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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
like. The emphasis will be on teaching practical skills for leaders who seek to best leverage their own talent and that of the women they work with. Male and female case protagonists will come to the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Developing ideas that have tangible, real-world impact—not just in academia but in practice and policy—has always been a vital part of HBS’s DNA. So not... View Details
- 06 Dec 2017
- News
Puzzle Master
had this advice for those interested in mergers & acquisitions: “...the best thing you can do is to develop an expert-level knowledge or—if applicable—execute one of the many workstreams required for a successful transaction,” she said,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
world. Lorsch and Carter found that even when best practices are followed, implementing them is difficult or often carries deleterious side effects. The authors therefore propose that boards must be designed... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
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New Releases
organizations. Their extensive empirical research draws on in-depth case studies of the organization, structures, systems, and management practices in nine large MNCs; a detailed survey of headquarters-subsidiary relations in three of... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Clubs and Associations
nonprofit leaders with this level of training in one community is outstanding,” says Richardson. “Few of us grow up thinking that we will become nonprofit professionals, and even fewer of us are specifically trained for it. The course at Harvard blends the View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
make better leaders, and the practical steps to kicking an addiction to success. There’s been increasing academic interest in the topic of happiness in recent years. We’ve seen it at HBS with the work of Ashley Whillans, Leslie Perlow,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
patriot’s one dollar a year. On January 26, 1942, Weinberg was made assistant to the chairman of the War Production Board....To get the numerous topflight young executives he needed, Weinberg called on practically every giant corporation... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
“Your chances of getting a generally accepted best practice in your average American hospital are a coin toss. That’s not Six Sigma by a long shot.” — HBS professor Richard Bohmer describing problems with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards
HBS professors Michael Porter and Rosabeth Moss Kanter have won the 2011 McKinsey Awards for best articles published in the Harvard Business Review last year. Established in 1959, the award has been given annually by HBR and McKinsey &... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
in organizational success and personal growth. He also provides a 28-day program for mastering innovation’s key steps: finding insight, generating ideas, building businesses, and strengthening innovation prowess in the workforce and organization. Passion and Purpose:... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
Heifer International, the anti-poverty organization perhaps best known for its livestock donation program. “We can do this by building businesses. We are putting families in commerce. They are not just growing vegetables in a garden. They... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
better. To this end, they offer a set of management tools drawn from best practices in successful companies, the military, and government agencies. After showing why the federal personnel system needs... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
pajamas, Sato-san brightens to the company and the conversation. Mrs. Sato reappears with a lacquer tray, teacups rattling on their china saucers. Dr. Umeda, Matsubara’s medical director and a former surgeon, asks how she is faring. They take it day by day, she says.... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
easily adapted to other wire-based products, such as WireWall security fencing, which has become one of Riverdale’s best sellers in the security-conscious, post-9/11 era. Like most companies, Riverdale Mills has experienced good years and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
an added feature that enables it to remain powerful even as it is transformed. “When it’s advantageous,” Quelch explains, “the U.S. system can be very ecumenical, flexible, and open to new ideas and people. It learns from best View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Countdown To Remote Learning
intangible qualities that make the HBS classroom such a magical place.” He led additional work over the summer, based on extensive feedback, to further enhance teaching and learning. The School is sharing what it learned with educators worldwide. “We documented all of... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Beating Pain with Brain Power
help patients at the time, in a procedure, how to cope with pain while they have a chance to still get drugs, to practice that while you guide them, it changes the way they process pain. “If you look at the uses of hypnotic interventions,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Emmons Heads Christensen Center
In addition, the center will conduct and disseminate research on best practices and innovations in case-method pedagogy, and serve as a convener for symposia on teaching and learning. Funding for the center... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
ZALEZNIK: “I don’t think it’s useful for people to worry about the rules of leadership or command. I think the central concept is character and character in the uses of power.” Leadership is best studied from the inside out, declares... View Details