by David A. Garvin - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1999
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Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?

From resolving a labor dispute, to orchestrating a merger, to getting a new company off the ground, negotiation plays a vital role in nearly every facet of business. In a course note titled "Negotiation Analysis: Summary Framework and Examples," HBS professor James K.... View Details

Keywords: Anita M. Harris

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

run a successful multinational IT services firm where employees are treated like an extended family and strategy emerges from the bottom up? Those are the key leadership questions posed by Professor David... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 1997
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Short Takes

Relations in Organizations The workplace remains the primary locus of racial interaction in American society; as such, it is a valuable, albeit neglected area for research, write HBS associate professor David View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

in several major cities. Ira A. Jackson (100th AMP), the executive vice president of BankBoston, is also finding a way to turn social ideals into good business practice. Locally, Jackson is guiding the bank in its efforts to provide jobs... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

15 Oct 2019
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Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain

Senior Lecturer José Alvarez visited wheat fields at a farm owned and run by the Duhau Group in Argentina’s Pampa region. The company was the subject of a case Alvarez wrote, which he taught in the Agribusiness Seminar in 2019. (photo... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Coming Full Circle

alumni in our programs are extraordinary individuals. Each had great success as consumers and users of management knowledge. Now, in the Doctoral Programs, they are producers of knowledge that will shape and influence management thinking and the next generation of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Feb 2018
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My First Job

now going to reward you with a trip to One if By Land, Two if By Sea, the most glamorous restaurant in Manhattan. And what I learned from it is never assume that what the bosses have done is right just... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Four Promoted to Full Professor

Technology Group. A member of the HBS faculty since 1990, David A. Thomas teaches organizational behavior and human resource management. He is a noted authority on executive development, mentoring, and the... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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From the Editors

presided over the magazine while the School's first buildings took shape under Dean Wallace B. Donham's ambitious leadership. Bates captured the pageantry of the June 4, 1927, campus dedication in the July issue, complete with photographs and speeches View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

propose concrete ways to overcome these difficulties. Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience edited by Anthony J. Mayo, Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration; Laura Morgan Roberts; and... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

Cash. She elaborated on the community theme, noting, "I've been touched by the dedication with which my former classmates checked on one another's safety and also by the well wishes that have come in from... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2007
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Letters to the Editor

years. Research by our own George Baker (and George David Smith) shows that until the mid-1990s KKR, for example, had an average holding period of over six years, with very few under four years. And while... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People

society more broadly,” observes HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. While celebrated for their public accomplishments, the honorees’ private lives reflect their devotion to family and community. We present glimpses of both in photos by Pulitzer... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2014
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Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

decisions about which extracurricular activities to pursue, which schools to apply to, and which topics to choose for their essays. An Introduction to Real Estate Finance by Edward A. Glickman (MBA 1981)... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

threatening to organizations—or entire industries—that they are best described as “wicked.” Wicked Strategies offers a comprehensive framework for identifying, responding to and profiting from wicked problems. Aston Martin DB4GT by... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

creative new markets. Lessons in Corporate Finance: A Case Studies Approach to Financial Tools, Financial Policies, and Valuation by Paul Asquith and Lawrence A. Weiss (DBA 1989) (Wiley) This book explains... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

accepted the concept of the constitutionality of the Basic Law itself. Fung admitted to having one serious worry about the future. When asked by Victor A. Faux (MBA '72, DBA '82) if there was anything that... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

Life by David M. Culver (MBA 1949) with Alan Freeman (McGill-Queen's University Press) Innovation Zeitgeist: Digital Business Transformation in a World of Too Many Competitors View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

innovator. In this playbook, Schultz makes the case for not raising outside money, finding mentors, and doing every job before hiring others and also discusses how to pivot when things go wrong and why failure is an outdated concept. What It Takes: Lessons in the... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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A Piece of the Action

Hewlett and David Packard, made their first product, an audio oscillator. And it was here that Scott D. Cook (MBA '76) [click here to see a profile on Scott Cook from the February 1997 HBS Bulletin] created the world's most popular... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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