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- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
Representatives passed a bill granting shareholders a non-binding vote on executive compensation and severance packages. It also maintains that compensation committees should be independent of management. But given its non-binding status,...
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- 11 Mar 2009
- HBS Case
The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine
innocent. Case closed? Nyet. "The Western notion that Russia uses energy as a weapon is a media oversimplification of very complicated politics," says HBS professor Rawi Abdelal. Abdelal, who recently produced a three-part case...
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- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
private equity partners and ownership for the Messer family. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/809056-PDF-ENG Twitter Mikołaj Jan Piskorski, David Chen, and Bill HeilHarvard Business School Case 710-455 Twitter is a...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
What should business leaders know about the ambitions of Russia, China, and the European Union? They should know how geopolitical conditions exert enormous pressure on companies, according to Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn...
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
and the sport of rodeo kayaking quickly emerged from the rapids. Harvard Business School professor Carliss Baldwin and her colleagues Christoph Hienerth and Eric von Hippel were drawn to the sport as well, but not to get their feet wet....
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- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
in the United States, but US companies gave it all up.” HBS Professor of Management Practice Willy C. Shih served as president of Kodak's Digital & Applied Imaging business through the turn of the 21st century. Shortly after starting...
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- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
Systemic racism and discrimination in small communities can undermine a country’s ability to defend itself during conflicts, creating a national security risk, new research says. Marco Tabellini, an assistant professor of business...
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by Rachel Layne
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More
communicate them.” The reason might be as simple as employees not knowing about the incentive programs. Leslie John, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, and a team of researchers found that a major factor...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- 21 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams
work becomes a fixture in business. The winner is anyone’s guess, says HBS Professor David Yoffie, who co-wrote the case. “It is a dramatic story,” says Yoffie, the Max and Doris Starr Professor of...
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- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
Many of us learned at an early age the expression caveat emptor, or let the buyer beware. The phrase conjured up an image of a roiling, rollicking market that consumers best entered equipped for battle and prepared for disappointment—or worse—if a product went bad....
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- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
uniquely individual model? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810098-PDF-ENG Systems Infrastructure at Google (A) Linda A. Hill and Emily A. SteckerHarvard Business School Case 410-110 This case describes how a senior vice president of engineering...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
From the dawn of the U.S. transcontinental railroad in 1869 to the widespread embrace of consumer products like cell phones and iPods in our time, the story of American business is in constant motion, never at rest—or at ease. A new volume edited and narrated by HBS...
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- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/gray ward norton.pdf What Makes Analysts Say 'Buy'? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, Nitin Nohria, and George Serafeim Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 11 (November 2012) Abstract An...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
seats (e.g., freshman senators) and find a strong impact of seat location networks on voting. Further, we show that connections between firms and politicians influence congressional votes on bills that affect these firms. These network...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, business leaders vowed to change organizational culture to increase diversity and inclusion. Some companies established more robust employee affinity groups, others diversified the voices on...
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by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
strategy, AEP was launching construction of a $680 million demonstration plan, partially funded with DOE money. Mike Morris, AEP's chairman, was frustrated though that Congress had not passed a cap-and-trade bill and was worried how he...
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- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman. "With the economy...
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- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in...
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- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
of directors of Medtronic, Inc., a company known for its commitment to effective corporate governance, must prepare for the departure of Chairman & CEO Bill George and the retirement of four long-time...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation
drastic changes in their interactions with consumers. In education, teachers from elementary schools to universities transformed content and delivered it online or through phones. Retailers started to license Amazon's Just Walk Out technology that combines computer...
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by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso