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- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
when her mother died of cancer at age 43. Consumed by grief, her father succumbed to drink and depression, and the family’s once-idyllic suburban life spiraled downward into poverty. Barely adolescent and lacking role models for success,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
’92) took a cautious view of the current fiscal year, noting the dramatic economic decline that began last fall. “Given the exposure of the HBS business model to the economic environment, our operational and... View Details
- Web
Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health - Recruiting
into a Startup Before attending HBS, I worked in consulting, where I focused on health care payer/provider clients. While consulting gave me a strong analytical and industry foundation, I wanted to pivot for the summer and gain hands-on View Details
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
brands, styles, and sizes. Still others are using two- or three-dimensional models to help consumers predict product fit. A firm called TheRightSize recently announced technology called "The Rosetta Stone of Fit" to reduce the... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
the operations literature that systematically analyze the impact of e-intermediaries are lacking. Our work fills this gap and answers practical questions regarding the responsible operations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2009
- Teaching Note
F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security Solutions Market (TN)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin, Kalle Lyytinen, Esko Penttinen and Timo Saarinen
Teaching Note for [809099]. View Details
- Career Coach
Troy Peterson
pursue, to making choices about different opportunities or redefining priorities. Troy started his career as an Infantry & Special Operations officer in the US Army, including deployments in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Jordan as well as... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology
Alife Health off the ground. Professor Ariel Stern sponsored me to do an independent research project on the business model during the fall of my EC year, and Professor Deborah Spar became a fantastic early advisor and connection within... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
students in the early 1920s, the idea for the magazine was quickly taken up by HBS faculty, who charged Arch Shaw, the Chicago publisher of System magazine (which later became Business Week), with producing the publication under the School's editorial control. View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Shell and American Can Company. "All the guys who were making the decisions in the corner offices had advanced degrees," he recalls. "I wanted to call the shots." At HBS, Harris learned about leadership and motivating teams, citing courses such as Industrial Marketing... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
promoting themselves with custom-based profiles and setting their own fees, in direct contrast to the traditional consultancy model of companies like McKinsey & Co. that trade on the power of their corporate brand. A key question for... View Details
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
Returns By: Greenwood, Robin, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718460-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-461 Corporate Strategy: Scope No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718461-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-131 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
fundamental business model has not changed in more than 100 years: very smart outsiders go into organizations for a finite period of time and recommend solutions for the most difficult problems confronting their clients. But at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
shareholders. These results suggest that the domestic operations of U.S. multinationals were not financially constrained and that these firms were reasonably well-governed. The results have important implications for understanding the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
Abstract An organization's compensation strategy plays a critical role in motivating workers and attracting high-performing employees. Most of the research linking compensation to strategy relies on the principal-agent model of economics,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
Social enterprise groups are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. Most... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success
HBS professors Ramon Casadesus‐Masanell, left, and Sunil Gupta, listened to a presentation about the layout of the Siemens Electronikwerk Amberg manufacturing facility during the faculty immersion in Munich. (photo by Willy C. Shih) The remarkable success of the... View Details
- 08 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know
caught up in bits and bytes and microprocessor architectures is to embrace the concept of abstraction. Abstraction means substituting a simplified model for the full and technically complex reality. It acts as a filter, enabling “MBAs... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
in expenses. As a result, our net operating surplus more than doubled, enabling us to invest in the School’s emerging strategic priorities while maintaining a healthy unrestricted reserves balance to spur new initiatives. In view of the... View Details