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- June 10, 2021
- Article
Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
The COVID-19 epidemic response has shown that the U.S. is blessed with heroic physicians and other health care providers, researchers, and facilities. But it has also revealed a health care system that was woefully unprepared for the surge of pandemic patients. In the... View Details
Keywords: Hospital; Hospital Management; Hospitals—administration; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Care Investment; Health Care Operations; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Operations; Performance Improvement; Investment; Health Industry; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Barak D. Richman. "Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (June 10, 2021).
- 2007
- Chapter
Informational Complexity and the Flow of Knowledge across Social Boundaries
By: Lee Fleming, J. Rivkin and O. Sorenson
- 2022
- Case
Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices. In such a situation, these people disproportionately live close to sources of toxic waste-what are referred to as... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Regulation; Pollutants; Pollution; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Poverty; Race; Health Disorders; Ethics
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment." William Davidson Institute Case 2-652-482, 2022.
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
extension of organization boundaries. In the future, will this phenomenon be limited primarily by the environment, or by the ability of managers to take advantage View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- October 2008
- Article
Risk Frameworks and Biomonitoring: Distributed Regulation of Synthetic Chemicals in Humans
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
The ability to detect and measure the presence of synthetic chemicals at trace levels in humans coupled to increased environmental NGO mobilization concerning chemical exposure has challenged risk and regulatory frameworks built up over the past quarter-century. This... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk Management; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Non-Governmental Organizations; United States
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "Risk Frameworks and Biomonitoring: Distributed Regulation of Synthetic Chemicals in Humans." Environmental History 13, no. 4 (October 2008): 684–694.
- April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Hamilton Financial Investments: A Franchise Built on Trust
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Provides a vehicle for students to evaluate risk management in the fast-paced mutual funds industry. A new risk manager has been hired to install new management controls and procedures. A series of decisions will determine how much business and franchise risk the... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Funds; Performance Evaluation; Corporate Strategy; Change Management; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Hamilton Financial Investments: A Franchise Built on Trust." Harvard Business School Case 198-089, April 1998. (Revised November 1999.)
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
conclusion that follows is that perhaps the dream that Webvan was feeding—living off—will actually be realized by someone like Wal-Mart, managing only the information side of the business and not getting... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Executive Education: Finance for Senior Executives
By: Malcolm P. Baker
Finance for Senior Executives provides the frameworks to strategically use financial resources and position your company for future success. By examining corporate finance from both internal and external perspectives, this HBS Executive Education
- May 2011
- Article
Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting
By: George Serafeim
I analyze Embedded Value (EV) reporting by firms with life insurance operations to assess the impact of unregulated financial reporting on transparency and to examine the institutional characteristics that promote unregulated reporting. Under EV accounting the present... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Reporting; Cash Flow; Contracts; Equity; Profit; Value; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Earnings
Serafeim, George. "Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting." Journal of Accounting Research 49, no. 2 (May 2011).
- December 2001 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Borealis
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Bjorn N. Jorgensen
When Borealis, a European producer of plastics, used a traditional, time-consuming budgeting process, the budget was quickly out of date in a competitive environment characterized by continually changing input and output prices and dynamic market conditions. This case... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Governance Controls; Balanced Scorecard; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Europe
Kaplan, Robert S., and Bjorn N. Jorgensen. "Borealis." Harvard Business School Case 102-048, December 2001. (Revised February 2008.)
- September 1992 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992
By: David B. Yoffie and Johanna M. Hurstak
Examines John Sculley's approach toward transforming Apple Computer. Focuses on Sculley's management style, his creation of a new management team, and his efforts to create a professional management system inside Apple. View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Transformation; Management Teams; Management Systems; Computer Industry; California
Yoffie, David B., and Johanna M. Hurstak. "Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992." Harvard Business School Case 393-011, September 1992. (Revised January 1994.)
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
interplay between men and women in a number of different organizations, and I tried to write something that would derive examples from all those organizations, as I've managed to do in subsequent big... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
Edward McFowland III
Edward McFowland III is an Assistant Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the first-year TOM course in the required curriculum.
Professor McFowland’s research interests – which lie at the... View Details
Jonas Heese
Jonas Heese is a Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting & Management (A&M) Unit at Harvard Business School.He serves as a course head of Financial Reporting and Control in the MBA core curriculum and teaches The Anatomy of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2012
- News
How to tax US companies' foreign profits
- 07 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program
and influence of the WSA is a huge support system in itself. I wanted to become more involved in WSA primarily because I wanted to meet all the incredible women here at HBS. In terms View Details
- 2008
- Chapter
Knowledge Work, Craft Work, and Calling
Social critics have often complained that industrial revolution management transfers control of a job away from workers, encourages human exploitation in pursuit of cost minimization, and alienates workers from their labor. But the arrangements of work that have been... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Working Conditions; Production; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Practices and Processes; Employees
Austin, Robert D., and Lee Devin. "Knowledge Work, Craft Work, and Calling." In Global Neighbors: Christian Faith and Moral Obligation in Today's Economy, edited by Douglas A. Hicks and Mark Valeri. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2008.
- November 14, 2022
- Article
Policies for Adapting to the ‘New Normal’ of the Anthropocene
By: Andrew J. Hoffman, P. Devereaux Jennings and Nicholas A. Poggioli
Keywords: Natural Environment; Environmental Management; Economic Systems; Behavior; Technological Innovation
Hoffman, Andrew J., P. Devereaux Jennings, and Nicholas A. Poggioli. "Policies for Adapting to the ‘New Normal’ of the Anthropocene." Behavioral Scientist (November 14, 2022).
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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links The Railroads: The First Big Business Beginning in the mid-sixteenth century, local railroads around the world served as a means View Details