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01 Dec 1996
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unmatched resource for the study and improvement of current management practice. To see for yourself, access the HBS Division of Research Homepage to find listings of research conducted at HBS over the last five years, View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?

From resolving a labor dispute, to orchestrating a merger, to getting a new company off the ground, negotiation plays a vital role in nearly every facet of business. In a course note titled "Negotiation Analysis: Summary Framework and... View Details

Keywords: Anita M. Harris

01 Mar 2006
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The Real Conflict

words of Robert Solow, a Nobel laureate in economics and an adviser to the study, “By far the most important factor in that growth is Wal-Mart.” Second, most of the value created by the company is actually pocketed by its customers in the... View Details

Keywords: Pankaj Ghemawat; Ken A. Mark; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

20 Oct 2011
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New Business Ideas for the U.S. Postal Service

Keywords: U.S. Postal Service; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

30 Mar 2017
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Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

the future of BC’s forests for decades and had grown bitter, and there was little hope of resolution. But within four years, Wally and his fellow negotiators hashed out a... View Details

23 Oct 2019
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Negotiators Share Lessons from High-Stakes Global Diplomacy

co-directors, the course intentionally enrolls equal numbers of HBS, HKS, and HLS students, and explores how modern diplomacy and negotiation can effectively overcome barriers... View Details

Keywords: University Collaborations

01 Sep 2015
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State of the Unions

A McDonald’s employee takes part in a March protest calling for unionization and higher minimum wages for fast-food workers. (© David Eulitt/TNS/ZUMA Wire) In May, thousands of McDonald’s employees swarmed the company’s Oak Brook,... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; McDonald's; Walmart

01 Sep 2011
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Charged Up

out. So which has a rosier time horizon? Automotive or the grid? Each is promising, but difficult to forecast. A123 already has a number of automotive customers, including Magna-Volvo, BMW, and BAE Systems, the leading North American... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; batteries; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

01 Sep 2010
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Faculty Research Online

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact Donors are placing nonprofits on the hot seat to measure social performance. Problem is, there is little agreement on what those metrics should be. Associate Professor Alnoor Ebrahim discusses how... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Mar 2004
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Maasai Village

the tribe’s cultural mores, including circumcision during adolescence for males and females, arranged marriage, and tribal leadership. Most of us felt uncomfortable a few days... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality

01 Apr 2002
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

the enormous effort they put into arranging this event. We hope that the difficult situation in their country is successfully and peacefully resolved, and we look forward to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

25 Feb 2020
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Case Study: The Credit Bureau

young professionals) select pieces from curated collections on the company’s website—think Scandinavian, mid-century modern, or industrial looks. Within a week, a white-glove team delivers preassembled pieces and View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

01 Sep 2004
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Promise & Perils

part, Chinese reformers who negotiated the terms of the WTO agreement made a calculated gamble that it would provide the necessary leverage to force policy changes necessary for homegrown businesses — including SOEs View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Mar 2008
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Sarah Talley’s Key Negotiation Principles

When you have a problem, when there’s something you engage in with Wal-Mart that requires agreement so that it becomes a negotiation, the first advice is to think in partnership terms, really focus on a common goal, of getting costs out,... View Details

Keywords: General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety View Details

01 Jun 2007
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New HBS, KSG Joint Degree

Administration–International Development/Master in Business Administration (MPA-ID/MBA). These will replace the existing “concurrent” degree programs at HBS and KSG, an arrangement that has enabled students... View Details

Keywords: Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services

01 Jun 2009
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Life-Saving Network

HBS professor Al Roth, along with two economists from Boston College, has created software that facilitates the process of donating kidneys. Through it, transplants can still be arranged even if a willing donor View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Feb 1999
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Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

what it takes to build intellectual and human capital and prepared me for the processes we are now engaged in with our own faculty. What are some of the cultural differences between doing business in the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

22 Jun 2021
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Looking at Losses in Gender Equity in Post-COVID Canada

conversation covered a range of issues, including the new $30 billion Canadian child care budget, which Collenette called “potentially transformative,” the likelihood that work-from-home arrangements will persist, the ways men can support... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Murray Named Class of ’08 Fellow

As a student of mechanical engineering at the University of New Mexico, Sean Murray (HBS ’10) learned to manage complicated projects. During three years of working for the Stryker Corporation, a medical-device firm in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he honed his design... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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