F. Warren McFarlan
There are 10 articles for this faculty member.
About Faculty in this Article:
F. Warren McFarlan is the Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
| Published: | May 12, 2011 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
| Forum: | open for comment; 10 Comments posted |
In the new book Joining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know, authors F. Warren McFarlan and Marc J. Epstein observe that service on a nonprofit board can be a frustrating experience for executives grounded in a for-profit world. Read our excerpt.
Published in 2009
HBS Past and Present
| Published: | October 7, 2009 |
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| Feature: | HBS Business Summit |
Eight enduring themes have characterized Harvard Business School from its earliest years, and remain as integral as ever to the way the School thinks and operates.
Published in 2005
Building an IT Governance Committee
| Published: | October 24, 2005 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Boards need to take more accountability for IT, argue professors Richard Nolan and Warren McFarlan. In this excerpt from their recent Harvard Business Review article, the authors detail what an IT governance committee should look like.
The Rise of Innovation in Asia
| Published: | March 7, 2005 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Asian countries are no longer just a place to get cheap labor or programming skills. Innovation is on the rise. A report from the Harvard Business School Asia Business Conference.
Published in 2003
Why IT Does Matter
| Published: | August 25, 2003 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
HBS professors F. Warren McFarlan and Richard L. Nolan respond to the much-discussed assertion by Nicholas Carr that company investments in IT are less and less likely to produce competitive advantage.
How Hot is the "Hot Spot" Business?
| Published: | May 12, 2003 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Wi-Fi hot spots and the future of broadband were on the minds of attendees at the Bandwidth Explosion colloquium at Harvard Business School.
Putting the Project Puzzle Together
| Q&A with: | F. Warren McFarlan |
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| Published: | March 24, 2003 |
| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
How can you maximize the potential of your project portfolio? Read our interview with F. Warren McFarlan, a Harvard Business School professor. Plus: An excerpt from Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times, a new book by McFarlan and Cathleen Benko.
Published in 2001
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
| Published: | June 4, 2001 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Think dot.coms are down for the count? Think again. Dot.coms will exert an ever-greater impact on business, according to HBS professors F. Warren McFarlan and Dorothy A. Leonard.
New Paths to Success in Asia
| Published: | April 30, 2001 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
The HBS Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong is helping HBS faculty identify opportunities for researching Asian businesses. This local base of operations opens doors to faculty that would have otherwise remained closed or undiscovered.
Published in 2000
Financial Services 24/7
| Published: | April 11, 2000 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Technology, especially Internet technology, is having a huge impact on the financial services industry, leaving old and new players — and consumers — scrambling to find their place in the new environment. HBS Professors Dwight Crane, Warren McFarlan and Sandra Sucher look at the new paradigm for financial services in this report from the HBS Bulletin.
