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- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
a project to a small group of people who are amateurs, who do the project part-time and act as a committee. It doesn't demand management time and resources, and you haven't brought in new skills. This holds for hospitals, government... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
moved on to join the launch of Staples, managing that company's West Coast operations and international joint ventures, and finally assuming responsibility for all sales and marketing. But by 1996, when an... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
Controlling for these effects and other determinants, we find that firms with lower residual ratings have relatively higher subsequent media allegations of corruption. They also report higher future sales growth and show a negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Agenda: Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003)
vacations, but they won’t necessarily cancel their season tickets.” When Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003) first took a job managing Yankee Stadium for the New York City Parks Department in the 1990s, nearly every professional playing field in... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
executive roles at Kemin since joining the company in early 2006. Most recently, as corporate vice president, she managed marketing, sales, IT, operations, and HR. She honed in on personal care in 2010, as consumer demand for natural... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
the importance of risk management and oversight. Robert C. Merton, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, similarly expressed concern about the unintended consequences of change on Wall Street, closing with the assertion that... View Details
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
success factors for managing business experiments at the “incubation moment,” which appear to improve the prospects of success. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52307 forthcoming Strategy Science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
crafting innovative ways to make that happen in the Bay Area, where median home prices sail north of $1 million. In Oakland, for example, the nonprofit used a little-known tool called the Chapter 8 Tax Sale to acquire 24 blighted,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
advantage of a natural experiment involving two offsetting court rulings, separated by several weeks, that affected the antitakeover force of staggered boards for a subset of Delaware firms. We find evidence consistent with the hypothesis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Rachel Honeth
the direct managers with entrepreneurial mindsets – the ones who were doing well and moving up – were HBS alumnae." Inspired, and eager to learn skills she hadn't acquired as a journalist, Rachel applied to HBS. To catch up on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What a Difference a Community Can Make
financial goal but, in true HBS fashion, to exceed it. It has been a joy and a privilege to take part in such a broad, collective effort to ensure that HBS has the resources to remain the standard-bearer in management education for years... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
food, the health and safety of its consumers will fare better as well. All countries maintain their social fabric through food and family. Doug realized early on that food is fun, and food drives community and wellness. Enormous business opportunities had to follow... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
makes huge investments to acquire, develop, and market concepts with strong hit potential, and then banks on the sales of those titles to make up for the middling performance of their other content. Today's leading film studios,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
lowering risk. Sean Rosen Is Not for Sale by Jeff Baron (MBA 1978) (Greenwillow Books) Killing Limbaugh by Landon Carter (MBA 1967) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) The Awakened Relationship: Transforming Upsets and Blame... View Details
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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog
recapitalizations, strategic and financial sales of portfolio companies, initial public offerings, and secondary transactions. Module 5: Private Equity Firm Strategic and Management Issues This final module... View Details
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
thermometer, like those often used in fundraising campaigns, to hang in her salon. Each condom sale garnered a star stamped on the thermometer, providing a visual measure of the stylist's contribution to AIDS prevention in her community.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Danelle Radney
The general manager at College Pro had never managed a female franchisee before, much less an African-American one with a short afro and an even shorter history as an exterior house painter. But Danelle... View Details
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Cristiana Torres
"It changed everything," Cristiana says. "Everything I had taken for granted was over. I was forced to redirect my priorities." Cristiana resolved to "learn from the best. In previous generations," she... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life
For Christina Ehrenberg (MBA 2001), HBS is only the latest in a series of remarkable learning experiences — the world itself has been her greatest teacher, imparting to her a wisdom and composure that belie her years. An only child whose father, now retired, was a... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
brings them up to the same level with financial disclosures," says Serafeim. "Moreover, it forces companies to explain the relationship between financial and nonfinancial measures and how managing these... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding