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  • Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

carbon projects, the risks of over-crediting, and the future role of biodiversity markets. Finally, he offers career advice for those interested in climate finance. Navigating Carbon Markets: A Conversation with Alexia Kelly of High Tide Foundation 12 MAR 2025 |... View Details
  • November 2001
  • Case

Korea-Tender

By: Das Narayandas and Kate Attea
Korea-Tender is a closed-bidding auction company trying to break even and must select the best opportunity to increase membership and revenue. It can continue its current model with heavy advertising, try to modify its costs, or develop an additional business model... View Details
Keywords: Auctions; Business Model; Advertising; Business Startups; Problems and Challenges; Marketing Strategy; Revenue; Growth and Development Strategy
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

peers who span functions, industries, and countries Take advantage of resources for lifelong learning as a member of the global HBS alumni community Who Should Attend Senior executives, senior functional leaders, or general managers... View Details
  • November 2024 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Precision Agriculture at AGCO

By: Rajiv Lal, Alicia Dadlani and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
In 2024, AGCO, a leading agricultural equipment manufacturer, sought to improve its customers net farm income by 20% over five years by becoming a comprehensive one-stop precision agriculture solutions provider and strengthening its dual channel sales approach—retrofit... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Relationship Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Sales; Alignment; Integration; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance

for the Corporate Director Certificate. Learn More Key Benefits This audit committee training program prepares you to manage the creative tension between the compliance and strategic roles of the audit committee. While improving your... View Details
  • 26 Aug 2013
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Built for Global Competition from the Start

Thanks to the Internet, entrepreneurs are no longer confined to a local geography when building a new business—the world can be their market from day one. But building a startup as a global business requires managers with skills and... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education
  • 16 Jul 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

of their own employment as well as how much time they spend at home caring for children and doing housework.   Some critics questioned if the preliminary findings might have nothing to do with whether mothers work, but were tied to the moms’ View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

Bridging the “Middle Skills” Gap

  • 07 Jun 2019
  • Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

Complex trends in globalization, demographic shifts, and new technologies are raising urgent challenges for managers on an everyday level. Because of the number of companies undergoing digital transformation, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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South Asia - Global

business issues, helping to build intellectual capital on this important region. Further, the IRC is home to an HBS style classroom, allowing for regional business leaders to experience our faculty and the hallmark case study method in local Executive View Details
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

coauthor of the new book Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier, for an intimate, powerful conversation that touches on: the mistake people make in thinking that money, power, and fame will bring them happiness; the importance of View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 24 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

The research provides food for thought as policymakers debate the efficacy and fairness of education initiatives like No Child Left Behind, the 2001 United States Act of Congress requiring federally funded public schools to administer... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
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Case Development - Faculty & Research

the School is shaping business learning and educating future leaders in a positive way for years to come. What is a case study? The HBS case study is a teaching vehicle that presents students with a critical View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar | About

Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Management Science. He is a co-author of the leading cost accounting textbook, Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (Prentice-Hall) and of... View Details
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Marketing Faculty - Faculty & Research

Business Administration Eva Ascarza Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration Jill J. Avery Senior Lecturer of Business Administration C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management View Details
  • 2006
  • Working Paper

Male Circumcision and AIDS: The Macroeconomic Impact of a Health Crisis

By: Amrita Ahuja, Brian Wendell and Eric D. Werker
Theories abound on the potential macroeconomic impact of AIDS in Africa, yet there have been surprisingly few empirical studies to test the mixed theoretical predictions. In this paper, we examine the impact of the AIDS epidemic on African nations through 2005 using... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Health Disorders; Welfare or Wellbeing; Poverty; Research; Education; Nutrition; Risk Management; Africa
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  • February 2008 (Revised February 2008)
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Stanford Graduate School of Business

By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In fall 2007, Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) adopted a new curriculum that it heralded as a "revolutionary change in management education." The new approach aimed at increasing the level and quality of student academic engagement. This case describes the... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Higher Education; Curriculum and Courses; Globalization; Leadership Development; Cognition and Thinking; Adaptation; Education Industry; California
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  • August 2010 (Revised November 2011)
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MindTree: A Community of Communities

By: David A. Garvin and Rachna Tahilyani
MindTree is a mid-sized Indian IT services company known for its knowledge management practices, its collaborative communities, and its strong culture and values. The CEO has set a goal of becoming a $1 billion company by 2014; to reach that goal, employees must create... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Employee Relationship Management; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Management; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology Industry; India
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  • 23 Jul 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

The initial idea was tested in a course called Leading Product Innovation in the executive education program and refined over the years. At this point, more than 1,000 executives participated and the feedback has been enthusiastic.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products