentation and analysis of this vastly influential organizational form. Through an in-depth study of five leading... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
to develop the customer, the relationship, and sales, the price piece will be one of many points, most of which they’re aligned on.” Research Associate Knebel points out that while Tom Muccio’s approach to Wal-Mart was pioneering for its time, many other companies have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Faculty Books
collection of Professor Porter’s articles from the Harvard Business Review is arranged by topic. Parts I and II present the well-known frameworks addressing how companies, nations, and regions gain and sustain competitive advantage. Part... View Details
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Summer Venture in Management | MBA
the college campus environment include, but are not limited to: Serving in student government positions Leading a student association or club Volunteering in the community Working as a Residential Advisor (RA) Being a team captain or... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success
and Willy C. Shih, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice, together with Vincent Dessain (MBA 1987), executive director of the Europe Research Center, arranged visits to 11 companies across Bavaria. At firms such as... View Details