Filter Results
:
(11,853)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(11,853)
- People (50)
- News (3,903)
- Research (5,135)
- Events (51)
- Multimedia (207)
- Faculty Publications (2,772)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(11,853)
- People (50)
- News (3,903)
- Research (5,135)
- Events (51)
- Multimedia (207)
- Faculty Publications (2,772)
- 01 Mar 2001
- News
Michael Porter's Big Ideas
- 19 Sep 2010
- News
How stop-and-go science funding puts the brakes on progress
- April 2012
- Article
How Many Direct Reports?
By: Gary L. Neilson and Julie Wulf
If senior executives are feeling ever more pressed for time, why would they add more to their plates? It might sound counterintuitive, but research by Booz & Company's Gary L. Neilson and me shows that over the past 20 years the CEO's average span of control, measured...
View Details
Keywords:
Leadership;
Governance Controls;
Managerial Roles;
Adaptation;
Personal Development and Career;
Cooperation;
Management Teams
Neilson, Gary L., and Julie Wulf. "How Many Direct Reports?" Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012).
- 25 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Career Journeys | Laetitia Tiani Vessah
HBS Career & Professional Development sat down with students to talk about their career journeys. For Laetitia Tiani Vessah (MBA 2023), it was her family that inspired her to pursue entrepreneurship through acquisition. She shares the benefits of leveraging her...
View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Blog Post
Favorite Memories from HBS
It’s my final Monday on campus, and one thought keeps looping in my mind: “Wow, the last two years went by so fast. Where did the time go?” Commencement is three days away; my first day of work is eight (it was my choice to jump right...
View Details
- Web
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability are eligible for a Certificate of Completion from Harvard Business School Online. Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will...
View Details
- Web
Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
errors, enforcing practice guidelines, making patients better “consumers,” implementing electronic medical records—but none have had much impact. It’s time for a fundamentally new strategy. The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care...
View Details
- Web
Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
three courses in tandem, and the program concludes with a final exam. What are the learning requirements in order to successfully complete Economics for Managers, and how are grades assigned? +– Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful...
View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees
false promises. Many companies have offered stock options to upper level employees. But “options are fragile in a way most people don’t understand,” Hall says, “and over half of the time they fall underwater” if the market as a whole...
View Details
Keywords:
by Avery Forman
- 01 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
ACE YOUR PHONE OR VIDEO INTERVIEW
Congratulations! You have landed the interview. Now it’s time to prepare to tell your story and make a great impression. In addition to conducting company and industry research and practicing your responses, you also want to be ready for...
View Details
- 20 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
India Conference 2015
India at the time of the event. This year, the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School hosted over 75 speakers and 600 attendees over two days in early March. The event was kicked off on the 7th of March with an exciting debate...
View Details
- Web
Online Learning Model | HBS Online
coursework on your own time while meeting regular deadlines to ensure you’re progressing through the course in step with your peers and taking full advantage of every networking and social learning opportunity. This isn’t your typical...
View Details
- Web
Accounting & Management - Doctoral
and Management, the dissertation may take the form of three publishable papers or one longer dissertation. Recent questions students have explored include: the ways in which managers use retail-level marketing actions to influence the View Details
- Program
Growing as a Purposeful Leader
processed in time to grant admission. Read More Answering Your Questions Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development...
View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- HBS Seminar
Gerard Cachon, Wharton
- 27 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
From SNL to Showtime: Pursuing a Career in Entertainment
and all of the people I met at HBS. I'm excited to go back for my five-year reunion this spring! Anything else you would like to add? It can be extremely scary to go for the career you want, especially if it's an uncommon path. It took me a long View Details
- January 1987 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Baker Precision Instruments, Inc.
By: Ramchandran Jaikumar, Roy Shapiro, Donald Rosenfield and Kathryn E. Stecke
A rapidly growing machine parts manufacturer is trying to decide whether to acquire an advanced Flexible Manufacturing System or Systems. The selection decisions must address the impact of new technology, the effect of setup times on production planning and capacity,...
View Details
Keywords:
Information Technology;
Cost vs Benefits;
Machinery and Machining;
Production;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management Systems;
Manufacturing Industry;
Industrial Products Industry
Jaikumar, Ramchandran, Roy Shapiro, Donald Rosenfield, and Kathryn E. Stecke. "Baker Precision Instruments, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 687-052, January 1987. (Revised January 2002.)
- 17 Feb 2015
- News