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- 23 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Field Evidence on Individual Behavior & Performance in Rank-Order Tournaments
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
still works out with former and current world champions at least five days a week at one of the martial arts academies he owns in Singapore. Sityodtong launched Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in 2009 as a response to an unanswered...
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- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
corporations such as Microsoft or Coca-Cola, particularly in Europe. Many NGOs, by the very nature of the work they do and the dedication of their staff and volunteers, attract the respect and admiration of many individuals. Nonprofits...
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by Manda Salls
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
displace—producer innovation in many parts of the economy. We argue that a transition from producer innovation to open single user and open collaborative innovation is desirable in terms of social welfare and so worthy of support by...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Why Get an MBA?
Monitor Group, I moved on to Corporate Strategy at PepsiCo to pursue my interest in consumer goods. I loved the job. I worked with inspiring, intelligent people on big issues driving the company. The job also afforded me time to spend...
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
US Pre-1950 Founder 43% Family Business 26% Other CEO 31% US 1950 & After Founder 32% Family Business 14% Other CEO 54% THE 20th CENTURY ZEITGEIST Six contextual factors deeply influenced the opportunities available to 20th century business leaders: Demographics...
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- October 19, 2021
- Article
The Facebook Trap
By: Andy Wu
Facebook has a clear mission: Connect everyone in the world. Clarity is good, but in Facebook’s case, it has also put the company in a bind because the mission—and the company’s vision for creating value through network effects—has also become the source of its biggest...
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Business And Society;
Mission and Purpose;
Network Effects;
Value Creation;
Corporate Accountability;
Strategy
Wu, Andy. "The Facebook Trap." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 19, 2021).
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
at the Highest Levels By: Groysberg, Boris, and Deborah Bell Abstract—The article examines the gender gap that is present in boardrooms in U.S. corporations and internationally in 2013 as more women attempt to reach executive-level...
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Anna Secino
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
health care value chain in Israel and Western Europe, an experience that culminated in supporting the COVID-19 vaccine response as part of the McKinsey Social Sector Hub in Geneva. Why the MS/MBA...
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- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
not just to the company, but also to people around the globe. At the same time, managers at other global brands were similarly considering their brands’ response to the COVID-19 crisis. Nike chose to twist its consumers’ athletic...
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by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
significant ways in a relatively short time. I think that every business professional and executive has a model of "what's next." If you asked most executives what's going to happen over the next 12 or even 18 months, what they will be doing, what their major...
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by Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Moreover, we show that this effect occurs not only in the case of IGOs that focus on economic issues, but also on those with social and cultural mandates. This demonstrates that relational governance is important and feasible in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
corporation for dozens of music labels, where he served as vice president of finance and operations. Then Sean “P. Diddy” Combs came calling in 1998, alerted to Ferguson’s expertise by Kimberley Hatchett-Maitland (MBA 1991), who was...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Larry Murphy
a $1.5 billion operation — as chief strategic officer. Responsible for strategy, acquisitions, business development, and the Disney brand on a global basis, Murphy helped grow the firm to a $60 billion enterprise by the time he and the...
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- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
or sculpture from the Tate collection, chosen based on the location, weather, and ambient noise surrounding the shaker. “Often there isn't a lot of strategic thinking behind their decision to be in social media” The provocative app is...
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- April 2021 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose
By: Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
India headquartered Mahindra Group is a multibillion-dollar federation of companies operating across the globe. It is ahead of its time in articulating its purpose and mapping its values, something it had first done at inception and then refreshed yet again as ‘Rise’...
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Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Change Management;
Communication Strategy;
Family Ownership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Revenue;
Auto Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Technology Industry;
Asia;
India;
Mumbai;
South Korea;
Italy;
United States
Gulati, Ranjay, and Rachna Tahilyani. "The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 421-091, April 2021. (Revised December 2023.)
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
declared bankruptcy on June 1, 2009. “All stakeholders must work together to make GM's bankruptcy filing a comma rather than a period in the storied history of this American corporate icon." -Daniel Heller Its future appears...
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
forthcoming). Lauren H. Cohen : Invited to brief the United States Congress on innovation policy, 2020. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2020 Global Thought Leadership Grant on Corporate Social View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Featured Exercises Build a foundation of self-awareness through a 360° assessment (Emotional and Social Competency Inventory) Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire...
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- November 1999
- Case
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (A)
By: Andre F. Perold
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (LTCM) was in the business of engaging in trading strategies to exploit market pricing discrepancies. Because the firm employed strategies designed to make money over long horizons--from six months to two years or more--it adopted a...
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Fluctuation;
Capital;
Financial Liquidity;
Financing and Loans;
Investment Funds;
Investment Portfolio;
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Management;
Risk Management;
Marketing;
Motivation and Incentives;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F. "Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 200-007, November 1999.