Publications

05 Jul 2023
News

GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

Lootah (GMP 10, 2011), the establishment of a physical space for the club was driven by a commitment to making a positive impact in View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Providing Assessment & Feedback - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

assessing student and instructor performance. This section features advice in the following areas: Judging Success Student Performance Instructor Performance Christensen Center Tip Sheets Characteristics... View Details

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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions The Challenge of Color James N. Doolittle. Illustration... View Details

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

group For example, calling on a French student for the French or European perspective on an issue. Suggestions: Include in the conversation... View Details

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McCollum Center | About

her support for the education of women managers at HBS, noting, “Today, women must be interested in business science in addition to the... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

Emmons Heads Christensen Center

Willis Emmons (MBA ’85, PHDBE ’89) has rejoined HBS as the first director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

country. As you might imagine, I've given this issue considerable thought. I have come to it as an individual, as an academic, and as the head of an institution that prepares hundreds View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

2011
Teaching Note

Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes: Transforming the Management Control System in Time of Crisis (TN)

By: Ning Jia, F. Warren McFarlan and Xiaohui Li

Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co. is a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) that manufactures cast pipe products and steel products. The company had grown to become a dominant player in the ductile iron pipe industry, holding more than 40% domestic market share and nearly... View Details

Keywords: Control Systems; Cost Centers; Manufacturing; Profit Centers; China; Iron ＆ Steel; China

September 2011
Article

A Cancer Center Puts the New Approach to Work: Pilot

By: Heidi W. Albright and Thomas W. Feeley

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, located in Houston, Texas. Seeing more than 30,000 new patients every year, MD Anderson accounts for approximately 20% of cancer care within the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Quality; Measurement; Costing; Accounting; Health; Quality; Health Industry; North and Central America

01 Jun 2005
News

Christensen Center: Open for Business

Technology at work: Willis Emmons and Assistant Professor Li Jin review a video of Jin teaching. Every day at HBS, several professors bring their unique teaching skills to the same material in View Details

Keywords: Chris Christensen; Christensen Center; case teaching; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

When Reynold Levy took over as president of New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2002, he faced a classic challenge View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Apr 2002
News

John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera

undertaking," he remarks. "I remember wondering, 'How in the name of God do they put this whole thing together?'" As executive director of the... View Details

November 1989 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Managing Xerox's Multinational Development Center

Describes a manager's role in developing a staff group responsible for enhancing the efficiency of Xerox's worldwide logistics and inventory management systems. Illustrates a range of management strategies for upward and lateral influence in a complex organizational... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management

July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
Case

Washington Hospital Center (A): Rescuing Emergency Medicine

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett

Dr. Craig Feied and Dr. Mark Smith, recruited to turn around the Washington Hospital Center Emergency Department, prepare to roll out their most revolutionary change yet--an information system that could radically improve the practice of emergency medicine. A review of... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Medical Specialties; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Technological Innovation; Higher Education; Health Industry; District of Columbia

28 Jun 2010
HBS Case

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Health-care reform is more than a political football. For twenty years it's been a ground-level topic of increasing importance for the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

18 Oct 2013
HBS Seminar

George Borjas, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

17 Oct 2024
Video

Caroline Rees: A radical proposition is putting people at the center

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The Route of the Exhibition - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

expression in the arts” with an emphasis on industrial and commercial arts. 24 The Center hosted several shows including “Foreign Advertising Photography” in 1931, which... View Details

January 2004 (Revised August 2004)
Case

Major Steckleson at the National Training Center (A)

By: Scott A. Snook, Robert Kaderavek and Jeremy Schneider

Major Steckleson is facing his toughest challenge yet. As an experienced observer-controller at the U.S. Army's National Training Center, Steckleson is responsible for helping leaders of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Squadron learn from a deadly mistake in simulated combat... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Learning; Training; Spoken Communication; Groups and Teams; United States