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Patent search: A comparative table of databases

Patent Application Search (2001-) US patent applications Quick search, advanced search, and number search Patent Assignment (1980 -) US patent ownership changes for issued patents and published patent... View Details

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

subordinates' ideas or wishes). We found that employees' perceptions of team leader support were more negative when the leader engaged in three types of ineffective behavior: (1) monitoring the work ineffectively (checking on the status of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

puzzling and frustrating when I had the sense that our team failed to make the most of everyone's input. As a project manager I had made sure we held a kickoff meeting in the beginning of each new assignment to acknowledge all members'... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

19 Apr 2004
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Birth of the American Salesman

evaluated before his departure, and he recorded his every move in sales reports and receipts. Sales managers at large corporations assigned salesmen specific territories and gave them monthly or weekly quotas to meet. They aimed to make... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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Howard E. Cox | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

International Robert Higgins Highland Capital Richard Jenrette Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Dean LeBaron Batterymarch Erling Lorentzen Aracruz Dan Lufkin Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Thomas Murphy Capital Cities/ABC Joseph O’Donnell... View Details

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

(optional): Share your action plan with a classmate and receive feedback Reflect on your Learning Path Tool assessment 6-8 hrs Module 6 Leader as Catalyst of Change Diagnose the need for organizational change in response to external shifts or View Details

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Exporting firms face significant up-front... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

businesses face and create systems for managing and mitigating them. Highlights Your Business's Overall Level of Risk Considering the Balance Between Innovation and Control Operations Risk Show Hide Details Concepts Identifying Sources of Risk, Part I Identifying... View Details

14 Jul 2016
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Dating at HBS

who partner up at HBS. My fiancé and I were assigned to the same discussion group. Our other friends met in section or through social encounters. A few connected over the summer before attending HBS, or in the social activities at the... View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

made a series of upward and lateral moves that entailed a number of tough assignments across many functional areas. Beginning as the director of regional operations in New England, this manager had profit and loss responsibility for fifty... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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Identifiers in Business Information Databases

designations. Also, many identifiers do not change even if a company changes its name. There are many different identifiers available for companies and securities. Most databases have their own identification codes, but there are also universal codes... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

to module and assignment completion, learners should offer feedback on others’ reflections and contribute to conversations on the course platform. Participants who fail to complete each course’s requirements will not receive a Certificate... View Details

11 Aug 2008
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Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

their owner. Assigning responsibilities for their execution to the OSM fills a gap in management practice without infringing on the current responsibilities of any existing department or function. Finally, the OSM is the integrator of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Ethan Li

Ethan Li may have an advantage over other would-be business leaders: he feels very comfortable with the unknown. As an undergraduate, he majored in engineering, yet took his first career assignment with Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong. He... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Manufacturing/Energy

16 May 2024
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On the Job

Shamrock factory on Lake Erie. I also worked with her on Bonnie Bell, which is a cosmetics company, and a marketing plan for this new startup called Leggs, which did pantyhose. Then I worked for International Harvester doing tractor sales... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

08 Aug 2005
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A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability

"below-the-line" indirect expenses. Companies become customer-obsessed rather than customer-focused. When the customer says "jump," they ask "how high?” The remedy to this situation is to apply activity-based costing (ABC) to accurately View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

Highlights Exchange Rates Hedging Exchange Rates with Bryan Hedging Exchange Rates with Christopher Show Hide Details Concepts Fiscal Policy Monetary Policy International Influences Labor Productivity Featured Exercises Current Accounts,... View Details

22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

experience high costs of capital that are only partly mitigated by the presence of venture capital, the evidence for high costs of R&D capital for large firms is mixed. Nevertheless, large established firms do appear to prefer View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Featured Exercises Build a foundation of self-awareness through a 360° assessment (Emotional and Social Competency Inventory) Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire... View Details

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Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion - MBA

Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion... View Details

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