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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
solve that problem. The only thing that’s going to solve that problem is solving the health issue itself. I’ve been saying this since March, when I first discussed the economic implications of the pandemic with my MBA students. As I said... View Details
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
sector. In a way they become the catalysts for internal change. Q: Many alumni get involved with corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Critics of CSR often cite Milton Friedman, who famously said that "the social... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
Michael Dell refocused his newly private company on services and solutions, the entire corporation was pushed to embrace social media. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/building-a-social-media-culture-at-dell/an/514096-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Consumer Products
The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your industry. Meet the Team Lauren... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 13 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
How To Hire A Millennial
flounder about trying to cajole dubious millennials with a presentation on the merits of corporate life. Such relationships could also allow companies to build institutional and personal connections that might later blossom into a more... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
industrial planning in Europe, sparking a lifelong interest in large-scale planning across multiple sectors. In the 1960s and 1970s, as the McArthurs raised their two daughters, John taught corporate finance and gained the respect of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
a January 2, 2004, article in the Wall Street Journal, large corporations are increasingly unwilling to pay for expensive upgrades to software programs. This indicates that software providers are overserving increasing swaths of the... View Details
- Web
Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog
Managing a firm Further, students will have the opportunity to step back and learn about: Navigating a career in VC, including how to select a firm to join (with particular considerations to firm size, sector, geography, corporate vs.... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
and unambiguous research, he makes clear the devastating consequences of growing up poor: living in poverty, even temporarily, is detrimental to cognitive abilities, emotional control, and the overall health of children. The cost to... View Details
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
health care providers have devoted significant efforts to improve performance regarding patient safety and quality of care. To address the lagging involvement of health care providers in the cost component... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
By: Kaplan, Robert S., Derek A. Haas, and Jonathan Warsh Abstract—The prevailing fee-for-service payment model has led health care administrators and physician practices to impose severe constraints on the time physicians spend talking,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
2023TerraTrade is a two-sided marketplace that eliminates consultants & enables corporates to buy power directly from renewable energy projects. TerraTrade aims to harness the potential of corporations... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
served as consultants, facilitating interactions between those teams and their corporate sponsors. For a project with General Motors, Dorothea Carraway (HBS '00) and her teammates took their cues from GM's Adam D. Bernard (MBA '90) and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
Santiago Ocejo (MPH 2010/MBA 2014) wants to improve health care in Mexico. He always thought he would do that, one patient at a time, as a surgeon. But, today, the medical school graduate is a social entrepreneur, working with the Mexican... View Details
Keywords: April White
- May 2024
- Supplement
DRSi (A)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
In March of 2019, Jen Ransom Fuller purchased DRSi. DRSi, located in Bellevue, Washington, printed and reproduced architectural plans and drawings. Fuller planned to use her first year of ownership to learn the business and to run it in much the same way as the seller.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Selection and Staffing; Employee Relationship Management; Production; Logistics; Safety; United States; Washington (state, US)
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. " DRSi (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-717, May 2024.
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
health and education in the localities where the company operates. While critics feared that her cooperative, compassionate approach would hurt the 95-year-old company’s bottom line, just the opposite has been the case. A New Jersey... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
Results from a Natural Field Experiment in California By: Levine, David I., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—For companies with strong internal occupational safety and health auditing programs, OSHA inspections might seem a formality that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
disadvantage. Third, increasing wages or selecting suppliers with better environmental practices might bring a financial benefit in the long term; however, short-term pressures on the firm might make business leaders averse to making such investments. The market for... View Details
- February 2020
- Supplement
Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)
By: Nien-he Hsieh, Christina R. Wing and John Masko
This supplemental case tracks the results of the Colman and Taubman-Dye class action suit against Theranos as well as Theranos’ other legal challenges and chronicles the final demise of the company in 2019. View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; California; United States
Hsieh, Nien-he, Christina R. Wing, and John Masko. "Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-091, February 2020.
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
combine administrative data on all firms in Spain with a matched bank-firm-loan dataset on the universe of corporate loans for 2003–2013 to identify bank-specific shocks for each year using methods from the matched employer-employee... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne