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- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
two criteria. The company had to have performed in the top half of its industry for a decade before the inception of the study, and we had to have evidence that these leaders had created a high commitment culture. We decided about the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
McDonald’s gift certificates every Christmas. Flatley would usually head to McDonald’s with her mom and siblings after gymnastics class—a special, happy family moment amidst the chaos of crammed schedules. Cunningham’s local McDonald’s was a go-to post-soccer View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
influential, and industry less influential, than we commonly assume. How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth—Until Now Authors:Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract Societies that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Pepsi, by the way, was 16th, which is out of 400 companies, a great score. So I guess the soda industry is a pretty good one for workers without college degrees. But using objective data—not company provided data—and dividing it by...
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- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
I think it's a healthy, positive family environment for everybody. *** Name: Adriana Cruz Martins Child: Sophie Maria (2 weeks) Student Status: RC Where are you from? Brazil, Portugal Professional pathway pre-HBS: Civil engineer in the construction View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
of the setting and that participants who pool are rewarded by the less informed party with higher payoffs. Finally, we demonstrate through a reexamination of Lai et al. (2012) and Cachon and Lariviere (2001) how pooling outcomes can substantively extend the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
car company. You need to go to business school.” In 2006, during his first year at HBS, Rogers sought out sectionmate Jeff Jones (MBA 2007), who had just left a job at Ford. On a run along the Charles one day, Jones laid out the state of the automotive View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
future,” DeCoons says. “Even mainstream brands like Under Armour and Adidas want to be part of those experiential events, because they want to cater their products to support those lifestyles.” There’s an opportunity, he adds, for companies in View Details
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Deborah Halber
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
distance and time, could be a game changer, offering new ways to convene and new ways to learn. Stay tuned. Women Dean Nohria, you have done a tremendous job of turning around HBS when it comes to the treatment and recognition of women....
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- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
variety, process flexibility and even the path of industry evolution. We explore this relationship in the software industry. Our research takes advantage of a natural experiment, in that we observe products that fulfill the same function...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
on shared terminals in Baker Library, the game required first-year students to put their newly acquired knowledge of marketing, control, finance, and operations to the test in a simulated competitive business environment. In addition to...
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by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
model from a social networking site to an online gaming business came with new challenges. They hired almost an entirely new staff, cultivated new partnerships, and most urgently sought new funding. However, with three years of...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
of FairMarket, which provides online auction services for a variety of merchant and community sites. Meakem is the founder and CEO of FreeMarkets, which creates business-to-business online auctions for industrial parts and suppliers....
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- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games By: Davies, Andrew, and Ian Mackenzie Abstract—Our study of the London Olympics 2012 construction programme showed that systems...
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Carmen Nobel
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
government innovation in workforce development How can government boost competitiveness and spur the creation of good jobs while protecting worker rights and promoting equity? The former Chief Innovation Officer in the U.S. Department of Labor discusses the talent...
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- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to participate in a workshop with academics who study government regulation and industry compliance. The event featured a series of presentations by scholars sharing their research findings and...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
to get a handle on why getting financing through software-industry guru Ben Rosen (Lotus) led to a different and more effective execution than getting end-of-tax-year money from Chicago-based commodity brokers (Ovation). He also wrote notes providing deep View Details
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Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
approach to the presidency. Their insights follow. Real estate rarely a zero-sum game John D. Macomber, Senior lecturer of business administration You have to start by distinguishing between a branding operation that’s supported by other...
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by Christina Pazzanese
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
disappointed. I said, “Oh my gosh, another segregated situation.” I thought that Harvard had run an unfair game of projecting itself as being so liberal. I associated the School with the Kennedy brothers and what they were trying to...
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General Management: Processes and Action
General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,...
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Management Practices and Processes;
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Management Style;
Management Teams;
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Resource Allocation;
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Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Strategic Planning;
Conflict and Resolution;
Power and Influence;
Business Strategy;
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