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- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
balance? Collecting more race-related data on employees might be a good start, the authors say. Between 1966 and 1983, to track compliance with the Civil Rights Act, the EEOC began collecting data on the racial makeup of firms with 50 or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots is one of the highest-paid coaches in the National Football League; Forbes in 2013 estimated his salary as $7.5 million. His track record helps explain the high compensation: Belichick is the... View Details
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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Founders Forum The HBS New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track or President’s Innovation Challenge HBS Elective Curriculum courses: Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change, Public Entrepreneurship, or Transforming Education... View Details
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
time-driven activity-based costing, a method Kaplan co-developed. “We tracked how much time each person spent dealing with that bill, we determined the cost per minute of each person, and we just multiplied the two numbers and added them... View Details
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
Does the federal deficit matter? Oceans of ink track and report this monster tally (current estimates for fiscal year 2006 stand at $260 billion), yet Jerry Green of Harvard Business School and Laurence J. Kotlikoff of Boston University... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
Harvard Business School MBA '03 students Raj De Datta, Arvind Krishnamurthy, and Meghna Modi recently won the Social Enterprise track of the annual HBS Business Plan contest with their plan for brokering microfinance loans to families in... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What I Was Not Expecting: Rerouting Towards My Passion at HBS
and I think I am in the right track to soon figure it out (or at least temporarily feel like I have). What this whole thing has made me reflect on is that when it comes to recruiting, you are most likely going to find a good support... View Details
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- 03 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen
a plant to grow a new flower. The total capacity of the 4.5-hectare greenhouse is 400 roses/m² per year. The growers use a mix of extensive experience and technology to efficiently grow a high-quality product. Throughout the greenhouse, there are 17 different... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
tracking public funds. The firm’s findings, which were published in September by EY and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutes Forum, indicate that a blockchain-based public finance management system could save hundreds of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
sales below pre-COVID levels, a figure that tracks closely with figures represented by small-business owners overall; yet only one in five of Camino’s members has received some form of government relief. “Credit models have been turned... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
center-based, on-demand childcare company, was in search of unique funding models to fuel its expansion beyond two existing locations. Too small for private equity, in a sector that doesn’t attract VCs, and without enough of a track... View Details
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
Track attrition and tenure by gender. Combat flexibility stigma by focusing on measurable aspects of performance, and don’t turn a blind eye to high performers who harass. Despite these efforts, the authors stress that success is unlikely... View Details
- 06 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales
increases” Grouping products into a category shows people the way to make clear judgments about how to spend their money, Karmarkar says. Seeing similar options seems to reinforce the idea that the consumer is on the right track by... View Details
- 29 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?
important question: How do we categorize and portray the protagonists in each case so that faculty members can quickly identify them in our database, hopefully leading to more usage? The CRG developed new systems and processes to collect identity information directly... View Details
- 24 May 2022
- Blog Post
Get to Know 2022 Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan
director of state operations, he was charged with keeping priority projects on track and handling any related crises. A year and a half into his job, the pandemic hit, and he became the point person for the state’s COVID response efforts.... View Details
- Fast Answer
Turnarounds and Transformation
text-decoration:underline">Peloton to report lower cash burn on bumpy road to turnaround, Reuters, 31 January 2023 Peloton Interactive: Turnaround Largely on Track Despite Many Moving Pieces, Deutsche Bank report in LSEG Workspace, 2... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
New Releases
Technology Integration by Marco Iansiti (Harvard Business School Press) In the old days, coping with technological change was simple: you kept track of developments, tried to decide if they had legs, and implemented them when the market... View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Ink
check the box! They’ll have you run the bake sale! Don’t check the box! They’ll have you run the fair! Don’t check the box! They’ll have you run the lice check! Check the box, my friend, and you had better take care. —Excerpt from “Don’t Check the Box!”, by Laurie... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
family has grown. When his wife, Ann, was diagnosed with cancer eight years ago, he reshuffled his priorities, cut down on travel, and pledged to be home for dinner at least twenty nights a month. Asked about his biggest personal accomplishment, the affable Doerr says... View Details
- 18 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East
After serving significant stints with Booz Allen, Yahoo! and Facebook, Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) can justifiably claim expertise in strategy, consulting, and social media. Although she regards her track record with pride, she sees herself... View Details