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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
podcast from Harvard Business School I’m your host, Harvard Business School professor and nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Joe Fuller. My guest today is Jeffrey Moss, Founder and CEO View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
structures will emerge from today's science-based businesses." A new offering of Managing Breakthroughs—From Science to Enterprise is currently being planned. The program,...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
1950s or 1960s obsessed over job skills and career readiness, there’s little evidence of it. Fast forward to today, and the surviving firms are far more focused on View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
Leverage the Power of Alumni Networks in Recruiting
talent pipeline will inevitably expand. Additionally, leveraging employees to spread awareness of opportunities at your firm can be an effective way to recruit students. Last year, our office conducted a...
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- 2011
- Teaching Note
UFIDA (B) (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Bin Yang and E. Chen
This case highlights the leadership, cultural and organizational structure dimensions of UFIDA. The case begins with Founder/Chairman Wang Wenjing's rags-to-riches story. Then UFIDA's senior and middle management of different backgrounds talk about their leader,...
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Keywords:
Computer Software;
Corporate Vision;
Emerging Markets;
Leadership;
Organizational Structure;
China;
Applications and Software;
China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Bin Yang, and E. Chen. "UFIDA (B) (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2011.
- March 2011
- Case
Valuation of AirThread Connections
By: Erik Stafford and Joel L. Heilprin
This case can be used as a capstone valuation exercise for first-year MBA students in an introductory finance course. A senior associate in the business development group at American Cable Communications, one of the largest cable companies in the U.S., must prepare a...
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Keywords:
Communication;
Present Value;
Tax Accounting;
Capital Costs;
Synergy;
Telephony;
Wireless Technologies;
Communication Technology;
Assets;
Cost of Capital;
Valuation;
Cash Flow;
Capital Structure;
Accounting;
Wireless Technology;
Communications Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Stafford, Erik, and Joel L. Heilprin. "Valuation of AirThread Connections." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-263, March 2011.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Profits and Economic Development
By: Dan Schwab and Eric Werker
Are rents, or excess profits, good for development? Using industry-level manufacturing data, this paper demonstrates a negative effect of rents, measured by the mark-up ratio, on productivity growth. The negative effect is strongest in poor countries, suggesting that...
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Keywords:
Firm Performance;
Rent;
Mark-up;
Competition;
Manufacturing;
Development Economics;
Profit;
Economic Growth;
Renting or Rental
Schwab, Dan, and Eric Werker. "Profits and Economic Development." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-087, March 2014. (Revised April 2014.)
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
group?Fuller: We did about 125 face-to-face interviews across the three geographies we looked at, just to give ourselves a better sense of the life View Details
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
revenue generating role, so a law firm for example, not only are you getting the hit of the lost productivity, but you're also getting View Details
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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work
retirement—limit their hours. By learning about and accommodating the needs of these workers, firms can encourage part-time employees to take on more hours—helping ease View Details
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Apple Podcasts Spotify...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
financial returns and impact in the business model of investee companies. Quite a few of the large, global PE View Details
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Jen McFarland Flint
- Article
Search-Based Peer Firms: Aggregating Investor Perceptions Through Internet Co-Searches
By: Charles M.C. Lee, Paul Ma and Charles C.Y. Wang
Applying a "co-search" algorithm to Internet traffic at the SEC's EDGAR website, we develop a novel method for identifying economically-related peer firms and for measuring their relative importance. Our results show that firms appearing in chronologically adjacent...
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Keywords:
Peer Firm;
EDGAR Search Traffic;
Revealed Preference;
Co-search;
Industry Classification;
Perception;
Internet and the Web;
Investment
Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Search-Based Peer Firms: Aggregating Investor Perceptions Through Internet Co-Searches." Journal of Financial Economics 116, no. 2 (May 2015): 410–431.
- 12 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
jobs. The model helps businesses deal with economic uncertainty, and individuals handle non-work obligations. Kelly Services, the 75-year-old firm that is synonymous with...
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- February 2014
- Article
Developing a System to Track Meaningful Outcome Measures in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment
By: Ronald S. Walters, Heidi W. Albright, Randal S. Weber, Thomas W. Feeley, Ehab Y. Hanna, Scott B. Cantor, Carol M. Lewis and Thomas W. Burke
The health care industry, including consumers, providers, and payers of health care, recognize the importance of developing meaningful, patient-centered measures. This article describes our experience using an existing electronic medical record largely based on free...
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Keywords:
Cancer Treatment;
Cancer Care In The U.S.;
Outcomes Measurement;
Health Care and Treatment;
Measurement and Metrics;
Health Industry;
North and Central America
Walters, Ronald S., Heidi W. Albright, Randal S. Weber, Thomas W. Feeley, Ehab Y. Hanna, Scott B. Cantor, Carol M. Lewis, and Thomas W. Burke. "Developing a System to Track Meaningful Outcome Measures in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment." Head & Neck 36, no. 2 (February 2014): 226–230. (e-Pub 6/2013. PMID: 23729280.)
- 14 Nov 2018
- HBS Seminar
Lindsey Cameron, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
- 2005
- Chapter
The Price of Progress: Structually Induced Inaction
By: Scott Snook and Jeffrey C. Connor
- 2016
- Working Paper
The Microstructure of Work: How Unexpected Breaks Let You Rest, but Not Lose Focus
By: Pradeep Pendem, Paul Green, Bradley R. Staats and Francesca Gino
How best to structure the work day is an important operational question for organizations. A key structural consideration is the effective use of breaks from work. Breaks serve the critical purpose of allowing employees to recharge, but in the short term, translate to...
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Keywords:
Breaks;
Productivity;
Attention;
Workload;
Harvesting;
Working Conditions;
Behavior;
Performance Productivity;
Organizations
Pendem, Pradeep, Paul Green, Bradley R. Staats, and Francesca Gino. "The Microstructure of Work: How Unexpected Breaks Let You Rest, but Not Lose Focus." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-058, December 2016.
- 17 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?
Ramesh Balwani, had long known that Theranos’ home blood test didn’t work, but misled investors to keep money flowing in. Holmes and Balwani are accused of defrauding patients, doctors, and investors of over...
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