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  • March–April 2020
  • Article

An Institutional Approach to Gender Diversity and Firm Performance

By: Letian Zhang
This study examines data from 35 countries and 24 industries to understand the relationship between gender diversity and firm performance. Previous studies report conflicting evidence: some find that gender-diverse firms experience more positive performance and others... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Theory; Cross-cultural; Diversity; Gender; Organizations; Performance; Situation or Environment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

engagements in the context of their overall strategy and the contributions of these engagements in helping the firm achieve its long-term goals. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409001 Fannie Mae:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Andy Zelleke

    Andy Zelleke is the MBA Class of 1962 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. A member of the General Management unit, he is the Faculty Chair of HBS’ Middle East & North Africa Research Center.

    Since Spring 2021, Dr. Zelleke has taught “Unpacking... View Details

    Keywords: federal government; professional services; defense; financial services
    • October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
    • Supplement

    Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016

    By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
    By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness in 2014 and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting... View Details
    Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Financial Statements; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Financial Condition; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Investment Activism; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Business History; Executive Compensation; Resignation and Termination; Annual Reports; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Accounting Industry; Accounting Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
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    • 27 Apr 2016
    • News

    Financial Issues Hide Behind The Curtains Of The Middle-Class

      Lynda M. Applegate

      Lynda M. Applegate is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Masters Degree of Liberal Arts in Finance and Management at the Harvard University Extension School.  She has also played a... View Details

      • 05 Jul 2006
      • Op-Ed

      Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

      that voting for directors should be more meaningful; corporate owners should be able to vote their board representatives in or out. Accountability is another common theme in their repertoire. But here's the rub. In light of View Details
      Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
      • 20 Sep 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances

      Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan & Vadym Volosovych
      • Research Summary

      Health-care Applications

      Active postmarketing drug surveillance.  There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details

      • 01 Sep 2003
      • What Do You Think?

      To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

      along with other very thoughtful responses, suggest a wide divergence of views on the role of the board in the life cycle of a corporate entity. Interestingly, those who teach corporate law suggest that board accountabilities are subject... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett
      • 18 Mar 2016
      • News

      Valeant Analysts Aren't Alone in Thinking `Sell' Is a Dirty Word

      • Article

      Power Imbalance, Mutual Dependence and Constraint Absorption: A Closer Look at Resource Dependence Theory

      By: Tiziana Casciaro and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
      Despite ubiquitous references to Pfeffer and Salancik's classic volume, The External Control of Organizations, resource dependence theory is more of an appealing metaphor than a foundation for testable empirical research. We argue that several ambiguities in the... View Details
      Keywords: Power and Influence; Theory
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        Monique Burns Thompson

        Monique Burns Thompson is an accomplished social entrepreneur who returns to HBS (class of 1993) and brings her twenty years of successful start-up and organizational leadership experience to her research and teaching at HBS.  She has led as a co-founder, President,... View Details

        • 09 Dec 2014
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Does Management Matter in Schools?

        Keywords: by Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun & John Van Reenen; Education
        • News

        WeWork's saga is a cautionary tale about golden parachutes and CEO pay

        • September 2015
        • Article

        Design and Implementation of a Privacy Preserving Electronic Health Record Linkage Tool in Chicago

        By: Abel Kho, John Cashy, Kathryn Jackson, Adam Pah, Satyender Goel, Jorn Boehnke, John Eric Humphries, Scott Duke Kominers and et al.
        Objective
        To design and implement a tool that creates a secure, privacy preserving linkage of electronic health record (EHR) data across multiple sites in a large metropolitan area in the United States (Chicago, IL), for use in clinical... View Details
        Keywords: Information; Customers; Safety; Rights; Ethics; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Chicago
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        • Web

        PhD Programs - Doctoral

        foundation of an academic career. Jointly administered by HBS and GSAS, the program has four areas of study: Accounting and Management , Marketing , Strategy , and Technology and Operations Management . All areas of study involve roughly... View Details

          Joshua D. Margolis

          Joshua Margolis is James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration and the Unit Head for the Organizational Behavior unit. He is also Faculty Chair of the Program for Leadership Development. His research and teaching revolve around leadership... View Details

          Keywords: furniture; health care; insurance industry; nonprofit industry; pharmaceuticals
          • March 2004 (Revised June 2004)
          • Case

          Massport (A): The Aftermath of 9/11

          This case looks at the turnaround at the Massachusetts Port Authority after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It begins with the situation during the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and then describes how the new CEO restructures the public agency to operate much more like a... View Details
          Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Corporate Accountability; National Security; Governance Controls; Organizational Culture; Public Administration Industry; Massachusetts
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            Lynn S. Paine

            Lynn Sharp Paine is a Baker Foundation Professor and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. A member and former chair of the General Management unit, she has served in numerous leadership positions including Senior... View Details