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- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
took effect in 2006. The ninth plan proposed five thrusts—moving the economy to higher value-added goods and services, raising the capacity for knowledge, addressing socioeconomic inequalities, improving the quality of life, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
continued to engage with HBS students and drive career opportunities, as seen in the connection between Eric Westphal (MBA 2021, pictured) and Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999), which led to Westphal’s summer internship in 2020 at Facily, a company... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
in the book, were overwhelmed by Xerox's mismanagement of the computer applications for its technology. In response to the criticism set forth by the two authors, who were consultants for McKinsey, Xerox decided to improve its ability to... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
clearer in the second half of the nineteenth century. In the United States, the building of the railroads after 1850 led to the development of mass markets for the first time. Along with improved access to capital and credit, mass markets... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
accordingly. But despite this favorable trend in the business climate, further improvements are urgently needed. HBS professor Pankaj Ghemawat, whose research focuses on cross-border competition, notes, "It's hard to make generalizations... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS
improve upon, that vision. 5. Lead with passion One of the most fulfilling parts of my first year was learning about the passions of my sectionmates. It’s truly inspiring to see someone effectively communicate a goal, why it’s important... View Details
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
hoped the upgrade would simplify scheduling, reduce time employees spent in non-customer-facing roles, and result in improved allocation of resources through the use of big data, thereby increasing sales productivity. Like many other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
would need to reveal not only the flaws in your current system but also instigate active, ongoing learning and improvement around the company. A fourth option, distinguished from the strategies above because they all involve expected... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
“worked on self-development,” taking the pandemic as an opportunity to foster their resilience and learn new skills. “I believe that whatever does not kill you makes you stronger. This perception helped,” one CEO noted. Reading, webinars, podcasts, home View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
balance internal resources. On the one hand, they need to focus some of their people on continually improving and growing the core business. On the other hand, they must free others to break all the rules in... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
powerful ways to learn by doing. At the same time, faculty are continuously exploring ways to improve the program, for example, by designing new class sessions, or improving... View Details
- 19 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Education Pioneers
Tsveta Semova, Senior Director, Recruitment and Admissions Strategy, Education Pioneers Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Many people want to improve our education system, but if they don’t want to teach or be a... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
areas of capital markets, financial services, and corporate finance. "New financial product and market designs, improved computer and telecommunications technology, and advances in finance theory during the past quarter century have led... View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Cambridge shelter for abused women and children. In addition, while working at CSFB, Brown began mentoring and supporting a high-school girl, Mary Sessoms, and continues doing so now that Sessoms is in college. “I’ve received significant... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
Editor's note. Argentina is in the midst of a continuing saga regarding its 2002 default on its sovereign debt, a case that the US Supreme Court will decide soon. HBS finance professor Laura Alfaro, who served from 2010 to 2012 as... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
instead, it has become integrated with the whole manufacturing process—David Upton But once that decision has been made, "sitting" is far from the operative word for IT systems, which require the same kind of continuous View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
suggested that the health-care industry is also ripe for disruption. Technological innovations such as improved testing and diagnostic equipment and more targeted drugs could soon break down the existing hierarchy between specialists,... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and control, and getting everyone to pull in the same direction. How do you accomplish all this? Continually ask the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
forecasts to align investors' expectations with their own, we predict that managers increased the quality of their earnings forecasts during the 1990s in order to keep pace with the improved forward-looking information provided by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
they merely added a new layer of legal obligations for governance without improving the quality of people serving on the boards or changing their behavioral dynamics. The author—formerly the president or chairman of two global financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne