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- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
No matter how you slice the numbers, all arrows in biotechnology's financial performance after twenty years are still pointing downward, said HBS professor Gary P. Pisano recently. Despite the great promise... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
complete financial information across the twentieth century (especially pre-1925), a multi-tiered financial analysis approach was utilized: (1) Tobin's Q Performance (market to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
culture, technology, and economy to coevolve in unison under the rubric of an integral polity. Family Inc.: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family’s Wealth by Douglas P. McCormick (MBA 1997) (Wiley) This book is a roadmap to View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration and a member of the School's Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. "With my coauthors, HKS's Iris Bohnet and Alexandra van Geen, the working paper we produced "When Performance... View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
hours reduce electricity bills? Perhaps for the first time, small-business owners accustomed to monthly accounting might need to track day-to-day spending so they can react quickly to changing economic conditions. Free and low-cost tools from banks and fintech firms... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
exposure to a well-diversified portfolio of hedge fund strategies. Second, it terms of its fees, the new DELTA strategy would charge investors relatively lower fees: 1% management fees plus 10% of performance over a cash hurdle (or,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) reflects on her how experience at HBS shaped her career and inspired her to make a difference in her home region of Asia through impact investing. How has your education at HBS helped to shape your career in impact and ESG investing? Though I... View Details
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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society
as its citizens demanded reforms across healthcare and education systems, and protested inequality and rising costs of living. Although business drove growth, it was also the sector that had escaped the troubles that beset so many other parts of the country. Moreover,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
governance in Asia, and measuring performance in nonprofit organizations. As always, there was ample opportunity for networking and socializing with participants and speakers from across the Harvard University community and beyond. The... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
we conceptualize two key challenges of governance they face: accountability for dual performance objectives and accountability to multiple principal stakeholders. We revisit the potential and limitations of recently introduced legal forms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2022
- Supplement
Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-401, May 2022.
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your organization's effectiveness. In What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, HBS professor and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
the bakery's finances." For her part, Nundy, an intern in the HBS Nonprofit and Public Management Summer Fellowship Program, was equally energized by her experiences during her twelve weeks of service in India. She spent the first six weeks View Details
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information - Financial and bank information - Other personal information volunteered by alumni and donors - Photos - Coaching notes Data may be shared with the following parties for the purposes stated above: Offices of Harvard... View Details
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
however, attached conditions to this course of action, typically involving some kind of financial penalty. For example, Walter Blass suggested "a negotiated skipping of his bonus, or stock options " Deepa Ramamoorthy suggested... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Incentives and Operational Excellence
delivery—for free. If you run the video store, you worry about the customer who comes in specifically to rent The Matrix but leaves annoyed and empty handed because the video isn't on the shelves today. According to Harvard Business School professor V.G. Narayanan, a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
headphones provided, and different chairs procured,” Fieldhouse said. Training sessions were developed to assist the autistic employees with life skills, such as travel planning, financial awareness and nutrition, as well as professional... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
manufacturing. . . . To that extent service sector workers are persuaded, by their own concern for self-respect and appreciation, to perform optimally." Several trends are clear. As economies develop, they generate proportionately... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
that focuses on the short term? I think to some extent business schools focus too much on developing people for the financial community and consulting, both of which are very numbers-oriented. There’s nothing wrong with being analytical.... View Details