Functions - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 20

cost, but is also a function of the competitiveness of the upstream economy. Moreover, the presence of a gray market competitor may cause unintended social welfare consequences when domestic governments mandate the use of arm's length... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

designed to focus on those challenges "horizontally"—across all the functions managers need to address from the original business plan through the first eighteen months of an organization's life. For companies that are "up... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

01 Jun 2020
News

Meal Plan

will continue to be very tricky because revenues will be lower with fewer people dining out and restaurants operating at less than full capacity. There will be fewer restaurant employees. Compensation as a function of what restaurants... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

Career Coach

Jonathan Shepherd

Jonathan is CPD's Corporate Relations Director overseeing principal investing: VC/PE, investment management and real estate. Since 2007, he has coached thousands of students & alumni and forged recruiting relationships with hundreds of firms across these... View Details

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Case 818-079 Chewy.com (A) In late 2013, Ryan Cohen, cofounder and CEO of online pet products retailer Chewy.com, faces a “bet the company decision”—whether to stay with a third-party logistics provider (3PL) for all of its e-commerce fulfillment or to take the View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

08 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

advantage of a natural experiment, in that we observe products that fulfill the same function being developed by very different organizational forms. At one extreme are commercial software firms, in which the organizational participants... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2018
News

Lesson Plan

trying to go the right way,” Cognetti says. “There’s evidence of that in partnerships like this one.” With one year left in her term, Cognetti is evaluating the lessons she is learning and weighing options for the future. Seeing an ongoing need for increased oversight... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

and principles—that is, by providing freedom within a galvanizing framework—leaders can equip employees to make on-the-ground decisions that are in the company’s best interests. Gulati uses businesses as diverse as Netflix, Alaska Airlines, and Warby Parker to show how... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008

necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest-quality product in the shortest time. Understanding the conditions that facilitate teamwork has been a pursuit of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

So the experience in a lot of ways was really great. I thought as far as a professional setback goes, I think at the time I was hoping it would be the launch pad to a very comprehensive marketing experience whereby I would get to make a bunch of rotations through... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Too Big To Fail

failure of the free-market system, but more so the result of decades of misguided government policies that interfered with the functioning of that system.” Nonetheless, the panel’s two Republicans call for reforms, including taking Fannie... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

31 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss

Carlson School of Management, show how the link between sales tax dependence and layoffs sheds light on the growing fiscal crisis of state and local governments. The correlation between sales tax dependence and layoffs suggests that the budget crunch cities and states... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

organizations toward positive social change. “We change the language; we change the conversation,” said writer and hip hop artist Bryonn Bain. “We don’t have a truly functional democracy if every voice is not heard.” Mensah said if... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

Gilmartin Symptoms of an ailing health care system are everywhere, he says. For one thing, there are huge national, geographic variations in the way we care for people. "The probability that you'll be well cared for is a function of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

authoritative source for what functions a computer can handle and what services it can offer to users. The operating system and instruction set architecture are critical for leaders to know because they help determine the shape of an... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Maynard, Massachusetts, formerly occupied by the American Woolen Company. In 1958, DEC's first products were computer modules–circuit boards that served as the basic building blocks for computer functions in various technologies. "In... View Details

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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA

health hazard. Students, faculty, and staff should also weigh the seriousness of potential loss of function that may come from using illicit drugs or drinking too much alcohol. Because of the considerable health risks involved in drug and... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century

IBM PCs in advance of their market introduction. We used Lotus 1-2-3 for spreadsheets, and we proudly whipped out our HP 12C calculators with their vast array of financial and statistical functions (which we mostly didn’t need but still... View Details

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

01 Dec 2006
News

Forestalling Terror

interest is examining the interactions that occur between and across the various functional and product boundaries of the firm, which is the subject of his popular MBA elective Advanced Competitive Strategy: Integrating the Enterprise.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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