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Hiring International Students
organizations are pursuing global competency as a key attribute in their hiring, so this is a pool of talented professionals you should not overlook. There are common misperceptions and this information will... View Details
- April 2020
- Teaching Plan
Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt
By: David G. Fubini, Amy Klopfenstein and James Barnett
This teaching plan serves as a supplement to the case “Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt,” HBS 420-024. The case examines the early decisions of Vanderbilt University’s new athletic director, Malcolm Turner. A newcomer to college athletics, Turner made a series of... View Details
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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship
How do I get information on specific industries/areas of interest? Explore HBS Initiatives and contact Baker Library for an experience staff member who can provide research guidance for your startup or recruiting efforts. Where can I get... View Details
- 15 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care
not asking those executives to provide objective information about their own organizations or specific numbers; rather, we simply wanted to capture where the industry feels most optimistic and pessimistic... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
supporting country organizations in Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. If completed, it would eventually extend to encompass Abraham's travels to and from Egypt, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. With the endorsement of the U.N.'s... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2022
- HBS Case
Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?
championing privacy as controversy was swirling around an extensive US government surveillance program that had been disclosed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden had leaked information indicating that... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
such practices. Ethnographers spend extended periods of time in the field and therefore see or are told by informants what others might miss. At the same time, a limitation is that we cannot quantify what we observe. “To date, I have not... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- June 21, 2019
- Article
When Tech Companies Compete on Their Own Platforms
By: Feng Zhu
One common complaint from third parties about platform businesses is that they see what succeeds on their platforms and then enter the most profitable areas themselves, often decimating third parties in the process. Studies have identified several motivations for... View Details
Keywords: Platform-based Markets; Platform-owner Entry; Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Competition
Zhu, Feng. "When Tech Companies Compete on Their Own Platforms." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 21, 2019).
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806086 Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce Harvard Business School Case 505-016 BP's IR director has begun a program to use information regarding external views... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases is written for students and managers who desire an overview of contemporary information systems technology management. This new edition examines... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2018
- Book
How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster
(Robbins, 2007). Michael Duncan, a deputy chief medical of cer with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), reported that the Chilean of cials said, “Let’s try to identify who the experts are in the eld let’s get some consultants in here that can... View Details
- 05 Jul 2012
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?
"transparency, honesty, communication, consistency and predictability are present" in everything we do as managers. Jill Machol noted the importance of keeping employees "informed as information (regarding change) becomes... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges in Leading Professional Services
Professional service firms—law firms, financial services firms, money management firms, private equity firms, hedge funds, management consultants, advertising agencies—are the most challenging and exciting organizations to lead, maintain... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year
In Brazil, [there is] widespread sentiment that the government is corrupt, or that the government is not present in several areas of the country. Because of that, many citizens do not trust the state to provide a safety net. As a result, these voters may rely on other... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
What Makes a Good Leader?
Superman," he jokes) tends to undermine the value of management. "There are lots of people who look and act like managers, who have excellent managerial skills, and who don't make a lot of noise. Nobody is writing cover stories about them. But after they have... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young
- February 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Coordinating Patient Care
External cost pressures are motivating the adoption of case management (CM) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), but several of the organization's key professional groups are working against it. President and CEO David Dolins must decide whether CM is... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Boston
Gittell, Jody H., Kristin Shu, and Julian Wimbush. "Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Coordinating Patient Care." Harvard Business School Case 899-213, February 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
Accounting with a final exam. 10-17 weeks 8-15 hours per week 3 Courses plus exam Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Credential of Readiness from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Apply Now Key Concepts Analyze... View Details
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
for the pricing of bids made by its foreign subsidiaries. The company believed that its U.S.-based executives would be more effective in making pricing decisions because they had a broader purview of the company's needs. But the time needed to transfer the relevant... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
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dollarDEX (1998-2007)
Retired chief executive, non-executive chairman
One of world's top 30 in online finance (Institutional Investor, March 2003). Wealth management firm in Asia, and has... View Details