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- 29 Jan 2018
- Book
How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster
hundreds of individuals spanning physical, organizational, cultural, geographic, and professional boundaries. Engineers, geologists, drilling specialists, and more came together from different organizations, sectors, and nations to work...
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
KuseGeorgia Gulf Corporation, 1985–1991 L Alden J. LabordeOcean Drilling & Exploration Company, 1953–1977 Carl LaemmleUniversal Pictures Corporation, 1912–1936 Harvey H. LammSubaru of America, 1971–1990 William E. LaMotheKellogg Company,...
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- 25 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of Teaming
drilling and practice sessions of static performance teams like those in sports and music? The answer lies in teaming. Teaming is a verb. It is a dynamic activity, not a bounded, static entity. It is largely determined by the mindset and...
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Re: Amy C. Edmondson
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
Drill In 1981, I was promoted to CIO of a Fortune 500 chemical company, with responsibility for both information systems and the nationwide telecommunications network. My background didn’t include any strength with telecommunications; in...
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- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Quiet Leaderand How to Be One
you're being cautious, drilling down and reflecting, but you're not really doing anything, you've got to move to plan B and do something. Q: Do leaders need recognition to be leaders? Should they need recognition? Is a leader a leader if...
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by Martha Lagace
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HBS - The year in Review
thousands of companies, and millions of managers around the world. The case method teaches students how to learn: to practice drilling down to the root cause of issues, asking questions, and listening to others’ viewpoints. A new website,...
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- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
approach to teaching defensive positioning drills was probably more effective than if Coach K had come in for half a day and tried to inspire us to keep our butts down and our palms out." On the classroom board, Snook draws three...
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- 13 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?
employment at private equity-backed firms will go up or down even more dramatically,” Lerner says. Next step in the research Lerner and his colleagues are now drilling down into specific private equity firms to see what variation exists...
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Past Issues - Alumni
Accommodation Jim Gibbons Blazes a Trail Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer Practicing What HBR Preaches Complete Table of Contents February 2001 Drilling Down Beyond the headline-making mergers of corporate conglomerates, small, specialized oil and gas...
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- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Case
On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
past. Measure success in narrow terms A successful customer interaction on Target.com was narrowly defined: Only when a customer searched for a product, received recommendations, and actually purchased the product would the company bother to View Details
- 28 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)
of markets were more likely to franchise stores. They then focused on 43 chains that own some stores and franchise others, and drilled down further to the 34,892 stores operated by those chains to ensure that the decision to franchise was...
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- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
we arrived on campus, they drilled into us that one of the values of HBS is the network and the connections you make there. I think the words the Dean used were to the effect of, “You have to invest in each other.” I’m from a very...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
drilled on how to measure and interpret blood pressure readings. “My blood pressure is 200/110,” says Mrs. Smith, a former nurse with 30 years of experience. “Am I hypertensive or hypotensive?” “Hypertensive,” chorus the 20 or so...
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- 21 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good
the researchers drilled down into the data, however, they found some marked differences in the ability to forecast success based on the industry of the proposed idea. Expert interest was highly predictive of success in sectors that were...
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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
And what a body of scholarship it was! Al did not invent the subdiscipline of business history so much as he established it as a rigorous and thriving enterprise. He was not the flashy George McClellan of the Union Army, meticulously View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
of Mexico shrimp fisherman who stayed in business with low-interest economic injury loans after the BP oil spill, to a Pennsylvania drill bit manufacturer whose SBA-financed technology was instrumental in rescuing the trapped Chilean...
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- 08 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)
management, but also systems and financial management. I have also spent literally years of my life on a drilling rig, so that develops some fun stories for your section mates. What impact has HBS had on your career? The HBS impact on my...
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- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
of lost hours—as well as the search, hiring, and training costs of filling vacant positions—to arrive at a total price tag for burnout from turnover. A not insignificant number Their final estimate, $4.6 billion annually, “is a decent amount that people should care...
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Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method
Executive Education participants learn to interpret and analyze information, drill into the root cause of issues, ask questions, listen to others' viewpoints, consider alternatives, and decide on a plan of action. Celebrating the Case...
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- 20 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time
year after year in a very predictable way, until they suddenly fell off a cliff” in the 1990s, Pisano says. On the other hand, persistence doesn’t necessarily mean fast growth either. Some companies grew very steadily but slowly over a long period of time. How do...
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