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- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
businesses, the financial reporting problems, and governance breakdowns inside and outside the firm. The case offers students an opportunity to explore why Enron failed and to understand the systemic problems in governance that affected... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
full-time in 2005, spent seven years developing a deep network of contacts, then set up CET in 2012 to offer travel services to school groups and political think tanks alike. Three years later, in 2015, Michael Laverty—Gordon’s... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
Things change. Things also get changed—often. Why? The obvious reason is that revising things makes them better. In the current research, we document a less obvious reason: Revising things makes people think they are better, absent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
inflexible, organizational structure to successfully execute a strategy. As companies think through the risks and opportunities of various regional strategies, they also need to clarify what they mean by the word "region." I... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
when official production demands it. A homer lamp made by a blacksmith © Michel Anteby For those readers familiar with the HBS teaching case called "Slade," homer making functions a lot like the informal punching-out system... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
of systemic issues that have gradually worsened since the 2007-2008 financial crisis. At the heart of the problem lies the consulting firms’ aggressive pursuit of growth as their primary objective, which has fundamentally reshaped their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
appreciated by seniors. We have approval rates of way over 70 percent. The costs of drugs in the program are lower than anticipated, and consumers are purchasing drugs at very high discounts. So I think the View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
as a separate marketplace, because each has its own legal requirements, cultural traditions, and business methods, and most have their own currencies. The dramatic changes in strategic thinking and organizational relationships have made... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
appear invulnerable blocked precisely the kinds of actions that encourage safety and effectiveness. Covering up mistakes, for example, curtails learning and allows for the repetition and escalation of errors. In complex systems with high... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
of priceless works on display and in storage. "It would be very easy to put all our money into repairing the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems in this building," says John McCarter of his eighty-year-old facility. Name:... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
confers a significant first-mover advantage. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-063.pdf A Perceptions Framework for Categorizing Inventory Policies in Single-stage Inventory Systems Author:Noel Watson Abstract In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
the Racial Equity Plan (REP), which was developed last summer by members of the Dean’s Anti-Racism Task Force and launched in September. “There always have been people dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion at HBS, and the new processes and View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
model for integrating diverse values offers some grounds for thinking about parallel virtues in the business case. Our goal is not to offer any general prescription for organizational democracy at this stage but, instead, to argue that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
scholars who focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task-enhancing port security across the United States. This title considers the challenge of driving change in a complex system involving hundreds of private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
transactions and vice versa. This paper estimates the effect of competition and service quality on mobile money demand. In this setting, service quality consists of service reliability (lower stockout and system downtime rates), pricing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
their role. Those who can acknowledge their misconceptions have a far greater chance of success. For example, new managers typically assume that their position will give them the authority and freedom to do what they think is best.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
in K-12 education, has brought to a collaboration with Hewlett Packard (HP) high credibility and access to key curriculum decision makers in the public education system. A leading designer, manufacturer, and service provider of products and View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
platform was unique. I was continuously engaged with the course's material and learned a lot from my peers. Kaushal Khodifad Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
system. In August 2020, Mercy Corps handed over the management of the system and its distribution network to the local utility company. (Ezra Millstein/Mercy Corps) On a Wednesday afternoon in early August, McKenna is Zooming from her... View Details