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01 Jun 2020
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hotels we own, we’re looking at hospital-grade sanitation programs. We’re looking at things like plexiglass shields between the customer and the check-in desk. We’re considering what social distancing looks like in our restaurants—or do we even open restaurants? We’re... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; hotels; COVID-19; real estate; Accommodation; Hospitality

20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

newspaper is a recipient of government advertising. The correlation is negative. The size is considerable: a one standard deviation increase in monthly government advertising (0.26 million pesos of 2000) is associated with a reduction in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

increases. Lastly, it is argued that the common practice of announcing price increases in advance is much easier to rationalize with regret concerns by consumers than with more standard approaches to price rigidity. Download the paper... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

experience undoubtedly include late nights as you prepared cases, polished presentations, wrote papers, or completed team projects. Although some people may be born with a solid work ethic, most of us learn it, and we do so by striving to meet high View Details

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

a concurrent change in electronic transaction standards allowed hospitals to document a larger number of diagnoses per claim, which had the effect of reducing risk-adjusted patient readmission rates. Prior studies of the HRRP relied upon... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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IT Strategy: Protecting HBS Information and Data Assets | Information Technology

privacy standards and regulations while establishing balanced security policies that address cyber-risks, all in partnership with Harvard University IT (HUIT). Through the initiatives outlined in our Strategic Plan, HBS IT has the... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

require listed firms to have a majority of independent directors and mandate compensation committees to be entirely composed of outside directors. The exchanges also require firms to get shareholder approval of overall executive compensation plans. 2004 The Financial... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

international norms in the area of stakeholder relations (e.g., human- and workers-rights issues, and environmental matters). Thus, among its other ramifications, globalization is forcing companies to operate and conduct themselves according to certain international... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

24 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Do We Tax?

implications are a mixed bag. While taxpayers and policymakers endorse some aspects, others are widely rejected. “My paper is about revising economists' dominant approach to evaluating taxes so that it reflects this messier reality.” For example, should we tax the tall... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services

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Statistical Resources - Research Computing Services

standard errors using SAS An introduction to R The Cramer-Rao lower bound - derivation and examples Projection Matrices and Regression Sum of Squares The Frisch-Waugh-Lovell Theorem Matrix Derivation of the Frisch-Waugh-Lovell Theorem... View Details

25 Apr 2014
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Sustaining a commitment to the environment

board of the Westchester Land Trust, Riverkeeper, and the Mount Auburn Cemetery. At Harvard University, he funded the Harvard Sustainability Initiative in Infrastructure Design at the Graduate School of Design to develop a set of sustainability View Details

03 Jan 2018
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In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

Sam agreed: "This should be standard business practice." He asked, "Why do these boards not have a member who truly understands Compliance/Governance?" John would go even further. "Yes to a compliance officer This... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Hiroshi Mikitani

hyper-efficient supermarket with standardized offerings,” Rakuten is more like a bazaar “where the owners of many small shops curate the merchandise and interact personally with customers.” Starting out, Rakuten charged... View Details

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2.8 MBA Community Values Annual Report (2023) | MBA

of Community Standards and other staff and faculty members who administer the MBA program. Role of the Ombuds HBS Ombuds provide an impartial and objective resource independent of any existing administrative or academic structures at HBS.... View Details

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1.14 Academic Review / Academic Withdrawal | MBA

Program, the APC must be able to conclude that there is a reasonable probability, in the judgment of the Committee, that the student can successfully complete the specified academic standards of the MBA Program in the following academic... View Details

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Contacts & Resources | Information Technology

Issues Faculty, Staff, MBA, & Doctoral Students: call 617-495-6600. Executive Education Participants: call 617-495-8835. Outside of Standard Business Hours: Send details to ithelp@hbs.edu . Common Issues If you believe confidential... View Details

November 1994 (Revised March 1996)
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Pepsi's Regeneration, 1990-1993

By: David A. Garvin and Donald N. Sull

Craig Weatherup, the president and CEO of Pepsi Cola, leads a change process that completely transforms his company. It includes a new vision, operating philosophy, strategy, and organizational structure. He also introduces process improvement techniques and builds new... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Systems; Standards; Organizational Structure; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement; Problems and Challenges; Food and Beverage Industry

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25 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

accreditation standards that play to their strengths in demonstrating student learning outcomes. These institutions are poised to respond cost-effectively to the national need for increased college participation and completion. A... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

improve. The U.S. high-tech manufacturing community is perhaps furthest along with this effort; it has created a consortium called RosettaNet to develop standards at all required levels—from XML data formats to interaction scripts (called... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

marketplace," de Brito said. For example, his company tried to sell the standard 600-milliliter bottle it sold in Brazil rather than the one-liter bottle that was standard in Argentina. Market research... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

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