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07 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

the rewards were great. This initial success prompted Enron to extrapolate its business model to other markets. In 1994, Enron officials started trading wholesale electricity after Congress deregulated the industry; Enron analysts estimated the electricity market to be... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

April 2021
Article

Utilizing Time-driven Activity-based Costing to Determine Open Radical Cystectomy and Ileal Conduit Surgical Episode Cost Drivers

By: Janet Baack Kukreja, Mohamed A. Seif, Marissa W. Merry, James R. Incalcaterra, Ashish M. Kamat, Colin P. Dinney, Jay B. Shah, Thomas W. Feeley and Neema Navai

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Patients undergoing radical cystectomy represent a particularly resource-intensive patient population. Time-driven activity based costing (TDABC) assigns time to events and then costs are based on the people involved in providing care for specific... View Details

Keywords: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Value-based Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Cost vs Benefits; Analysis

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29 Nov 2018
Blog Post

"There's No Substitute for Finding the Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015

When James Correa was coming to the conclusion of his military service as a logistics officer (Captain) in the US Army, "There was only one desire for a professional career that I was sure of -- to continue a career in... View Details

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OPM Renew

interactive case study discussions that unfold in real time Recharge and bring new leadership insights and ideas back to your enterprise Reunite with OPM classmates and faculty and make new business connections Tap into the myriad... View Details

17 Nov 2023
Blog Post

HBS Veteran Spotlight: Rex Willis (MBA 2024)

On Veterans Day, we take a moment to honor the courageous individuals who have served in the armed forces. Today, we hear from Rex Willis (MBA 2024), an active-duty officer in the US Navy and an MBA student at HBS. Join View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Governing the Family-Run Business

policies, debt policies, even fire emergency policies. Brings the right people together at the right time to discuss the right (important) things. No organization is effective for long without doing these things. You should measure the... View Details

01 Dec 2016
Blog Post

4 Reasons College Students Apply to 2+2

critical to learning both inside and outside the classroom. While it may be true you can’t come to HBS straight out of college, you can apply to HBS while still in college. If you get accepted into our 2+2 Program, you’ll defer your place with View Details

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

fly too close to the sun, and there is the suggestion that there is something dangerous about the pursuit of greatness. And at the same time while you read books and plays—Death of a Salesman is such a clear example, where Willy wants to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry

is the power of music in shaping both people and culture. I am so excited to be working in an industry where the product we create has the ability to uplift and comfort as a universal healer, and unite as a universal language. To top it off, it is perhaps the most... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

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U.S. Competitiveness

clouds hanging over US businesses Re: Jan Rivkin 24 Sep 2016 YAHOO! FINANCE External Revitalizing small businesses is key to drive America's economic growth Re: Karen Mills 21 Oct 2016 YAHOO! FINANCE External There's a big problem with... View Details

07 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss

did not provide any information about why they were distressed. For the second experiment, students at the Harvard Decision Science Lab were paired as storyteller and listener. Storytellers were asked to recount a recent time when they... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

to their sense of what is rational," he explains. "You can use pathos, appealing to their emotions, or you can make an argument based on their sense of values or ethos." Great leaders, he notes, "spend the bulk of... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young

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Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation

By: Alison Wood Brooks

Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details

24 Oct 2024
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With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

But it’s also a combination of career considerations and the specific caregiving needs of the family. Gazette: You found that hiring processes used by employers have contributed to the difficulties caregivers face when trying to return to... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment

part of the digestive process of ruminant animals such as cattle—produces methane, a gas about 20 times more damaging that CO 2 in terms of its global warming potential. [29] Modern farming techniques emit CO2 by releasing some of the... View Details

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Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

efficiency and prosperity. Key Concepts Productivity Competitivenss is determined by the productivity with which a location uses its human, capital, and natural endowments to create value. Microeconomic Foundations Productivity ultimately... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

pricing strategies Identify sources of competitive advantage through differentiation Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial statements Prepare and evaluate financial forecasts Who Will Benefit Professionals MBA... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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The Exchange: Help Wanted

Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

19 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Helping You Help Me: The Role of Diagnostic (In)Congruence in the Helping Process within Organizations

Keywords: by Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer & Teresa M. Amabile

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

analysis for a customer service department for its first fiscal quarter. The percentage of time spent on activities is determined from employee surveys. Once activity quantities are known or forecast, cost-driver rates are View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson

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