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Frank Spencer
dramatic increase in personnel. "We had an incredible staff in place," he explains. "The team just needed a coach to get them organized to run the right plays." He cites HBS for providing that know-how, and more:... View Details
- 08 May 2017
- Blog Post
Learning through the Case Method
driven by your peers. Our cases each feature a protagonist who has to make a critical decision – and range from business problems right out of the headlines to a historical overview of China. It’s a platform... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
Contested by Firm Management By: Soltes, Eugene F., Suraj Srinivasan, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan Abstract—Shareholder proposals provide investors an opportunity to exercise their decision rights within a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Whitney Wilson
their strategic missions.” “I really liked the mission and work,” says Whitney, “but I was ready to get my hands dirty by being more directly involved as a decision maker.” Seeking direction and depth at business school As she applied to... View Details
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Pranav Kothari
reasoning behind management decisions and directions," he says. "At work, I learned how. Here, I learn why. I've been particularly struck by the whole movement around social enterprise. My professors have asked provocative... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
years later, it's clear that she made the right choice. As a director of the Atlanta office of McKinsey & Company and managing partner of McKinsey Southeast United States, Karch has become an expert on numerous business topics, such as... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Neil MacKenna on Effective Job Search Strategies
even though there may not be a payoff. Feel Upbeat. These days, there is very little stigma attached to being out of work. If you don’t have a job, you are in an ideal position to find the right position. Remember that looking for a job... View Details
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
rights to commercialize their ideas in exchange for disclosing the details of their inventions in the patent document itself. The system is designed to make information about cutting-edge technology available to other inventors, in order... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 31 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring the Art of Business: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Felipe Ceron (MBA 2022)
decisions the executives made, gave me more context for my job, and gave direction to my questions. The knowledge HBS has provided put me in great position to learn a lot from these types of statements. Additionally, leadership courses... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business
limited data and resources available to you is a very powerful learning mechanism. After I’d take a stance in class, I’d nervously wait to find out whether I was right or wrong, but quickly realized that if I were always going to be... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
On The Case
Professor Linda Hill first met Tom Mihaljevic (GMP 15, 2013) when he came to campus to participate in a fireside chat that Hill unexpectedly wound up facilitating. At that time, he was the CEO of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and the pair found they had a lot to talk... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
cool.” Let it go: Patty suffered three serious leg breaks at age 12. “When I came back after my accident, I was last in every race. A teammate said, ‘Maybe you need to accept you’re not as good as you used to be.’ I realized she might be View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
sponsorship. With respect to end users and complementors, decisions to open or close a mature platform involve 1) backward compatibility with prior platform generations; 2) securing exclusive rights to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
call with his team. “I think the decision drove a tremendous amount of confidence,” he says. He saw many of his peers in the tech industry scrambling; Stack Overflow, in contrast, was inherently prepared for the transition. Lumry Family... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
the entity and even then questions about who they report to, how they are appraised/evaluated, what powers and decision rights they have and how trust and functionality can be cultivated with such a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
graduates, to address climate change?” Ratnika Prasad (MBA 2020), Associate Director at The Nature Conservancy "There has been a seismic shift in the last few years, whereby concern about the climate and sustainability has finally begun to take a View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (B): Made in Germany, "really play off the idea of what exactly Porsche is and what it stands for," says Fear. Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking's bet-the-company decision to branch out into SUVs, combined... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
core size of 34%, and architecture flow through of 64%. These findings suggest that the method could be effective in uncovering the hidden structure of an enterprise application architecture. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45024 Inequality... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
practitioners. Researchers have built upon the work in behavioral decision theory, examining the ways in which negotiators may deviate from rationality. The 1990s brought a renewed interest in social factors, as work on social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
maintenance and repair parts and equipment in the U.S., had just held its November 2014 board meeting. The meeting had been productive but not without some soul searching for both the company’s management team and financial sponsors. Was now the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne