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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Club Leaders Get a Boost from Campus Conference
managerial tasks while greatly enhancing its ability to communicate via the Web with its members and the worldwide alumni network. On day one, Professor V. Kasturi (“Kash”) Rangan led a case discussion on the particular strategy issues... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Cure All
excellent management practices would thrive. But if hospital prices have a wide range—even for the same service—then managerial quality can be very uneven. RS: Of course, there’s also variation in View Details
- January 1998
- Case
Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (C)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
Andy Youmans, executive vice president of CSSC, joins a group of U.S. executives on a tour of Japanese factories that practice the TPS. Three of the factories produce products similar to CSSC's, and even though they use similar equipment, they are significantly more... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Performance Improvement; System; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Productivity; Training; Quality; Business Ventures; Competency and Skills; Production; Adoption
Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 698-039, January 1998.
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
meetings efficiently, getting a quality product out the door, and managing your staff so that they’re happy, productive, and motivated. It’s often hard to find writers who also have the management skills needed to run a show successfully.... View Details
- Web
Approaching Business with an Artistic Eye - Global Activities 2020
success with guerrilla art eventually led to commissions, exhibitions, and press coverage around the world. That aspiration also propelled the self-taught painter and sculptor to enroll at HBS to gain strong business and managerial... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Releases
business? Howard Raiffa, the Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Managerial Economics, Emeritus, at HBS, is a pioneer in the development of decision and negotiations analysis. In Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions,... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
quality level on both attributes (a Max-Max equilibrium). We discuss the managerial implications of our findings and explain how they enrich and qualify previous results reported in the literature on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC
strategic priorities going forward. Joining us in the conversation was Shana Brodnax, Senior Advisor of Quality Improvement and Strategic Planning, who noted that each of the alumni have “immeasurably enriched” the organization. Thank you... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
leadership, the paper provided readers with courageous and award-winning editorial coverage of controversial issues such as the Watergate scandal and the Pentagon Papers. To succeed, not only did Graham have to acquire managerial... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
in self-confidence, assessments of others, and behavior in a cooperative game. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55101 forthcoming Management Science Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
entrepreneurial and managerial practices to deliver pattern-breaking change in K-12 schools and higher educational institutions. The cases will examine protagonists working within established educational systems as well as through... View Details
- Web
Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni
award in October following graduation. Criteria In addition to financial need and employment verification, selection is based on the following qualitative criteria: Quality of position: Based on level of responsibility, significance of... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
upsetting the West's conventional wisdom about the reasons for Japan's success, Porter and his coauthors emphasize that Japanese practices such as total quality and continuous improvement were valuable additions to U.S. industry. But, as... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
white-collar employment is structured," he says. Gathering data from four temporary staffing agencies that focus on managerial and professional talent, Bradach interviewed 26 skilled temporary workers serving as independent contractors... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
ruling was also followed by an increase in average leverage and a reduction in covenant use. Finally, we estimate the welfare implications of this change and find that firm values increased when the rules were introduced. We conclude that View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
prayer as a point of distinction for the group, something special." Stuart also drew on principles he considers to be spiritually based to help him handle the sometimes overwhelming challenges he faced as a managerial leader. "I tried my... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Additionally, labor quality and the structure of demand and a long tradition of work in organizational behavior suggests that the successful adoption of productivity enhancing managerial practices requires... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
Gaurav Goel: "Analytics is a powerful weapon but we need prudent processes for data capture that ensure a consistent quality of data." The tone of responses suggested that there was little question that the analytics of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Europe. European IFRS adoption represented a major milestone towards financial reporting convergence yet spurred controversy reaching the highest levels of government. We find a more positive reaction for firms with lower View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
performance evaluation. Using a sample of 4,000 commercial logo design tournaments, I show that feedback reduces participation but improves the quality of subsequent submissions with an ambiguous effect on high-quality output. To evaluate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne