Executive Search Firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Oct 2014
News

Innovating for International Aid

jobs. Wu’s private-sector résumé is also filled with enough experience for a couple of different careers. He cofounded and served as general partner of FTV Capital, a private equity firm with more than $1 billion of capital under... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Women Negotiating in the New Millenium

change," she said. "Now because of the changing workforce, we're challenging basic assumptions." To demonstrate the skills necessary for negotiation, Kolb presented a hypothetical situation (Jane's Dilemma), in which a female partner of a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

WMS site also features individual policy reports for manufacturing, education, health-care, and retail organizations, providing a management benchmark for executives in any of those fields. On average, based on the evaluation tool, the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Building a DTC Brand Through COVID

search results came up short. I wondered who else I would ask for manufacturing help and soon enough I realized I had a manufacturing expert at my hands, my TOM (Technology and Operations) Professor Willy Shih. I emailed Professor Shih... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

The New Global Business Manager

senior executives to coordinate their activities. These categories still hold true over ten years later, says Bartlett, but other things have changed. Baker Library’s Cynthia Churchwell interviewed Bartlett on his current thinking. An... View Details

Keywords: Management

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Feb 2023
News

Alumnus Gift Will Nurture Basic, Therapeutic Science

Ernesto Bertarelli (right) joins HMS Dean George Q. Daley and Harvard University President-elect Claudine Gay on the HMS campus in the courtyard of Building C, which will be enclosed to create a new skylighted atrium, thanks to a philanthropic gift from the Bertarelli... View Details

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Credits - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

production: Melissa Clarke, Baker Library Information Products Digital Imaging: Digital Imaging Group, Harvard University Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director, Baker Library Laura Linard, Director, Historical Collections, Baker Library... View Details

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

under-provision of innovation. Firms have clear incentives to engage in strategic behavior because policymakers use market outcomes as a benchmark in designing regulation. This study examines a unique energy efficiency standard for... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Print View - Course Catalog

more traditional career path. The case tracks their search process and highlights the challenges encountered when acquiring a small business. We then learn about different ways to fund a search through five... View Details

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

that spend billions of dollars annually to train current and future executives are growing frustrated with the results. There are three main reasons for the disjointed state of leadership development. The first is a gap in motivations. In... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier

provide insights for marketers and the advertising industry. Until as recently as last year, for instance, most Internet advertising had been Web-sponsored, promoting firms such as Internet service providers, View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

04 Oct 2018
News

“A Shout Through Time”

War II plane crash sites, were searching for remnants of a transport plane in Zavattarello, Italy. The team, Gruppo Ricercatori Aerei Caduti or GRAC, was set up several years ago to help collect these sorts of relics. Piero Ricci (GMP... View Details

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

worked are positively correlated with firm performance, and differences between family and non-family CEOs account for approximately 18% of the performance gap between family and non-family firms. We investigate the sources of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Nov 2013
News

Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans

the pension firm State Street Research. Although the family moved because Wise got a job at Tulane, Wilkins quickly saw opportunities in the city's burgeoning business scene. "I'm an entrepreneur at my core, and after Katrina everyone... View Details

Keywords: New Orleans; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

05 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact

toward smaller, younger companies that were still figuring things out. Can you tell us about where you ended up? One area of focus in my job search was companies working on the electrification of vehicles; currently I’m the operations... View Details

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Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business - Course Catalog

mechanics of setting prices, and pushes students to think critically about a company’s customer advantage in the marketplace and what monetization approach can most effectively capitalize on this advantage, thus helping the firm achieve... View Details

28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

hour-long discussion driving around the city. Young Kapur had just joined the firm Ogilvy & Mather after a brief stint at Citibank, where he’d decided he needed a more creative career. His conversation with Ogilvy confirmed that he’d... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

09 Jun 2015
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Media

different insights into developing and executing a successful social media strategy. Brand Manager's Guide to Losing Control Social media platforms have taken some of the marketing power away from companies and given it to consumers. Jill... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Advertising

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

business environment or used along with any individual case. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308063 Corrections Corp. of America Harvard Business School Case 107-071 This case illustrates a comprehensive valuation of a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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