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  • 02 Aug 2004
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For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?

an entire group of lower level functions and staff." Rich Lanza pointed out that "(Section 404) is a necessary step ... (but) more continuous controls monitoring is needed that independently... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Why Hospitals Don't Learn from Failures: Organizational and Psychological Dynamics That Inhibit System Change

By: A. Tucker and A. Edmondson
The importance of hospitals learning from their failures hardly needs to be stated. Not only are matters of life and death at stake on a daily basis, but also an increasing number of U.S. hospitals are operating in the red. This article reports on in-depth qualitative... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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Tucker, A., and A. Edmondson. "Why Hospitals Don't Learn from Failures: Organizational and Psychological Dynamics That Inhibit System Change." California Management Review 45, no. 2 (Winter 2003). (Winner of Accenture Award For the article published in the California Management Review that has made the most important contribution to improving the practice of management​.)
  • April 1964 (Revised September 1982)
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Empire Glass Co. (B)

Details the behavior of line managers, management staff, and workers in response to long-established control system developed by corporation headquarters. View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Management Systems; Employees; Manufacturing Industry
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Lawrence, Paul R. "Empire Glass Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 109-044, April 1964. (Revised September 1982.)

    Yiwei Li

    Yiwei Li is a Doctoral student of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He concentrates on managerial accounting research, with interest in topics like incentive scheme and management control system. He pursues the goal  of applying research output into... View Details
    • 2015
    • Working Paper

    Replicating Private Equity with Value Investing, Homemade Leverage, and Hold-to-Maturity Accounting

    By: Erik Stafford
    Private equity funds tend to select relatively small firms with low EBITDA multiples. Publicly traded equities with these characteristics have high risk-adjusted returns after controlling for common factors typically associated with value stocks. Hold-to-maturity... View Details
    Keywords: Value Investing; Endowments; Investment Management; Asset Pricing; Private Equity; Investment; Management; United States
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    Stafford, Erik. "Replicating Private Equity with Value Investing, Homemade Leverage, and Hold-to-Maturity Accounting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-081, January 2016.
    • 09 Nov 2017
    • HBS Seminar

    Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University

      Kyle R. Myers

      Kyle Myers is an assistant professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management unit. He teaches the first-year Technology and Operations Management course.

      Professor Myers studies the economics of innovation. His research is at... View Details

      Keywords: health care; biotechnology; pharmaceuticals; energy; high technology
      • October 1992 (Revised August 1994)
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      Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Edward Prewitt
      Allied-Signal, Inc., one of the world's oldest chemical companies and today a diversified conglomerate, is liable for clean-up costs of old hazardous waste sites. These costs are substantial: reserves grew to nearly $500 million in 1991. Attempting to avoid further... View Details
      Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Environmental Sustainability; Programs; Cost Management; Policy; Government Legislation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Governance Compliance; Legal Liability; Chemical Industry; United States; Europe
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      Vietor, Richard H.K., and Edward Prewitt. "Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk." Harvard Business School Case 793-044, October 1992. (Revised August 1994.)
      • May 2016 (Revised September 2017)
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      Pal's Sudden Service—Scaling an Organizational Model to Drive Growth

      By: Gary P. Pisano, Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
      Pal's Sudden Service has developed a unique operating model and organizational culture in the quick service restaurant business. With a deep emphasis on process control and improvement, zero defects, extensive training, and a high level of employee engagement, Pal's... View Details
      Keywords: Growth Strategy; Corporate Culture; Operations Strategy; Motivation; Values; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy; Values and Beliefs; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Pisano, Gary P., Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats. "Pal's Sudden Service—Scaling an Organizational Model to Drive Growth." Harvard Business School Case 916-052, May 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
      • April 1991 (Revised December 1997)
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      Southland Corp. (A)

      By: Richard S. Ruback
      Examines the Thompson's $4.9 billion leveraged buyout of the Southland Corp. in 1987. As the original founders of Southland, the Thompsons were concerned about losing control over the company upon learning of the Belzberg family's acquiring interest. The teaching... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Governance Controls; Corporate Governance; Bids and Bidding; Valuation; Forecasting and Prediction; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Strategy; Cash Flow
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      Ruback, Richard S. "Southland Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 291-038, April 1991. (Revised December 1997.)
      • March 2016 (Revised February 2023)
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      Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades

      By: Michael Luca, Weijia Dai and Hyunjin Kim
      Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades is an exercise in which students are asked to analyze and make a recommendation on the basis of simulated experimental data. The setting is a hypothetical restaurant review company called RestaurantGrades (RG), which shows... View Details
      Keywords: Analysis; Digital Marketing
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      Luca, Michael, Weijia Dai, and Hyunjin Kim. "Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades." Harvard Business School Exercise 916-038, March 2016. (Revised February 2023.)
      • 20 May 2019
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      Why Do We Let Political Parties Act Like Monopolies?

      • July 2005 (Revised February 2011)
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      Tanpin Kanri: Retail Practice at Seven-Eleven Japan

      By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
      Toshifumi Suzuki, chairman and CEO of Seven and I Holding Co., was widely credited as the mastermind behind Seven-Eleven Japan's spectacular rise. Although Seven-Eleven Japan began as a small licensee of U.S. convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Inc. (then Southland... View Details
      Keywords: Framework; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Demand and Consumers; Distribution; Logistics; Technology; Retail Industry; Japan
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      Lal, Rajiv, and Arar Han. "Tanpin Kanri: Retail Practice at Seven-Eleven Japan." Harvard Business School Case 506-002, July 2005. (Revised February 2011.)
      • August 31, 2017
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      CEOs Should Get Personally Involved in Talent Development

      By: Frank V. Cespedes, Jay Galeota and Michael Wong
      Estimates indicate that, globally, human capital has a value about 2.3 times that of physical capital. This difference is likely to widen in increasingly service-driven economies. Yet, most companies maintain their equipment better than their people. The issue is not... View Details
      Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Training
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      Cespedes, Frank V., Jay Galeota, and Michael Wong. "CEOs Should Get Personally Involved in Talent Development." ChiefExecutive.net (August 31, 2017).
      • January 1991 (Revised March 1992)
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      USA Today

      By: Robert L. Simons
      USA Today is a national newspaper struggling to achieve profitability. This case focuses on the use of management control systems to identify emerging opportunities and the formulation of new strategies. The interactive system used by top managers--the Friday... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Managerial Roles; Forecasting and Prediction; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Labor and Management Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Journalism and News Industry; United States
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      Simons, Robert L. "USA Today." Harvard Business School Case 191-004, January 1991. (Revised March 1992.)

        Jung Koo Kang

        Jung Koo Kang is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit. He teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum.

        Professor Kang’s research focuses on financial technology and innovation, alternative data,... View Details

        • 21 Dec 2022
        • Blog Post

        Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy

        with those chargers and make a profit off of those platforms. Going forward, we will be selling a software platform to monitor and control buildings and electric vehicles.” For now, Fermata Energy is... View Details
        • April 1989
        • Case

        Norton Auto Supply

        By: Janice H. Hammond
        Describes a multiechelon distribution system for the distribution of automobile spare parts. An analyst has been hired by the Norton Auto Supply Co. to improve the company's inventory planning and control techniques. Includes demand, cost, weight, and supplier lead... View Details
        Keywords: Business or Company Management; Operations; Distribution Channels; Management Practices and Processes; Management; Strategy; Industrial Products Industry; Auto Industry
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        Hammond, Janice H. "Norton Auto Supply." Harvard Business School Case 689-084, April 1989.
        • June 1989 (Revised July 2006)
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        Chaircraft Corporation, 1988

        By: Steven C. Wheelwright
        Illustrates the difficulty of effective production planning and production control in a multistage production process affected by seasonal demand. A rewritten version of an earlier case by S.C. Wheelwright. View Details
        Keywords: Governance Controls; Demand and Consumers; Production; Performance Effectiveness; Planning
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        Wheelwright, Steven C. "Chaircraft Corporation, 1988." Harvard Business School Case 689-082, June 1989. (Revised July 2006.)
        • March 2001
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        Veltvest Corporation

        The founder and president of the company find it difficult to relinquish control to the next generation. View Details
        Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession
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        Tagiuri, Renato. "Veltvest Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 901-054, March 2001.
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