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- March 2008
- Article
Radically Simple IT
Many managers think that developing and rolling out a major IT system is like putting up a warehouse: You build it and you're done. But that does not work for IT anymore. Taking that approach results in rigid, costly systems that are outdated from the day they are... View Details
- 17 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve
art as science. It is incredibly easy to lead a witness, bias answers, and hear what we want to hear in an interview. The best guide for conducting a proper discovery interview is Rob Fitzpatrick’s book The Mom Test, which I encourage every entrepreneur and product... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data on their views regarding the firm prior to being appointed to the board: sell-side analysts who end up serving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Banks’ Risk Exposures
- January 2021
- Case
Andela: Africa's AWS for Talent
By: Caroline M. Elkins, Tarun Khanna and Joyce J. Kim
Five years after the company’s founding, Andela, a company that built and trained remote engineering teams, became arguably Africa’s greatest technology unicorn. By January 2019, Andela raised $100 million in Series D funding. As Andela looked to scale in an... View Details
Keywords: Education In Africa; Entrepreneur; Remote Work; Software Engineering; Edtech; Entrepreneurship; Education; Applications and Software; Engineering; Growth and Development Strategy; Africa
Elkins, Caroline M., Tarun Khanna, and Joyce J. Kim. "Andela: Africa's AWS for Talent." Harvard Business School Case 321-113, January 2021.
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
Summing Up Implementation or "execution" can be taught. Whether business schools are the best places to do it remains a question with the readers responding to this month's column. For many, the requirements for teaching the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Motivate Me, Please
SolStock Former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy was known to criticize staff for being "coin-operated" instead of mission-driven. Understanding what motivates good performance is crucial for managers to master. Here is a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
Working PapersFrom Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark Authors:Sylvain Lenfle and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Kim Clark occupies a unique place in management scholarship. As a member of the Technology and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions - Doctoral
academic career. Am I required to take the GRE or GMAT? All applicants, regardless of background, are required to take either the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT).... View Details
- July 2007 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
ABRY Fund V
By: Nabil N. El-Hage, Richard S. Ruback and Leslie Pierson
In January 2006, Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff were considering raising a 5th fund for their media-focused private equity firm, ABRY Partners. ABRY had a strong track record that the co-founders attributed to their group's deep knowledge of the media industry and... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Venture Capital; Customer Relationship Management; Asset Management; Private Equity; Judgments; Competitive Strategy; Media; Corporate Finance; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Financial Services Industry
El-Hage, Nabil N., Richard S. Ruback, and Leslie Pierson. "ABRY Fund V." Harvard Business School Case 208-027, July 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- May 2021
- Simulation
Customer Compatibility Exercise Application
By: Ryan W. Buell
Customers impose considerable variability on the operating systems of service organizations. They show up when they wish (arrival variability), they ask for different things (request variability), they vary in their willingness and ability to help themselves (effort... View Details
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Health Care Initiative - Health Care
Health Care Initiative Supporting a dynamic community MBA Experience MBA students focus on health care through industry-related courses, extracurricular activities, and recruiting opportunities. Faculty & Research Faculty collaborate to generate new knowledge and... View Details
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
price increases do not predict lower returns going forward, these increases do predict substantial heightened probability of a crash. Simple attributes related to the price run up can help predict both the crash probability and future... View Details
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory
Contending with that value maximization approach is "stakeholder theory" which says that managers should make decisions so as to take into account all of the interests of all stakeholders in a firm. (Stakeholders, he notes,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
relationships languish? Did you give up on a dream too soon? “One of the things that I feel is really important is that people not waste this moment,” Brooks says. “When something causes you to become introspective, that should be a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 26 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Want to Leave a Lasting Impression on Customers? Don't Forget the (Proverbial) Fireworks
the day, huddling with family in the Florida twilight as brilliant fireworks light up the sky above Cinderella’s castle. Disney clearly knows a thing or two about creating memorable moments, says Julian De Freitas, assistant professor at... View Details
- June 2015 (Revised August 2016)
- Case
Qualcomm Inc., 2009-2015
By: David B. Yoffie
In the years after 2009, Qualcomm navigated the wireless industry's transition from 3G to 4G, retaining its technological leadership and experiencing dramatic growth in revenue and profit. In March 2014, Qualcomm appointed a new CEO, Steve Mollenkopf, who had to... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technologies; Technology; Wireless Technologies; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Strategy; Communication Technology; Competitive Strategy; Change Management; Electronics Industry; Telecommunications Industry; California
Yoffie, David B. "Qualcomm Inc., 2009-2015." Harvard Business School Case 715-467, June 2015. (Revised August 2016.)
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
Anglo-Dutch twin Royal Dutch Shell formed major elements in the historically large Dutch FDI in the United States. 2 However, the fact that all dividends were remitted to N.V. in the Netherlands did not mean that the head office in Rotterdam exclusively View Details
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Fitness Center in Shad Hall is open Friday 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Are presentations recorded? Are slides made available? Some of the Featured sessions that take place in Klarman are recorded and livestreamed. Whether the session is... View Details