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- 20 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Taking Care to Prepare Leaders: Lessons in Leadership Development from DaVita Kidney Care
practice, how should one be designed? Fitzpatrick encourages flexibility. “No one size fits all,” she says. She identifies four common models: 1. Informal Leadership Track: The least formal approach in which, Fitzpatrick says, “There’s no... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
will join this fall, the School can enroll a smaller class size if necessary, thanks to resources like the HBS Fund. The School is also preparing to meet MBA students’ changing needs for financial aid next year. HBS IT staff logged many... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
Nolan. The 5 most-engaging stories on social media How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19 Merck CEO... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
the credit gap in small-dollar loans—those under $250,000, which is the size that 76 percent of small businesses say they need—is very real. While new private sector players like online lenders can help in this segment, they will... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
Courtesy Paris Wallace Courtesy Paris Wallace At 70 employees strong, the Boston-based digital company Ovia Health is on the smallish-but-mighty size compared to the rest of the local tech hub. Competing for talent is tough. While those... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
and series B financing? Dodi: Definitely. The bulk of venture capital comes from institutions, whether they be pension funds or endowments. But their ticket, their minimum investment size is typically $10 million or even more, and they... View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
the need to recoup shareholder value after paying a two-times premium for Sirtris with his desire to retain Christoph Westphal, Sirtris's co-founder and CEO, and other key individuals at the company. His desire to protect Sirtris from GSK's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
the only dedicated forest equipment company of size that remained in a consolidating industry. Competitors included global giants such as John Deere and Komatsu. Since his arrival at Ponsse in 2004, CEO Arto Tiitinen had focused the firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
presence of iTunes has a negative impact on the size of p2p networks resulting in reduced congestion and more efficient file sharing. Better functioning p2p networks, in turn, result in more content exchange, affecting positively iPod... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
why some organizations are more successful than others, why organization size can matter, why decentralization and diversity works, and why lines of communication that enable members at all levels of an organization to make their views... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
mass of customers who are not "leading edge" users, and thus preempt large shares of the existing market. Further, Christensen maintains that precisely because of their size and success, organizations with "household... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit
flying high in the sky and low to the ground, over water and below the treeline. I led organizations ranging in size from 17 soldiers to 120, in missions both operational and maintenance support. Yet one consistent theme throughout all of... View Details
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability: Career Advice from HBS Career Coach Hillary Mann
where sustainability is at the core; others are interested in an organization where sustainability might be a newer initiative. A common question from MBAs is how to decide what type of company to pursue- whether an early stage start up, a medium View Details
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
that sales representatives, who were responsible for a large portfolio of imaging products, were not giving enough attention to Ultrasound. He was wondering if change in the size and compensation structure of the sales force would solve... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
Professor Bower, since 1970 you have articulated views on the resource allocation process and how it fundamentally shapes corporate strategy. Could you give us a brief overview of the resource allocation process? Bower: Organizations of any View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
movement has expanded awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace, regardless of a company’s size or status. In fact, after #MeToo, many companies saw a spike in the percentage of calls about sexual harassment coming in on their... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
the University’s distribution rate and the size of the endowment, which includes gifts from alumni and transfers from the School to the endowment reserve. In fiscal 2023, the distribution rate set by the University was 4.5 percent. The... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the CFO
The increase reflected the University's distribution rate and the size of the endowment, which includes gifts from alumni and transfers from the School to the endowment reserve. The endowment consists of more than 1,000 discrete funds... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
coated with chemicals to make analog film. Sales of materials for flat panel displays were ¥140 billion in 2006 (approximately $1.2 billion), with the market expected to double in size by 2009. The company is also expanding into cosmetics... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
industry segments that depend on the NFL." Surveying the league's 32 franchises, Grubman observes that each has arguably become a global brand in its own right."The size and complexity of the local franchise as a business has exploded in... View Details