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- January 1999 (Revised March 2003)
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Rich-Con Steel
One month after "going live" with a new information system, Rich-Con Steel is in crisis. The new system was intended to give the company basic visibility and control over its business processes, but instead, visibility and control appear to have evaporated. Marty...
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McAfee, Andrew P. "Rich-Con Steel." Harvard Business School Case 699-133, January 1999. (Revised March 2003.)
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Japan - Global
Minato-Ku, Tokyo 106-6149, JapanTel: +81 3 6434 5791Fax: +81 3 6434 5792hbsjapan@hbs.edu News & Highlights January 2024 IFC The Global Classroom: Student Immersion in Japan As part of the elective curriculum within the MBA program,...
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- 22 Jul 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Business Model Innovation and Competitive Imitation
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by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Feng Zhu
- February 2000
- Background Note
Angel Investing
By: Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson and Kenneth B. Morse
Discusses the industry practices of angel investors, individuals who invest privately in new ventures.
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Roberts, Michael J., Howard H. Stevenson, and Kenneth B. Morse. "Angel Investing." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-273, February 2000.
- 25 Sep 2015
- News
One Reason Women Aren't Getting the Promotion: They Don't Want It
- Dec 21 2015
- Testimonial
Gaining Personal Insight Through Professional Development
Making the Right Technical Hire
For many CEOs, particularly those running startups, hiring the right people is the single biggest determinant of whether a new business survives. And so it makes sense that the chief executive should be
- 2023
- Working Paper
Incentivizing Innovation in Open Source: Evidence from the GitHub Sponsors Program
By: Annamaria Conti, Vansh Gupta, Jorge Guzman and Maria P. Roche
Open source is key to innovation, but we know little about how to incentivize
it. In this paper, we examine the impact of a program providing monetary
incentives to motivate innovators to contribute to open source. The Sponsors
program was introduced by GitHub in...
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Keywords:
Open Source Distribution;
Innovation and Invention;
Motivation and Incentives;
Technology Industry
Conti, Annamaria, Vansh Gupta, Jorge Guzman, and Maria P. Roche. "Incentivizing Innovation in Open Source: Evidence from the GitHub Sponsors Program." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-014, September 2023. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 31668, September 2023.)
- March 2021
- Case
P.F. Chang's
By: Ashish Nanda, Nitin Nohria and Margaret Cross
Excited yet apprehensive after being named CEO of P.F. Chang’s beginning July 1st, 2020, Damola Adamolekun was well aware of the extraordinary challenges facing the firm. The closure of businesses deemed “nonessential” owing to the COVID-19 pandemic had devastated the...
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Restaurants;
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Scenario Planning;
Scenarios;
Health Pandemics;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Strategy
Nanda, Ashish, Nitin Nohria, and Margaret Cross. "P.F. Chang's." Harvard Business School Case 721-380, March 2021.
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Exercise of Leadership, a New Model Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, Kari L. Granger Abstract This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at...
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Sean Silverthorne
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HBS Application Tips from MBA Admissions - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
dysfunction—the failed political competition the parties have created (captured in the “Gehl Porter Politics Industry Theory”). This new lens reveals the reforms that will be necessary to truly realign America’s political system with the...
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The HBS Community - MBA
is emergent, multifaceted, and intersectional – and we are excited to welcome and support students in blazing a new trail and legacy for themselves and their families. Socioeconomic Inclusion The socioeconomic backgrounds of our students...
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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment
low-income families, providing a powerful way to confront climate change, says research by Omar Asensio. What do the findings mean for companies trying to scale innovation? April 2024 Case The Engine By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson, Fiona Murray and Nicholas...
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- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
(president of Taiwan) and Jacinda Ardern (the prime minister of New Zealand), who took timely government actions to prevent the spread of the virus in their countries. The lesson from these examples are that not all crises are perceived...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- February 2018 (Revised December 2020)
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People Analytics at Teach For America (A)
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Julia Kelley
As of mid-2016, national nonprofit Teach For America (TFA) had struggled with three consecutive years of declining application totals, and senior management was re-examining the organization's strategy, including recruitment and selection. A few months earlier, former...
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Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Julia Kelley. "People Analytics at Teach For America (A)." Harvard Business School Case 418-013, February 2018. (Revised December 2020.)
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CORe Undergraduate Credit | HBS Online
participants will earn eight undergraduate credits from Harvard Extension School (January or September CORe cohorts) or Harvard Summer School (May CORe cohort). Harvard Extension School and Harvard Summer School are fully accredited by the View Details
- March 1995 (Revised April 1995)
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NIKE Inc. in the 1990s (B): Strategy and Management Changes, 1993-1994
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes Nike's performance to 1994 and describes challenges facing the new president and COO, Thomas Clarke.
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Dolan, Robert J. "NIKE Inc. in the 1990s (B): Strategy and Management Changes, 1993-1994." Harvard Business School Case 595-103, March 1995. (Revised April 1995.)
- 10 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
- 24 Apr 2015
- Video