Integrated Practice Units - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Sep 2015
First Look

September 29, 2015

identity of a corporate heritage brand. In a networked situation, understanding the role of stewardship in collaborating organisations is essential: the network entities maintain their own identities and goals but share common values of the network hub. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Lindsay Hyde

FIELD 2 about research and testing assumptions, and put them into practice launching a micro-business,” Lindsay says. She and her team are building My Friend Bert, an online “date itinerary” service that creates unique date options for... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference

differences between consumers in the United States and Europe was just one of the topics covered at the fourth annual European Business Conference, presented November 21 and 22 by students of the HBS European Club. Other panels considered... View Details

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

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

yes, Watson is a big deal. Perhaps the best place to start to understand it all is in 2007, in the Semantic Analysis and Integration Department at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. There, a team of... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Dec 2015
News

Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check

students gain practical exposure to the choices involved in developing a product (beer), bringing it to market, and devising a competitive advantage. The exercise, incorporated into the required Strategy course, was introduced in March to... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Do You Speak Business?

do business the same way — with identical processes, functions, and operations — while approaching this elevated stage; but by the time they attain it, successful companies do share certain qualities and practices not observed in firms... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2018
News

Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) to address the increasingly complex issues faced by school principals on the front lines of K–12 public education, offering them strategies and actionable practices to improve outcomes for... View Details

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IBP and the U.S. Meat Industry

By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue

IBP, the largest U.S. beef and pork processor, is facing deteriorating earnings and undertakes a fundamental strategic review in 1990. Having grown from its founding in 1961 to its current position as a low cost, innovative producer of boxed beef, and more recently... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Product; Competition; Business Earnings; Geography; Vertical Integration; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

on closely related investing strategies such as distress and private debt. Students will examine a wide variety of investment settings: from lower middle market companies to mega-cap, from the United States to emerging markets, from... View Details

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Grace Keliher

the climate & sustainability consulting practice at BCG. Additionally, she has spent extensive time grappling with how she will make her impact in the world, exploring the gamut of career options from nonprofits to startups, impact... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets

Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990) has been leading the transformation of Nigeria's capital markets, improving their integrity and regulatory framework, since becoming director-general of the country's Security and Exchange Commission in 2010.... View Details

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Caitlin Reimers

From its home base in London, the Reimers family traveled the world, instilling curiosity, an interest in economics, and "a strong service orientation," in Cait and her two sisters. Back in the United States, Cait attended... View Details

October 2016
Case

La-Z-Boy (A)

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Natalie Kindred

Kurt Darrow, CEO of La-Z-Boy furniture, must decide whether to continue an overhaul of the company's strategy in the face of a collapse in demand during the great recession. Having pared back La-Z-Boy's portfolio of brands and manufacturing network, he intends to... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Manufacturing; Organizational Transformations; Reorganization; Furniture Industry; Corporate Strategy; Home Fashion; Turnaround; Portfolio Rationalization; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Brand Repositioning; Business Growth and Maturation; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Retail Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States

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Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements - Course Catalog

By the end of the course, students are comfortable with analyzing complex financial statements to gain a richer understanding of firm performance and value. The course is a capstone course for the MBA program as it integrates and extends... View Details

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Curriculum | MBA

Curriculum MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID The curriculum includes three courses that are exclusive for students in these two programs: the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Seminar in Year 1 and 2, and the Business-Government Integrative Course called Creating... View Details

23 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

introducing a generation to the practice of personal computing and laying the foundation for the Information Age. Gates and Jobs turned their curiosity about electronics into a multi-billion dollar industry. From early experiments like... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

Why is it more difficult for nonprofit organizations than, say, retail chains, to run efficient multi-site operations? A recent Harvard Business Review story concluded that nonprofits waste $100 billion a year through inefficient fundraising and dispersal View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

and Santiago, Chile For-profit conservationists David Blood (MBA 1985) Generation Investment Management London, New York, and Sydney Investment management that integrates sustainability factors and traditional equity research Scott Bolick... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

Considering integrated reporting’s current state of play, Professor of Management Practice Eccles and his coauthor provide guidance to ensure wider adoption of the practice and... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

HBS Campaign Impact

opportunities in a rapidly changing world means constantly innovating in our curriculum; today’s graduates must master the knowing, doing, and being of leadership. Alumni are an integral part of the HBS educational ecosystem, sharing... View Details

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