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      • September 1987 (Revised October 1987)
      • Background Note

      The Job of the General Manager

      By: James L. Heskett
      Describes elements of the job of the general manager that are addressed in the Management Policy and Practice course at the Harvard Business School. These include: 1) establishing strategic direction, 2) setting goals and managing standards of performance, 3)... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Policy; Recruitment; Working Conditions; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Value
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      Heskett, James L. "The Job of the General Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-035, September 1987. (Revised October 1987.)
      • 1977
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      Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance

      By: Jerry R. Green
      A two-period lifetime overlapping generations growth model is used to evaluate the possibility that social insurance can effectively offset economic risks associated with uncertainty about the rate of population growth. Crude measures of the seriousness of this type of... View Details
      Keywords: Social Insurance; Econometric Models; Public Sector; Government Administration; Policy; Human Needs; Social Issues; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Green, Jerry R. "Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 215, November 1977.
      • September 1971 (Revised September 1983)
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      Gentle Electric Co.

      By: W. Earl Sasser
      Designed to illustrate various levels of complexity in determining optimum order sizes for a single item inventory policy. Students are asked to evaluate the impact of recent operational changes on the firm's ordering policy. Intended to follow the students' initial... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Policy; Supply Chain; Complexity; Electronics Industry
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      Sasser, W. Earl. "Gentle Electric Co." Harvard Business School Case 672-038, September 1971. (Revised September 1983.)
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      Finance II (MBA Required Curriculum)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty

      This course builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions:

      • How to evaluate complex investments.
      • How to set and execute financial policies within a firm.
      • How to integrate... View Details
      Keywords: Finance
      • Forthcoming
      • Article

      On the Limits of Anonymization for Promoting Diversity in Organizations

      By: Linda W. Chang and Edward H. Chang
      Anonymization of job applicant resumes is a recommended strategy to increase diversity in organizations, but large-scale tests have shown mixed results. We consider decision-makers’ social dominance orientation (SDO), a measure of anti-egalitarianism/endorsement of... View Details
      Keywords: Diversity; Selection and Staffing; Rank and Position
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      Chang, Linda W., and Edward H. Chang. "On the Limits of Anonymization for Promoting Diversity in Organizations." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (forthcoming). (Pre-published online January 3, 2025.)
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      By: Leemore S. Dafny
      U.S. Healthcare Strategy

      The U.S. healthcare sector accounts for 17 percent of GDP, and encompasses a diverse set of industries with public, nonprofit, and for-profit buyers and sellers. There are significant concerns about high and rising spending, and... View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare; Health; Healthcare Reform; Life Sciences; Health Industry; United States
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      By: Regina E. Herzlinger
      Course Requirements

      Students are required to prepare a business plan, which employs the framework of this course, to explore an entrepreneurial opportunity in health care, and to evaluate their classmates' plans.

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      For... View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare; Healthcare Industry; Healthcare Innovation; Healthcare Costs; Healthcare Operations; Healthcare Organizations; Healthcare Startups; Healthcare Technology; Healthcare Ventures
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      By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

      My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

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      By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

      Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

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      By: Joshua Lev Krieger
      In examining the competitive dynamics of R&D strategy, Josh has become particularly interested in how the introduction of new knowledge generated by rivals impacts the direction of R&D efforts. Understanding how new information alters project portfolio decisions is... View Details
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