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Stephanie Tilenius

slow for me.” In the first of a series of important career shifts, she moved into investment banking where she handled technology accounts at Alex Brown. “I got very excited – not by the banking part, but by the technology. I knew then... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success

A tour of Plochman Inc. in Manteno, Illinois, features many of the sights you might expect to find at a business whose sole purpose is to manufacture mustard. In addition to a loading dock stacked high with pallet after pallet of bright... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2022
News

Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us

If you’ve ever tried to call an airline or almost any service business of a certain size, you’re probably familiar with the problem: After navigating a seemingly endless set of options, you’re asked by an automated message to share information, but it fails to... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

26 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity

Digital Doctor In recent years, many physicians have put away pen-and-paper and taken up the keyboard or tablet to maintain patient health records. One motivation was the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

emphasize expanding sales, with profitability to follow with a lag—rather than having to produce high profitability along with rapid expansion from the start. And, finally, a key virtue of acquisition from the perspective of the mice is... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

nonstarter. It is also a mistake to believe that high-end activities will naturally occur in the United States. We are not inherently smarter than other people around the world. So what should be the U.S. strategy? We have to figure out what our View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

required by that framing. We don't pretend to have all the answers to this vexing problem, but examining what sets the winners apart does offer some provisional lessons. Separate for better performance. Across the newspaper industry, high... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

01 Oct 1999
News

Four Promoted to Full Professor

Clayton M. Christensen has a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management units. His research focuses on the management of technological innovation, developing... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

seemingly simple business that continues to demand new approaches to management and product design. Attention to the simplest details, it seems, can lead to dramatic change. Jim Sharpe of Extrusion Technology laughs when he describes some... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

12 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 12

Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is cheaper than external equity (share issues). High taxes will favor firms that can finance internally. If there are no... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

2017 Advances in Strategic Management Geography, Location, and Strategy By: Alcácer, Juan, Bruce Kogut, Catherine Thomas, and Bernard Yin Yeung, eds. Abstract—Changes in both technology and global political economy have vastly accelerated... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS - MBA

Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion... View Details

30 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers

is very valuable information for managers because they are unlikely to be able to get this information elsewhere," says Adler-Milstein. That result prompted further investigation: Do staff members in units with high managerial engagement... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1

on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information technology investments, I find that a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

accelerated sharply in the U.S. economy. In this paper, we identify several other industry-level changes that have occurred during the same time and argue that they are consistent with an increased use of information technology (IT). We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles

countless examples of bubbles throughout history in which inexperienced investors were lured in. Somewhat surprisingly, young managers were not that good at evaluating technology stocks. Although they experienced View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

01 Oct 2000
News

Hawes Hall Groundbreaking

School graduates on every continent, there is such potential for this institution to make a real difference in the world. Our family is proud to be able to play a small role in helping to make that difference." Three stories high with... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

16 Nov 2020
News

Moderna Announces Promising Vaccine Trial Results

the hospital—so sick they have to get to the ICU and have a high risk of dying,” Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel (MBA 2000) told The Washington Post. “If a [vaccine] could prevent 95 percent of people to not get disease, but to not get severe... View Details

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

performance goals. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117012-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-013 ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details