Strategic Military Effect - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t927286744 Political Instability: Effects on Financial Development, Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality Authors:Mark J. Roe and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

specialization, or firm prestige. We discuss the theoretical implications of these results for the literatures on status and groups, along with practical implications for strategic human resource management. The Flattening Firm and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

also—and crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

About IT: IT Planning and Service Delivery Team Profile | Information Technology

functions—service delivery and strategic portfolio planning. On one side, the team drives the tools and processes that empower HBS IT to deliver seamless, high-impact services to the broader HBS community. On the other, they lead the... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues

articles, and books; and MBA courses and seminars such as Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector, Business Leadership in the Social Sector, and Effective Leadership of Social Enterprise. Two Executive Education programs have also been... View Details

18 May 2017
News

Pioneer Spirit

came when it was selected to build custom-designed consoles and workstations for the Military Air Lift Command’s Crises Action Area at Scott AFB. That led to building all the consoles and workstations for the View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

22 Nov 2024
News

Deep Reading

further. The program will never replace rabbis and scholars, Leboyer says, but it can be an effective way to meet people where they are, so to speak, to re-engage lapsed Jews and enable more effective... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

years ago. In the environmental arena, the emissions allowance program enacted to control emissions of sulphur dioxide was much more effective —and much cheaper —than early estimates had suggested. We tend to take these kinds of advances... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy; Utilities

08 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 8, 2010

adult decision maker. Finally, we list a set of open questions that could be profitably addressed by future research. Social Preferences and Strategic Uncertainty: An Experiment on Markets and Contracts Authors:Marco Piovesan, Antonio... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
News

Case Study: On the Record

well as a strategic one. The tactical question is around the math of making added investments and the short-term impact it would have on more volume and perhaps more margin. Assuming the answer is a good one, the View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2017
News

Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

uneducated, and ill-equipped population; and exhausted resources. The military leaders considered the daunting prospects of simmering border and ethnic instability, continued castigation, an imprisoned and widely revered charismatic... View Details

Profile

Kamen Bliznashki

Why is getting a HBS MBA important to you? Coming from an investment banking background, I lacked deep understanding of the larger strategic challenges of clients. I see my HBS experience as an opportunity to broaden and deepen my skill... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing

18 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump

longer possible to hide in the shadows. Ken Frazier’s example now resounds. Leaders of all five military branches have made public statements against racism. Republican Congressional leaders are questioning President Trump’s statements on... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Jun 2004
News

Stevenson Accepts Key University Position

Stevenson Howard H. Stevenson, senior associate dean for External Relations and a leader in the study of entrepreneurship at HBS, has been named senior associate provost for Planning and Resources for Harvard University, effective July 1.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

26 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

the point that given the rarity of the strategic approaches to resource allocation, district leaders need more guidance and tools to help them make better decisions and manage the consequences, particularly when they are under enormous... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Career Coach

Connie Walsh

services for a healthcare NFP called Helping Hands. Prior to Staples, Connie worked in strategic marketing and brand management at Harvard Business School, Kraft Foods and Johnson & Johnson. Connie also spent two years at a start-up... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Social Enterprise; Technology

01 Oct 2001
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

The War for Talent, by Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod, presents a strategic view of what managers must do to hire and keep the best employees. Drawing on five years of research, including surveys of thirteen thousand... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Finance

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

their next venture-backed firm, compared with 23 percent for those who previously failed and 22 percent for first-timers. "The size of the effect more than anything was surprising," note HBS professors Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner in... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

February 1999 (Revised May 1999)
Case

Onsale, Inc.

By: Youngme E. Moon

Onsale has been a pioneer in electronic commerce, offering excess and refurbished goods using an online auction format. The company is now planning to become a player in the highly competitive world of first-run computer merchandise as well. However, unlike other... View Details