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IT Strategy: Protecting HBS Information and Data Assets | Information Technology
sustainable process for remediations and risk reduction, allowing HBS to stay ahead of vulnerabilities now and into the future. While all the initial program objectives in the Strategic Plan were achieved, the View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA
processes for similar products that Nature’s Fynd might compete against. As scope of the project evolved throughout the summer, the team added additional questions. I was motivated by their interest in my... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School’s Armed Forces Alumni Association
and job search process of members, and raise awareness and support for the military among the members of the Harvard University community. We welcome service members and veterans from all branches and nations. Meet the AFAA Leadership... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
real-time connections with colleagues, but will prefer to maintain their at-home work lifestyle. I suggest managers put some structure in place to ensure that time in the office is optimized for face time. For example, make a team... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 27 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant
across the country. Summary of Field Immersion in India JSW Steel team at the JSW Steel Dolvi plant This winter break, we and a group of 40 students traveled to India as part of an Immersive Field Course exploring decarbonization and the... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
(September-October 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/gyu/TWFR%20Sept-Oct%202011%20The%20Return%20Experience%20of%20Hedge%20Fund%20Investors.pdf Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in Teams: A Resource-based View of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
primary goals are to (a) develop and validate an interdisciplinary multidimensional model, which focuses on the complex interrelationships among requirements workflow related risk factors, individual, team and organizational competencies,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008
done on managing the organizational and political dimensions of generating and improving forecasts in corporate settings. We examine the implementation of a supply-chain planning process at a consumer electronics company, concentrating on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Tools & Services | Information Technology
centralize and streamline event planning, management, publishing, and more. Student Information Systems Explore the platforms that support key student activities like admissions, financial aid, and registration. Library Systems Discover the tool that enables the Baker... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
intimidating aura. "On a dreary January day, we drove over the border," he recalls. "The East German countryside, still under communist rule, bristled with barbed wire and watchtowers." But Hughes's initial assessment of the factory's potential was right on the money.... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
for improvement and can also be coupled with organizational changes via processes of organizational learning, even in the face of intense efficiency demands. Furthermore, our findings suggest important strategic considerations for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development, and because context is crucial, needed fixes in organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’
inaccurate and increasingly troublesome. Management is a set of well-known processes that help organizations produce reliable, efficient, and predictable results. Really good management helps us do well what we more or less know how to do... View Details
Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter
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Andres Sarmiento
Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? Working at American Airlines' through the bankruptcy process made me reconsider the form of impact that I intended to have. My career until that point had consisted in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
design "programs" or sequences of projects over time in order that learning is maximized. Most past research on innovation has focused on the management of individual projects. As a result, we know a lot about topics such as determining the optimal View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- March 1999
- Case
Merck & Co., Inc.: Corporate Strategy, Organization and Culture (A)
By: Michael Beer and Perry Fagan
In the early 1990s, Merck faced a series of challenges because of significant changes in its competitive and regulatory environment (e.g., growth in power of pharmaceutical buyers like managed care organizations led to price pressures and President Clinton's review of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Competitive Strategy; Management Teams; Health Care and Treatment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Situation or Environment; Alignment; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
Beer, Michael, and Perry Fagan. "Merck & Co., Inc.: Corporate Strategy, Organization and Culture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 499-054, March 1999.
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Simons. By posing these provocative questions, you identify critical gaps in your strategy execution processes, focus on the most important choices you must make, and understand what's at stake in each one. In this concise guide, Simons presents the seven key questions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Disrupting India’s Dental Market
dentist,” he recalls thinking, “but the process is not working.” Singh, who spent his formative years in Canada and his adulthood in the United States, had recently moved back to his native India so that his children could be raised among... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
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College Students | MBA
Admissions Process MBA Application Process Additional Opportunities Doctoral Programs For students looking to become the next generation of faculty who will make a difference in the world through their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
serves on the boards of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, an experience that has opened her eyes to the fascination and frustration of local politics. “Owning this business has opened a lot of doors for me,” says Thomas.... View Details