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F. Warren McFarlan
Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1471435 Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect Authors:Amir E. Khandani, Andrew W. Lo, and Robert C. Merton Abstract The confluence of three... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
The world as we know it is about to change in many ways thanks to a "broadband explosion"—the coming together of real-time communication and rich media. Professors Robert Austin and Stephen Bradley discuss their new book by that... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- News
Harvard's Pozen on Book 'Extreme Productivity'
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911406-PDF-ENG Social Strategy Exercise Mikołaj Jan PiskorskiHarvard Business School Exercise 710-472 This note outlines the process of designing a social strategy. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
and economist Warren Persons, gained international renown for its three-curve A-B-C chart, which rendered business fluctuations as the ebb and flow of speculation (A), business (B), and banking (C). The service was directed by C. J.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2012
- News
Pozen on U.S. Pension System
- 12 Mar 2011
- News
Mortgage deduction under renewed scrutiny
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Though executives may formulate an excellent strategy, it easily fades from memory as the organization tackles day-to-day operations issues, doing what HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Chris Argyris (1923–2013)
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Chris Argyris, a pioneer in the fields of organization development, organizational learning, and action science, passed away on November 16, 2013. Argyris was born in Newark, New Jersey, on July 16, 1923, to Greek immigrant parents, and grew up in Irvington, New... View Details
Edmondson, Amy C. "Chris Argyris (1923–2013)." American Psychologist 70, no. 5 (July–August 2015): 473.
- July–August 2014
- Article
The Crisis in Retirement Planning
By: Robert C. Merton
Corporate America began to really take notice of the looming retirement crisis in the wake of the dot-com crash, when companies in major industries went bankrupt in large part because of their inability to meet their pension obligations. The result was an acceleration... View Details
Merton, Robert C. "The Crisis in Retirement Planning." Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2014): 43–50.
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
views on the ethicality of a favored company, and were less influenced by motivated factors than when under separate evaluations. Book: The Business of Business Schools: Restoring a Focus on Competing to Win Authors:Simons, Robert... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
PublicationsBarriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
Ashish Nanda
Ashish Nanda is Senior Lecturer and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator at Harvard Business School. From 2018 to 2021, he was course head for the MBA Required Curriculum course in Strategy. Beginning in 2022, he is teaching an MBA Elective... View Details
Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; asset management; banking; brokerage; consulting; e-commerce industry; education industry; executive search; financial services; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; legal services; management consulting; professional services; real estate; service industry; sports; tourism
- September–October 2012
- Article
Toward a New Culture for Corporate Boards
By: Robert C. Pozen
A decade of business scandals and regulatory reforms find corporate America... facing fresh scandals and calls for more reforms. Robert Pozen, former chair of MFS Investment, noted director, and Harvard Business School faculty member, wonders if we have been fixing the... View Details
Pozen, Robert C. "Toward a New Culture for Corporate Boards." Corporate Board (September–October 2012).
- 30 Jun 2010
- News
The financial reform bill's hidden blunder
- 09 Nov 2011
- News
Despite Critics, Mortgage Deduction Resists Change
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
$1.9 million Pursuing Perfection grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition to funding an improvement-science training program, the grant requires that the hospital undertake improvement projects. Hence, Kotagal develops... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512003-PDF-ENG Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd.: Linking Compensation to Sustainability Metrics Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim, Shelley Xin Li, and Alan KnightHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne