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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
faculty research on brand authenticity and maintaining brand identity post-merger. Or, read what thought leaders have to say regarding best practices on integration post-mergers, or explore news on current... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
to the program’s success, including learning how to think outside the box to solve complex problems, as well as developing strategies for marrying the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. He cites Professor William Sahlman's principles of “aligned incentives” as an... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
disclose selectively only the best of those grades to recruiters who might have the most interest in them, a practice that might be regarded as relatively harmless academic "spinning" of... View Details
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
1970s, nearly all Xerox copiers were leased, with revenues dependent on per-copy royalties. If the machines malfunctioned, it was in Xerox's best interests to get there as fast as possible and keep the machines running as much as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
weaving to dyeing, sewing, and retailing. By leveraging vertical integration, best practices, and technology such as automation and robotics, the company is constantly improving productivity and raising product quality. At the same time,... View Details
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Securitization process and credit rating agencies
Credit Crunch : a Best Practice Deal Lifecycle Guide. The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Mortgage and Credit Markets Stacks LC Books HG2040.5.U5 R57 2009 Primers and Papers Securitization:... View Details
- Profile
Patrick Akl
appreciate the benefits of diversity,” says Patrick. “HBS attracts people from different cultures and backgrounds; its cases are truly global in scope and reach.” The case method also surfaces the best aspects of diversity. “Because... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Competition of Countries
involved in a large-scale field study of best practice in environmental management. Having just completed a case text on competing countries, Vietor discusses globalization and national development... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Profile
Pranav Kothari
materials used for industrial applications, like car fabrics." For Pranav, an MBA would give him a chance to develop necessary management skills and test his ideas. HBS topped his list of possibilities. "While working, I realized I learned View Details
- Profile
Jordan Amadio
physician/scientists. Jordan is conducting lab investigations into neurogenetics — the ways genes contribute to normal brain development and to disease states. Turning research into practical benefits "Science has always been my... View Details
- 11 Apr 2020
- News
Reading Together, Apart
director of Teach for America Miami-Dade before becoming CEO of Caribu, landed among the Inc Female Founders 100 list in 2019; Caribu made it to TIME Magazine’s best inventions of that year. Then, in March 2020, as people across the globe... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
You're Better Than Your Job Search by Marc Cenedella (MBA '98) and Matthew Rothenberg (Downtown Bookworks) This guidebook provides easy-to-understand best practices and tools to help keep a job search on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
corporations today. But in my view, vulnerability is the ultimate professional strength, because it is the process of being open to learning. It’s admitting that you don’t have all the answers. Just as the best organizations make space... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
fully integrated human beings who know themselves and bring out the best in others . As I was joining Medtronic (a company George would later lead) in 1989, I read Warren's classic, On Becoming a Leader. For the first time an author... View Details
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
see which clinicians, hospitals, insurers, and others provide the best value." Even if the Trump rules hold up, they cannot provide the full accounting of prices and outcomes the health care system needs. For that, the United States... View Details
- 05 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA
pivot into health care. Being based in Boston, HBS is at the center of world’s best health care ecosystem and HBS health care initiative is very active in advancing new ideas and making useful connections. Established in 2005, the HBS... View Details
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Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation - Course Catalog
to practically access them, including early grants, non-dilutive financing sources, equity financing, and more Identify best practices for building teams (incl. compensation... View Details
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
like. The French term of 'cadre' may best accommodate the reality of business practitioners in a modern world." Respondents also provided some possible remedies. Osbert Lancaster suggested that what is needed is an injection of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
crazy,” “the best family business has one member,” “weekends are for working, not playing golf or coaching,” “never pay your vendors on time,” “wear your control freak badge with pride,” and “quit denial: if your business is failing... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
How should a company deliver financial news—both good and bad—to a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including investors, customers, government, and environmentalists? Energy giants Total and BP have learned best View Details