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- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
intense exposure to news of business leaders' alleged (and in some cases proven) acts to deliberately mislead investors, employees, and others, we are naturally interested in greater transparency. And it applies equally importantly to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907412 HDFC (A) Harvard Business School Case 301-093 The top management team at India's leading home finance company must decide how to deal with the emergence of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women—a History
characterized by rapidly occurring change with broad impact and high stakes. In these intense times, cracks evolve and women move swiftly to enter into those cracks. In each of these periods, the American economy and society were changing... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 13 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw
intense focus on software security updates, after a massive tech meltdown in July impacted millions of Microsoft Windows devices used by organizations worldwide, including airlines, hospitals, emergency call centers, and banks. The cause... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
minimal viable product (MVP) for our mental health startup idea, and to achieve that, I decided to level up my technical skills through an intensive coding program for three main reasons: 1. Entrepreneurial empowerment2. Future of... View Details
- 03 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen
everything from temperature to light intensity and humidity. Machines assist a small production team that cuts and bundles roses for sale. Image source: the authors Once cut, the flowers are handled differently depending on the tastes of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms In their new book Aligning the Stars: How to Succeed When Professionals Drive Results (Harvard Business School Press), HBS professor Jay W. Lorsch and former Bain & Company CEO Thomas J. Tierney (MBA ’80)... View Details
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
success hard-wired to results achieved by the machines. The trade-off between service levels, revenues, and profitability became less obvious, particularly given the intense price competition from foreign manufacturers experienced by the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
her original dreams of mentorship through book clubs, discussion groups, and adventure clubs, but Girls Group also offers an intensive college prep program that includes college tours, SAT and ACT prep courses, and scholarship... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707002 Patient Flow at Meldon Hospital Harvard Business School Case 608-171 Meldon Hospital challenged a team of physicians to improve patient flow from the Emergency Department to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
"bridging the valley of death" (i.e., helping young, innovative companies finance technically risky and very capital intensive development and commercialization programs). The case focuses on two DOE programs in particular, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
grounded. How are you managing the grind? You know what? I’m energized by it. It’s not just the hours and travel, it’s the pace and intensity of what we’re doing. There’s so much passion and energy in this company and among our customers... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
unexplored dimension. Deliberate Learning to Improve Performance in Dynamic Service Settings: Evidence from Hospital Intensive Care Units Authors:I. M. Nembhard and A. L. Tucker. Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
outside of the county for more than 30 years, and the intensely secretive organization had amassed assets worth an astonishing—and still rapidly growing—$500 billion to $900 billion. A common refrain held that Abu Dhabi nationals could... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
in business and in government to participate together in a comprehensive case development and intensive workshop experience over a six-month period. And breakthroughs happened. So we came out of that whole six-month process with a large... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
job." Jon and George Pellegrin were grappling with issues common to any company: managerial differences, power clashes, succession questions. But ratcheting up the intensity of their struggle was the fact that they were not just talking... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 10 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists
sufficient child care, “it's the same as having your lab shut down.” The disparity for women with young children could be because inadequate systems don’t allow female scientists to do their jobs at the same intensity as their male... View Details
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
Build a Better a Better World (Or at Least a Better Organization)." Edmondson summarized a line of research in which she and colleagues studied communication within several neonatal intensive care units at hospitals in the United States... View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
reactions in the markets for funding, talent, partners, and meaning. Evolving commitments have always been central to entrepreneurial success. Leaders of new organizations have never been able to see very far into the future. They have usually been surrounded by View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
broad range of perspectives. Let me also add that smaller corporations stand to benefit as much or more than their larger counterparts who likely have had some experience in managing change and organizational renewal. Finally, we have also developed our senior teams... View Details
Keywords: by Staff