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- 28 May 2019
- News
What I Do: Gordon Medenica (MBA 1979)
lottery and gaming for the State of Maryland. A media executive earlier in his career, including 16 years at the New York Times Company, Medenica was drawn by the scale of an industry with estimated annual revenues of over $80 billion, in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
New HBS, KSG Joint Degree
Administration–International Development/Master in Business Administration (MPA-ID/MBA). These will replace the existing “concurrent” degree programs at HBS and KSG, an arrangement that has enabled students... 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
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
at the networks of interlocking boards of directors of major joint stock companies in Brazil and Mexico in 1909. We test whether in Mexico businessmen relied more on networks and other informal View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
gear up, Patty worked with the children's teachers to set up lesson plans so the kids could be "homeschooled" during the trip. "Patty created thirty lesson packets for each child," explains Simon. "The kids also interacted regularly with their classmates View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
orientation around learning—instead of mere task completion—can create a space for debate, dissent, and deliberation. Such team processes are only achievable when there is a collective agreement on their... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
New Releases
creative departure from the current wisdom, Bradach focuses on a powerful organizational arrangement he identifies as the "plural form"; that is, chains composed of both company-owned and franchise units.... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
agreement, learn to quickly regain one's footing when challenged, and develop an appreciation for why her request might be resisted. These negotiations entail skill not only at assessing which options might lead to mutually acceptable... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
practices and strength as a company. Students have to decide whether CFRA should flag First Solar as a concern and add it to CFRA's "Biggest Concerns" list. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
If capitalism was a stock, the market would appear rather bearish on its future. Bank failures, economic crises, and middle-class riots across the globe appear symptomatic of large systemic weaknesses in the market system, highlighted by... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
Brands The case explores the collateralization of intellectual property in a loan agreement between a highly leveraged apparel company and a large U.S. bank. Leveraging intangibles in the credit market is a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
With its abundance of complex management issues in a rapidly changing environment, Latin America offers a rich landscape for in-depth academic investigation. Some of the research work currently underway by HBS faculty is already earmarked for case studies View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Muhammad Yunus Visits HBS
Yunus Microlending pioneer Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, told HBS students in April that “all human beings are entrepreneurs, even the poorest of the poor,” as he discovered after... View Details
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
Publications August 2013 Economic Development and Cultural Change The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?" By: Dreher, Axel, Stephan Klasen, James Raymond Vreeland, and Eric... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
Working PapersPublic Action for Public Goods Authors:Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rohini Somanathan Abstract This paper focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
Braterman: The man to call when it comes to selling phones. Photo courtesy Russell Braterman When it comes to selling mobile phones to a youthful market, Phones 4u’s marketing director Russell Braterman (MBA ’00) favors ad spots during “quirky 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
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Books
fixing the industry? Busi-ness models, organizational structures, and financing arrangements emphasizing integration and long-term learning over shorter-term “monetization” of... View Details