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  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/yearbook   Working PapersSustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future? Authors:Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, and Tiona Zuzul Abstract Two trends... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2011
  • News

Mortgage deduction under renewed scrutiny

  • 29 Sep 2009
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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

    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

    Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; nonprofit industry
    • 10 Apr 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

    think," says Robert S. Huckman, the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. "In particular, when this type of work is outsourced it should not be viewed as a mere commodity." Instead, he... View Details
    Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health
    • 06 Feb 2007
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    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
    • 25 Oct 2012
    • News

    Harvard's Pozen on Book 'Extreme Productivity'

    • 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
    Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
    • Article

    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
    Keywords: Business History; Personal Development and Career
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    • 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
    • 19 Jan 2012
    • News

    Pozen on U.S. Pension System

      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
      • 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
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      • 24 Apr 2012
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      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
      • 27 Jul 2010
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      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
      • 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
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Change; United States
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      • 12 Feb 2013
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      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
      • 30 Jun 2010
      • News

      The financial reform bill's hidden blunder

      • 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
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health
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      leading business schools and universities, while advising top corporations, nonprofits, and policy organizations. Research Community Anil Doshi Technology & Operations Management Filippo Mezzanotti Business Economics Sarah Wolfolds Strategy Anastassia Fedyk Business... View Details