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  • 03 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers

management, and why men tend to be promoted to upper management sooner. About 40 percent of managers are women, and their representation shrinks to just 26 percent of the C-suite, according to McKinsey. The... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Retail; Consumer Products

    "One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings" Harvard Business Review (May 2024)

    Intentional cooperation between two organizations — BlackRock, a major asset management firm, and national non-profit, Commonwealth — created the conditions for the nation’s largest payroll processor, multiple U.S. employers, retirement record keepers, and others... View Details
    • 05 Sep 2006
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt

    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Fabio Kanczuk
    • Teaching Interest

    Advanced Management Program: Transforming Proven Leaders into Global Executives

    By: Guhan Subramanian
    As the world economy continues to evolve, so do the requirements for global leadership. The Advanced Management Program (AMP) is a powerful, transformational, and personalized learning experience that explores the best management practices... View Details
    • 2004
    • Chapter

    Measuring the Value of Political Connections After Liberalization: Some Thoughts on Theoretical Constructs and Improved Research Design

    By: Jordan I. Siegel
    Scholars have recently begun to focus heightened attention on how firms in emerging economies react and even thrive during deep liberalization. Yet one fundamental question remains less than satisfactorily answered. How much in terms of scarce resources should firms in... View Details
    Keywords: Liberalization; Emerging Economies; Political Connections; Business and Government Relations; Emerging Markets; Strategy
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    Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
    • November 1994 (Revised June 1996)
    • Case

    Dennis Hightower: Walt Disney's Transnational Manager

    By: Ashish Nanda
    Describes the actions taken by Dennis Hightower as president of Disney Consumer Products in Europe and the Middle East from 1988 to 1994. Focuses on how he has established a regional office and knit local operations closer together, the benefits that the process has... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Consumer Products Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe
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    • 2011
    • Teaching Note

    UFIDA (C) (TN)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donglin Xia and E. Chen
    This case documents the evolution of UFIDA's management control system over a decade as it grew five-fold from a 325 million RMB to a 1.66 billion RMB company, while its staff grew by more than three-fold. View Details
    Keywords: Budgeting; Computer Software; Emerging Markets; Management Controls; Performance Management; Planning; China; Applications and Software; China
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    The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management

    By: Michael W. Toffel
    Requiring manufacturers to manage the their products when they become waste is an innovative form of regulation, one that has been adopted by countries in Asia, Europe, and North America on a variety of products that range from vehicles to appliances to batteries.... View Details
    Keywords: Product; Environmental Sustainability; Cost Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
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    • August 1995 (Revised September 1995)
    • Background Note

    Managing in an Information Age: Organizational Challenges and Opportunities

    By: Lynda M. Applegate
    Managers and management theorists spent the majority of this century building and perfecting the hierarchy; however, if we believe the press, they now appear to be engaged in destroying it. While many proclaim the dawning of the "Information Age" organization and the... View Details
    Keywords: Management; Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities
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    Chinese Competition and Emerging Technologies - A Chronicle of the China Trade

    Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

      From Cotton Mill to Business Empire: The Emergence of Regional Enterprises in Modern China

      The demise of state-owned enterprises, the transformation of collectives into shareholding cooperatives, and the creation of investment opportunities through stock markets indicate China’s movement from a socialist, state-controlled economy... View Details

      • 01 Mar 2023
      • News

      The Exchange: Micro Management

      randomized control studies started to emerge that all showed the same surprisingly lukewarm message about the impact of microfinance on livelihoods. Natalia Rigol: People expected to see shifts in household income, business growth, and... View Details
      Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt

      By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
      Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's willingness-to-pay incentive problems, reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming... View Details
      Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Liquidity; International Finance; Emerging Markets; Mathematical Methods
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      • 18 Apr 2013
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Impact of Pooling on Throughput Time in Discretionary Work Settings: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay

      Keywords: by Hummy Song, Anita L. Tucker & Karen L. Murrell; Health
      • 26 Mar 2006
      • Research & Ideas

      The Office of Strategy Management

      scorecards to align the organization? How can we ensure that our people understand our strategy? How do we use the scorecard to improve how we conduct our management meetings? An OSM typically emerges when... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • February 2009
      • Article

      Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt

      By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
      Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's willingness-to-pay incentive problems, reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming... View Details
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Motivation and Incentives; Decisions; Emerging Markets; Balance and Stability; Earnings Management; Policy; Interest Rates; International Finance; Cost
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      General Management - Faculty & Research

      General Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students June 26, 2025 Article How to Build a Life: The Ultimate Career Advice: Make Your Work Your Calling By: Arthur C. Brooks Summer 2025 Article Does Marriage... View Details
      • January 1995 (Revised October 1995)
      • Case

      Citibank: Global Customer Management

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight
      Describes Citibank's worldwide operations, which include activities in developing and developed markets. The bank's structure also varies across markets and regions, varying from autonomous national affiliates to an industry/product-based structure in its domestic U.S.... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Global Range; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; SWOT Analysis; Emerging Markets; Banking Industry; United States
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      • 27 Jun 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

      What’s the best way to run a company? The question has bedeviled economists as long as companies have existed. How, after all, do you measure something as soft as management style across the range of different types and sizes of companies... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding