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- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
speak the same language for the most part. In the social sector we don't have nearly that degree of agreement over what constitutes useful, common metrics, even in subsectors like health care, education, and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
set out to surmount the Soconusco's geographical isolation. He sent surveyors to assess the region, he negotiated the approval of an international port, and he arranged for an international shipping company... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
for example), and some focused on the identity of the organization (such as creating a logo for the research lab). After the experiments, participants filled out a short questionnaire about their experience in the lab, indicating their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
of these structural changes to compete "differently" and innovate in their business models. However, there is not yet agreement on what are the distinctive features of superior business models.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
"It is Possible to Walk Away from Situations that Make You Unhappy": Cauvery Patel, MBA 2016
wrote to another employee at Dropps and asked her to forward her message and resume to Propper. That Saturday, he called her. "We talked about sustainability and growth... View Details
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
holding out as a strategic but minority shareholder in Endesa; or negotiating an agreement with Enel and/or E.ON. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210029-PDF-ENG AME Learning Inc. Thomas Eisenmann View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Murray Named Class of ’08 Fellow
As a student of mechanical engineering at the University of New Mexico, Sean Murray (HBS ’10) learned to manage complicated projects. During three years of working for the Stryker Corporation, a medical-device firm in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he honed his design... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Life-Saving Network
HBS professor Al Roth, along with two economists from Boston College, has created software that facilitates the process of donating kidneys. Through it, transplants can still be arranged even if a willing donor View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
industry moved from steel tubes to carbon fiber ones, the cluster took hold in Taiwan because that's where the expertise is in fabricating and molding carbon fiber. "If the prices go up there, it's not like you can just reestablish that... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
urban development at the national level and in three cities in a single Chinese region. The study reveals that the initial liberalization of land was reversed after China's first contemporary real estate bubble in the early 1990s View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
"OpCo/PropCo" process of valuing a real estate- intensive business. The term "OpCo/PropCo" refers to a business arrangement in which a consolidated, real estate-intensive enterprise is split into two separate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Working PapersLocal R&D Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages Authors:Juan Alcácer and Minyuan Zhao Abstract This study looks at the role of firms' internal linkages in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
stay away from the small business marketspace. The company inked distribution and implementation agreements with the same IT consulting firms that had served as such capable channel partners for SAP's... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 21 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow
well as to large community groups and their members. In his role, McClain will design capital products, and identify and negotiate agreements... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Loan Program Signals Breakthrough in MBA Financial Aid
Imagine being accepted into the Harvard MBA Program only to realize you can't afford to enroll. This unfortunate scenario is quickly becoming a thing of the past, thanks to an unprecedented new loan program introduced last spring. HBS recently finalized an View Details
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
(Autodesk) entered a contractual agreement to share all project risks and profits. During the project, however, Autodesk was unsatisfied with the design progress and asked the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
person offers a substantially higher price. In many cases, that's the right deal structure, because the buyer needs certainty in order to arrange the financing, prepare for the move, etc. But in some cases both the buyer View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
Summing Up Stretch—its meaning, uses, and pitfalls—could fill a book, judging from responses to this month's column. First, there appears to be limited agreement about what stretch is View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
introduced Koehn to Gayle King, a close friend of Winfrey's and the editor-at-large of O, The Oprah Magazine. King was delighted by the case in progress, and arranged an... View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
during peaks of the private equity market, when the parent banks arrange more debt financing for in-house transactions yet have the lowest exposure to debt. Using financing terms and ex-post performance, we... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel