Filter Results:
(1,208)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,104)
- People (3)
- News (335)
- Research (1,208)
- Events (5)
- Multimedia (8)
- Faculty Publications (527)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,104)
- People (3)
- News (335)
- Research (1,208)
- Events (5)
- Multimedia (8)
- Faculty Publications (527)
Sort by
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
in moving out of lower-value into higher-value paths as technologies and markets changed. Before World War II those managers became proficient in monitoring the processes of production and marketing in each of the different paths. After... View Details
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
Source: iStock In June 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a 589-page bill designed to repeal many of the regulations in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Buried on... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
Institutions Authors:Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large U.K. banks over a period of six years. Our analysis highlights that a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
discusses the evidence that has been assembled to date in understanding the impact of high-skilled immigration from the perspective of the firm and the open areas that call for more research. Since much of the U.S. immigration process for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
they cannot simply import them from the business world. Second, "the customer" is the student; therefore, urban districts need to focus on improving teaching and learning in every classroom at every school. Third, district leaders must View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
numbers that resulted from a series of choices. While there isn't a traditional case issue, the discussion should focus on the gap between theoretical process designs and the reality of practical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
succeed in that context. The "graduates" of this school would have finely honed operational skills in managing quality programs, process improvement teams, and cost-control efforts. Even the most senior manufacturing executives... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
Learned from Market Design? Author:Alvin E. Roth Abstract This essay discusses some things we have learned about markets, in the process of designing marketplaces to fix market failures. To work well,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
focuses on a European private equity firm-Ardian-and the process it uses to sell one of its portfolio companies and the decisions around that sale. Key issues include the choice of an auction or acceptance of a preemptive bid, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
separated from manufacturing. When modularity is low, product designs can't be clearly specified and design choices affect manufacturing processes in subtle,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
inventory, what capabilities each player brings to the table, and so forth. Raman: Our discussion of technology advancements, of course, must include the enhanced ability to process all of this data. Today's desktop PCs and even laptops... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-057.pdf Optimal Auction Design and Equilibrium Selection in Sponsored Search Auctions Authors:Benjamin Edelman and Michael Schwarz An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
organizational design so as to reinforce and enable each other. August 2013 Harvard Business Review 91, no. 9 (September 2013): 68-76 Great Leaders Who Make the Mix Work By: Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly Abstract—Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
Leadership—An Ontological Model' Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Kari L. Granger Abstract This course is designed to leave students being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
November–December 2015 Operations Research Active Postmarketing Drug Surveillance for Multiple Adverse Events By: Goh, Joel, Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir, Mohsen Bayati, and Stefanos A. Zenios Abstract—Postmarketing drug surveillance is the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
remedies, and between discrete campaigns and continuous processes for managing retention. We identify several areas of research where further investigation will significantly enhance retention management. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
lead to reduced economic productivity subsequent to exposure to temptation. Using a design inspired by the classic "Marshmallow Test," we report data from a field experiment in which children between the ages of 6 and 13 were... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
simply begin with the direction you want to go and take a small step. Thinking alone will never change your life-you must ACT. Then evaluate the lessons you learn from that first step, build on them, and take another step in your desired direction. Repeat this View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
designed to enhance safety and effectiveness created a culture that unintentionally released men from societal imperatives for "manly" behavior, prompting them to let go of masculine-image concerns and to behave instead in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne