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- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
Cases & Course MaterialsAnalyzing New Venture Opportunities Harvard Business School Note 809-163 The note describes a systematic process for framing and researching the issues that should be analyzed in the course of considering a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
offering occasional remote workdays—they will redesign every aspect of how work gets done, from defining how they measure organizational success to training their managers to make it happen. How the Future Works offers a blueprint for... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
thing." Over the past fifteen years, as technology altered the business landscape, another transformation swept the globe. This was a revolution of beans, not bytes, and it changed the way Americans drank coffee, a once-innocuous beverage... View Details
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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
addressing institutional racism has many people focusing on what can be done—as individuals and as employers—to improve diversity, inclusion, and understanding in an organization. Below are several resources and recommendations from experts at the Harvard View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- News
My First Job
assistant. At that time, they had a training program there. It was basically, your first job was very much training. I absolutely hated it because they took every person who came into the program, as somebody who absolutely knew nothing,... View Details
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
future.” – Diana Rivera (MBA 2010) Diana Rivera is one of the very few Harvard Business School alums and one of fewer women who has been a transmission grid developer at scale. As Development Director for Lightsource bp, Diana currently... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
professionals. New roles and responsibilities must be clearly defined in advance, and teamwork models that include factors common in successful redesigns such as leadership, shared objectives, and training should be promoted. The focus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2444741 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 614-058 Hospital Clínic de Barcelona No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
association, fair pay practices) and whether these codes have affected their business outcomes (e.g., staff turnover and absenteeism, product defect rates, sales growth). In this paper, we review the existing evaluations of other private... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
Prevost apparently had no special training in reading nonverbal communication and assumed that Moussaoui was a typical customer. But the coupling of an odd statement and a flush jolted Prevost into realizing that things were not as they... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
training. Finally, Three Chimneys manages the breeding rights for eight stallions, which Clay cites as the segment of his business with the highest profile and greatest returns. Smarty Jones, winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
are notably aggressive in their pursuit of research, therapies, and cures. These organizations apply results-oriented business approaches to medical and academic research that in the past would typically move at a stately pace. (Brad... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
rainbow of Xbox controllers, she wants to dig into Spencer’s warning. After all, she isn’t just working at Xbox—now she’s the company’s president. Yes, she faces inherent cultural challenges. She’s also facing business challenges, like... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
fighting stage-four cancer, a battle he sadly lost in 2019. His daughter, Jane Biondi Munna, compiled his words—along with recollections from Peter Chernin, Alan Schwartz, and Sherry Lansing, to name a few—so that we can all draw inspiration from Frank Biondi’s... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
Summing Up Fixing the Way We Work There is a lot wrong with the way we work, but very little of this is due to new networking capabilities or communications technology. Neither can we blame increasing globalization and the demands of doing View Details
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
set goals around creating value faster than costs (his preferred goal)." Deepak Alse reminded us that "the world of business is an unbounded system! The 'Corporation' is in effect an acceptance of the idea that profit seeking... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
extraordinary goals higher than those thought achievable for the coming year. It was to set outlandish, almost unthinkable goals that business groups might achieve in the longer-run. For example, instead of striving for an inventory... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
program is a huge source of data for us about what is going on in the world," says SPNM faculty chair Herman ("Dutch") Leonard, the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at HBS. "The participants bring literally... View Details
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The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report
succession planning. These two aspects of today’s business landscape may appear separate, but they are inextricably linked—especially for board leaders. Diversity across backgrounds, including age, class, and race, can be crucial to... View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
with the action. Where both are high, he suggests "insourcing." Where both are low, outsourcing is the answer. Where ability is high and strategic risk low, an effort to establish a separate business opportunity (by "spin... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett