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- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Business School from the 1960s onward marks the decisive ascendancy of economics, and particularly financial economics, in business education over the other behavioral disciplines, as well as the decisive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
organization, and the role of the IS manager was to integrate them in support of the business's transaction processes. Then around 1980 we started to see the emergence of the microcomputer; for the next fifteen years or so, DIS reflected... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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2.3.3 Non-Discrimination & Anti-Bullying | MBA
anti-bullying policies and procedures. Decisions about sanctions and remedial measures are final and cannot be appealed. The following Local Designated Resources in HBS serve as a resource for receiving reports and complaints, directing... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
their decision rights within firms, but managers can seek permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to dismiss proposals. We find that managers seek to exclude 39% of all proposals they receive, but the SEC does not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs
percent to Y Combinator’s Hacker News. And of course, they dominate the conference rooms of venture capitalists and tech companies that are making decisions on investing in new products. “When you are trying to grow a startup, the people... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Jun 2013
- What Do You Think?
Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
get to the top, quality people keep you there." Other respondents helped develop a kind of construct for NSM, one encompassing a number of other management behaviors. For example, Gerald Nanninga couched his support in these terms:... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
Boeing and by selling time rather than engines—up-time, that is. The deal guaranteed that GE would keep the engines running for a quoted cost per hour, providing whatever parts, service, and related support might be needed over the life... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Guiding Principles for Conscious and Inclusive Description | Baker Library
descriptive practices. Within Harvard University, we support and are committed to following the Guiding Principles for Conscious and Inclusive Description at Harvard . We acknowledge that: Our role as stewards of the historical record and... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
conclude that business leadership would be wise to push past pride and the false sense of self importance, and include within the decision making process those in the enterprise who know the actual nuts and bolts of the business."... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
later you have to generate sufficient profit to support market expectations. The problem is, if top management pushes too hard for profit and doesn't have the right controls in place, employees may start to do dumb things like misstating... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
to go to a good college (Carleton); you get a good job (General Mills); you go to a great MBA program (HBS); you take the highest-paying job you can get in the ‘hot’ field (consulting). That was the first time I actually thought about what made me happy. It was the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- Fast Answer
Reshaping Competition
Congressional Research Services reports: research and analysis to support Congress in their legislative, oversight, and representational duties. Link goes directly to search results for reports on antitrust. HeinOnline:... View Details
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Maria Brewer
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? During my time in operations, the more I was able to work with multiple areas of the business and see how they interact, the more excited I was by my work. Observing how one decision in a... View Details
- 30 Jun 2017
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
spent more than a decade at PepsiCo, for the most part undertaking brand management for well-known products such as Aquafina and Starbucks Bottled Frappuccino. During her time at the company, she was also tapped to work on a PepsiCo initiative to View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
moderate-income consumers, D2D develops and supports innovative new products and policies that make it easier for people to save. Among its many initiatives, D2D offers individuals and organizations (private employers, the military,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)
all the boxes. Here was somebody who was going to coach, mentor, advise, and give me opportunity. I got some important advice early in my career: stay on the revenue-generating side of a business. Oftentimes women are encouraged to take the lead in View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Shared Vision for a Better World
Harrold returned home, he earned a master’s degree in political science but ultimately realized academia wasn’t for him. “I decided I was better suited for the business world where strategic and decisive thinking are more valued,” he... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Two well-documented problems can derail government programs to boost new venture activity. First, they can simply get it wrong: allocating funds and support in an inept or, even worse, counterproductive manner. View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
bodies, with the power to accept or reject strategic decisions. In 2022, innovative business practices meant to empower employees and give them a real say in their companies’ decision-making process will need to be supported and studied.... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
on-the-job misdeeds served the purpose nicely. Those supporting the idea of a corporate board's creating an independent officer of compliance, reporting directly to the board, cited the need for visible action in the face of growing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett