Business Evaluation - Publications - Faculty & Research

2019
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Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design

By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill

Activism seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains has led transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance, but it is unclear whether these formal organizational structures raise labor standards. Drawing on... View Details

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U.S. Healthcare Strategy - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog U.S. Healthcare Strategy Course Number 2157 Professor Leemore S. Dafny Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Weekly seminar Exam Overview This course examines the strategic challenges facing businesses in the U.S. healthcare... View Details

03 Oct 2023
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Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups

they can add. Sample projects might include: Competitive/Pricing Analysis Market Analysis & Segmentation Business Partner Evaluations Due diligence & ROI analysis New View Details

Keywords: All Industries; Entrepreneurship

01 Jun 1997
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The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business School Press) The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail demonstrates why outstanding companies that focus on competitiveness, listen... View Details

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

relationships of competitors,” he says. Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, discusses his theory in a recent email interview. His paper is called Investors as Stewards of the Commons? Sean... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

that business disruptions are not just potential threats, but common occurrences that demand immediate attention from CEOs, C-suite teams, and boards. It's time for leaders to take stock of their companies’ operational resilience—their... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

will expose students to Japan as a nurturing ground for both developing as well as enhancing the uptake of innovative products, services, and business strategies. This course will appeal to students who wish to acquire an understanding of... View Details

17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business model of traditional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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today to announce four working groups that will help us address these questions. Antisemitism Working Group, co-chaired by Joshua Margolis and Kristin Mugford. This group will seek to understand the experience of antisemitism at Harvard View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Rojie Kisten (GMP 5, 2008), Cape Town, South Africa NN: When I first came to Harvard Business School in the 1980s, excluding the first-year BGIE [Business, Government, and the International Economy] course, there were virtually no global... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

the draw anymore. By conducting a series of diagnostics, companies in any industry can quickly identify the most promising opportunities. This article shows how to conduct customer, portfolio, and competitor diagnostics to pinpoint the highest-potential opportunities... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-012.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsArrow Electronics—The Apollo Acquisition Harvard Business School Case 607-007 Having already made 10 acquisitions of competitors in the last decade, the CEO... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

(or lifelong learning) is critical if one is to keep up with a rapidly changing business and social environment. All agreed that the School is in a unique position to strengthen connectedness by offering educational programs that meet the... View Details

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

high-status people who have gained a wide-ranging knowledge of the business based on long, varied experience across clients and even industries, as well as their formal training and education. Customer-specific experts know their client... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action

to the unrealistically purist view that it was in the business of producing only high-performance footwear for competitive athletes. Nike has since changed its ways, but several years of less-than-stellar sales was the price the company... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

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a successful career in business, government or civil society. Course Evaluation and Grading 40% of the course grade will be based on class participation, 30% for the short final paper, and the rest of the 30% split between the three short... View Details

29 May 2007
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First Look: May 29, 2007

Cases & Course MaterialsAccidental Innovation Harvard Business School Note 607-082 Describes the role accident has historically played in invention and discovery, and raises questions about the importance of variation in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

financial purpose. Because BlackRock manages more than $6 trillion in assets, Mr. Fink’s announcement has the potential to help change companies’ behaviors in big ways. But this will happen only if BlackRock and other large asset managers add social performance to... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

12 May 2011
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The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

this happens is one of the many subjects discussed in the new book Joining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know, by authors Marc J. Epstein of Rice University and F. Warren McFarlan of Harvard Business School. In this excerpt from the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2012
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Why Do We Tax?

implications are a mixed bag. While taxpayers and policymakers endorse some aspects, others are widely rejected. “My paper is about revising economists' dominant approach to evaluating taxes so that it reflects this messier reality.” For... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services

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