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- 03 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff
The pattern has become painfully predictable in recent years: As the economy shows signs of a slowdown, companies hand out layoff notices to stabilize profitability and calm investor fears. That cycle seems to be in place in the...
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- winter 1980
- Article
Evolving Terms of Mineral Agreements: Risk, Reward, and Participation in Deep Seabed Mining
By: James K. Sebenius and Mati Pal
Sebenius, James K., and Mati Pal. "Evolving Terms of Mineral Agreements: Risk, Reward, and Participation in Deep Seabed Mining." Columbia Journal of World Business 15, no. 4 (winter 1980): 75–83.
- 02 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip
business school and being admitted four years before attending took a lot of pressure off. I always wanted to take an unconventional path before school and being admitted through 2+2 removed the View Details
- January 2023
- Article
Psychological Safety Comes of Age: Observed Themes in an Established Literature
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Derrick P. Bransby
Since its renaissance in the 1990s, psychological safety research has
flourished—a boom motivated by recognition of the challenge of navigating uncertainty and change. Today, its theoretical and practical significance
is amplified by the increasingly complex and...
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Keywords:
Safety;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Leadership;
Working Conditions;
Research;
Performance;
Learning;
Organizational Culture
Edmondson, Amy C., and Derrick P. Bransby. "Psychological Safety Comes of Age: Observed Themes in an Established Literature." Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 10 (January 2023): 55–78.
Richard F. Meyer
Richard F. Meyer is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Professor Meyer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and spent the first ten years of his career in the Management Services Division of Arthur D. Little, Inc., serving as a...
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- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
FIELD, several EC courses, the Innovation Lab, and multiple start-up competitions, HBS allowed both of us to learn by doing. Combining those experiences with encouragement from professors, and the lessons...
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- April 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
BlackRock Solutions
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Scott Waggoner
The BlackRock Solutions case examines the different functions and economics of a global asset manager's value chain, with particular emphasis on the "money management" and the "investment systems platform" businesses. Students analyze why BlackRock decided to unbundle...
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Keywords:
Investment Management;
Strategic Vision;
Organizational Behavior;
Economies Of Scale And Scope;
Unbundling Of Services;
Strategic Planning;
Risk Management;
Financial Management;
Asset Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Value;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Investment;
Financial Strategy
Froot, Kenneth A., and Scott Waggoner. "BlackRock Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 211-082, April 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- 14 Feb 2014
- News
Q&A: Michael Wheeler on the importance of improvising
- 01 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
Josh Latson and his Fellowship: “It’s like a pie eating contest.”
guy” in health care operations? The question had long intrigued him. Before coming to HBS through the 2+2 program, Josh had fulfilled internships and fulltime career roles at Morgan Stanley and Goldman...
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Health Care
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
develop their own infrastructure first. "We used to say that auto companies, telecoms, and big retailers weren't at risk of disruption within their industries, because there were such high barriers to entry;...
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by Michael Blanding
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
year detailing Gebru’s efforts within Google to urge caution with AI, saying tech companies shouldn’t race to launch systems without considering the potential risks and harms they could cause. She warned...
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- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
businesses amid the opportunities and uncertainties of developing markets throughout recent decades. Working Knowledge Editor-in-Chief Sean Silverthorne asked Gupta about his experience interviewing Kapur....
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- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
value individual freedom, having the ability to answer this question will be seen as a benefit. However, if too many people do indeed opt out of purchasing plans, the potential downside is that, collectively, costs may rise. Risk pools of...
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- 23 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?
During the financial crisis of 2008, major credit rating agencies faced sharp criticism for failing to recognize and warn of the risks of emerging instruments like mortgage-backed securities. Since that...
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by Ben Rand
- Web
Big Pharma has a model to make a profit and save lives. So, what’s the hold-up? - Blog - Business in Global Society
colleagues, Rangan argues that it’s more critical than ever for Big Pharma to adopt the proven model more broadly. He says the pandemic elevated urgency by: Exposing new risks and opportunities with Big...
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- August 2014
- Article
Incentives in a Stage-Gate Process
By: Raul O. Chao, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl and Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Many large organizations use a stage‐gate process to manage new product development projects. In a typical stage‐gate process project managers learn about potential ideas from research and exert effort in development while senior executives make intervening go/no‐go...
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Chao, Raul O., Kenneth C. Lichtendahl, and Yael Grushka-Cockayne. "Incentives in a Stage-Gate Process." Production and Operations Management 23, no. 8 (August 2014): 1286–1298.
- March 2019
- Case
Mahindra Finance
By: V.G. Narayanan and Tanvi Deshpande
Mahindra Finance is a non-banking lender operating mainly in the rural and semi-urban areas of India. Set up in 1991, the company had grown to become a market leader with assets of $8.5 billion and a presence in 3,30,000 villages across India. Since most of Mahindra's...
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- April 1991 (Revised April 1992)
- Case
Hospital Sector in 1992
Examines the major issues facing the hospital sector in 1992. The environment surrounding the industry is one of great uncertainty and rapid change, and involves significant public policy questions. Describes recent trends, issues and new types of competitors that...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Competition;
Health Care and Treatment;
Policy;
Change;
Health Industry;
United States
Teisberg, Elizabeth O. "Hospital Sector in 1992." Harvard Business School Case 391-167, April 1991. (Revised April 1992.)
- August 1970
- Case
Hawthorne Plastics
An "imperfect tester" problem involving the decision of how to produce batches of plastic strapping, given uncertainty about the length of the molecular chain in the raw material. A decision on whether to test the raw material and a choice of production process must be...
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Hammond, John S. "Hawthorne Plastics." Harvard Business School Case 171-004, August 1970.