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- 04 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives
Sign the MBA Oath. Created in the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis, the MBA Oath is a pledge for business school graduates who aspire to be ethical managers and leaders. Consider joining the community of signatories today. Ask your alma... View Details
- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
the push toward lean manufacturing. Beer cites a manufacturing company whose CEO was committed to improving quality and launched a lean training program in multiple plants. The effectiveness of that training... View Details
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
research on organizational learning, human resource management and operations management are discussed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-002.pdf Lean... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms
American corporations have never been more partisan—starting at the top with executives who often bring on like-minded managers belonging to the same political party. Now, new research shows that when boardrooms are dominated by one... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
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Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Max J. Judah Touro, Merchant and Philanthropist. Baltimore, 1905. Lehman, Robert. “Investment Management and the Lehman Corporation,” undated. Lehman Brothers Records, Harvard Business School, b. 674. Lewis, Edmund Harris. “The... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
implementation of a lean operating system at an Indian software services firm. By studying the introduction and impact of lean management techniques in a nontraditional setting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
New Video: Books@Baker Interview with Felix Oberholzer-Gee Click to watch. Some companies gain advantage by commanding premium prices. Others lean on their world-class talent. But, a small slice of companies View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
enhance the due diligence process for mergers and acquisitions, and to support continuous improvement activities such as lean management and benchmarking. In presenting their model, the authors define the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
Toyota? With all the books and articles on Toyota, lean manufacturing, just-in-time, kanban systems, quality systems, etc. that came out in the 1980s and 90s, hasn't the topic been exhausted? Steven Spear: Well, this has been a... View Details
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
always look at each other, awkwardly smile, and say “we met at HBS.” Confusion usually settles in as they gaze at Laura’s ring finger, and we quickly explain that we met six years ago while participating in the Summer Venture in View Details
- 24 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions
limited to working at law firms, management consulting firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, venture capital firms, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, the U.S. court system, start-ups and non-profit... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
provided more opportunities for catch-up from the Rest. Firms from emerging markets had the opportunity to access the global networks that replaced large integrated firms. There were also new ways to access knowledge and capital, including through View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
lean startup practices needed to be successful in entrepreneurial projects. "In government we announce something and wait to get it perfect. By using more experimental approaches, some public leaders are achieving success by testing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
afraid to go deep and specialize if you can identify that intersection point, they said. There are many new areas in the climate arena with a shortage of subject matter experts. Steven Rothstein, Managing Director, Ceres Accelerator for... View Details
- 22 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup
top. He held weekly staff meetings and used a scorecard that evaluated each leader's performance. He created a leadership model that outlined expectations. The number one expectation was inspiring trust--and that meant managers had to... View Details
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
Hi all, my name is Rhea! I was lucky enough to work for the National Park Service this summer as a business management intern with the Submerged Resources Center (SRC). The SRC is the NPS national dive program, responsible for... View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
down, his intelligence dims and his memory becomes less quick, so that he risks committing many errors in his business.” “In a sense, these are very early concepts of corporate social responsibility,” says Harvard Business School professor of View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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HBS - The year in Review
and build and manage new systems. Throughout, the HBS community worked together to overcome the complexities inherent in this hybrid approach. Students Arrive More than 9,300 applicants sought a place in the MBA Program and nearly 800... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
decisions of living which has meant the most to me.” By the 1950s, the pulps had given way to the new market in paperbacks. Accordingly, MacDonald began writing for this longer and more lucrative form. He turned his HBS management studies... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
Co-Founders Paris Wallace, Ovia Health Co-Founder & former CEO Show Hide Details Concepts Experiments that Lead to Product-Market Fit Profit Formula Implications Squire’s Unit Economics Experimentation at Ovia Health Featured Exercises Practice the key steps of the... View Details