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09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

what corporate value added is. Most business units think that "corporate adds overhead and that's about it." But in fact, great corporate offices do a number of very important things in driving a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

November 2010 (Revised January 2011)
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Computerized Provider Order Entry at Emory Healthcare

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil, Andrew Katz, Michael Morgan and David LaBorde

The Computerized Provider Order Entry at Emory Healthcare case presents one hospital system's efforts to implement computerized provider order entry (CPOE) across all of its hospitals and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues such as standardization of care,... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Information Management; Management Systems; Standards; Service Delivery; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Projects; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Health Industry

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A Commitment to Sustainability | About

A Commitment to Sustainability We are addressing the challenges and opportunities of sustainability leadership through campus operations and community engagement. Harvard Office of Sustainability 53 % Reduction in waste, CY 2023 54 %... View Details

20 Dec 2004
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The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

that are feeling threatened have learned how to bully younger upstarts by wielding licenses and patent law like a weapon. It certainly doesn't encourage the spirit of innovation, does it? However, it isn't just the inventors and fledgling View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

18 Jan 2016
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Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

Toxic workers aren’t just a pain in the rear; they’re also a pain in the bottom line, according to a new Harvard Business School working paper. Dylan Minor, visiting assistant professor of business... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

22 Oct 2021
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Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

to revert back to the old status quo of office life, but it could be a mistake to impose a pre-pandemic mentality on a post-pandemic reality, says Harvard Business School Professor Tsedal Neeley. She has... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

reduced the freedom of markets. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/118029-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-030 Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund Nickol Hackett, chief investment View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

other research here , Adi’s other research here , and Jonathan’s other research here . More Info Business Credit Programs in the Pandemic Era By: Samuel G. Hanson , Jeremy C. Stein , Adi Sunderam & Eric Zwick OCT 2021 The authors develop... View Details

23 Mar 2021
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Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World

When the pandemic forced employees to flee offices and work from home in droves last year, many business leaders worried that productivity might take a dive. Would remote workers be too tempted by the lures... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Oct 2021
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Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

“brought finance to life for me,” he says. In addition to being an excellent teacher, Glauber introduced Melwani in 1985 to Steve Schwarzman (MBA 1972), cofounder of Blackstone, the firm Melwani joined in 2003 and where he is now senior managing director, global chief... View Details

06 Aug 2021
Book

Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

In the 1950s, most Americans probably couldn’t name the CEOs of the largest companies in the United States, including General Motors, United States Steel, and Standard Oil. But these days, some of the most successful businesses have... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

too little influence to structural and situational factors. We examine whether this tendency leads even experienced professionals to make systematic mistakes in their selection decisions, favoring alumni from academic institutions with high grade distributions and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

crowd-sourcing platform, while it transitioned away from traditional screen printing to a digital print-on-demand model. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 accelerated the company’s transition, triggering the sale of Threadless’s View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

fund operational businesses across all sectors. Consulting, research, and/or brokerage services, as well as investment funds (including but not limited to hedge funds, private equity funds, search funds, and venture capital funds) are... View Details

21 Nov 2024
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Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad

Criminal Division, Fraud Section; and her third summer at Covington & Burling LLP, a law firm. After graduating, Anne clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She is now an Assistant Attorney General at... View Details

01 Jan 2012
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E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

came in the field of health care, the firm’s investments now include software, communications technology, semiconductors and electronics, and financial services. With nearly $15 billion under management and over 140 employees, Summit has three additional View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

internationalize” the House of Thurn und Taxis? What was the risk for Gloria of trying to internationalize too extensively? And the risk of not doing so? Keywords: Family Office ; Real Estate ; Legacy ; International View Details

13 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

Last year, Harvard Business School professor Ranjay Gulati met with the marketing department of a large American corporation and posed a seemingly simple question: What do marketing people actually do? "I got this nervous... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Research Thrust

By: Rakesh Khurana

I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

dining hall, freeing Kresge Hall's facilities for other uses; a large, comfortable lounge area; a business center with telephones and fax machines; two multipurpose rooms for receptions; a grill/pub area; a 350-person auditorium;... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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