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  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

Yoshimi Anzai, Marta E. Heilbrun, Derek Haas, Luca Boi, Kirk Moshre, Satoshi Minoshima, and Vivian S. Lee Abstract—The lack of understanding the true costs (not charges) of delivering health care services poses tremendous challenges in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Diversity on Boards - Alumni

Careers Diversity on Boards Careers Diversity on Boards The HBS Board Diversity Network connects HBS alumni from underrepresented groups with corporate board opportunities by: Creating channels for companies to find diverse HBS alumni... View Details
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

had little revenue because it offered services free of charge. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709456 Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Loeb House | About

House, which once served as the home of Harvard presidents, today houses Harvard’s governing boards including the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers. The first floor is decorated in 19th-century style, forming an elegant,... View Details
  • 28 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, February 28

the start-up movement about how best to organize and execute new ventures as “business experiments.” These lessons from the “start-up garage” enable established corporations to make progress on new ventures in a disciplined, fact-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2018
  • Supplement

African Bank Investments Limited (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Personal Finance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Insurance; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; South Africa
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  • 05 Jun 2009
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

with these projections. But they suggest that it's time that we ask whether we have been using the right measures for growth. First, when we speak of growth, it usually refers to growth in gross domestic product, the value of all goods and View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • Web

Recruiting Partners - Health Care

Services Bayer Corporation Bayside Oncology Beacon Health Options Beckman Coulter, Inc. Becton, Dickinson & Co. Behavioral Intervention Association (BIA) Bethesda Hospital Foundation Beth Israel Deaconess... View Details
  • 11 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, is an expert in the intersection of leadership and inclusion. Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration, studies how people can lead more... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Made in Italy

boundaries of the classroom. The idea stretches back to 2006, when, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a group of MBA students organized a service trip to New Orleans to study—and assist—businesses working to rebuild the city. Since... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • November 2015 (Revised January 2016)
  • Teaching Note

McDonald's Corporation: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain—From Amazon Soya to Cage Free Eggs

By: Michael W. Toffel
This case provides an opportunity for students to consider how large, multinational corporations should respond when targeted by activists regarding environmental and social concerns in their supply chains. Greenpeace targeted McDonald's because its chicken supplier... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Welfare; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Brazil; United States; United Kingdom
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  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

Similarly, each branch manager gets to decide what resources the unit needs. To make its central services more responsive to market demands, Handelsbanken conducts an annual round of negotiations in which cost estimates and the View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
  • May 2022
  • Case

Maestro Pizza: Coming in Hot!

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro Pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

finance-related issues and the experiences they go through. Saad Hashmi Associate Corporate Relationship Mangaer at HSBC Bank Middle East Limited Prepare for future professional opportunities and jumpstart your career by gaining an... View Details
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

enterprises (MNEs), the paper argues we have reason to reject assigning human rights obligations to business enterprises and their managers. The paper begins by distinguishing business and human rights from the more general topic of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Stephen P. Bradley

    Professor Bradley is the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. In addition to teaching Management and Strategy in the Owner President Management Program and leading an... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
    • 20 Dec 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

    authority over the entire canal project, including the right to fire commission members. Secretary of War William Howard Taft had doubts about the legality of granting the chief engineer control over the commission, which was technically governed by civil View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
    • 08 Dec 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Decoding Inside Information

    Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy & Lukasz Pomorski; Financial Services
    • Web

    HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

    Service Challenges Mitchell B. Weiss (MBA 2004), Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice Five Technologies Changing the Future Shikhar Ghosh (MBA 1980), MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice of Business... View Details
    • 08 Mar 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

    typically ranged between 20 percent and 40 percent of the combined market cap of software providers. This is a fraction of the more than 80 percent of total market capitalization of the much larger ecosystem of computer software, components, systems, and View Details
    Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien