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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
Stamford. "The headquarters was a dilapidated, pest-infested building in the heart of the local projects," he recalls. In 1988, O'Neill left the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 27 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing
This fall, Harvard Business School launched its first Impact Investment Fund Course after a successful pilot in the Spring of 2021. The fund expands access to affordable,... View Details
- 05 Dec 2022
- What Do You Think?
How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World?
GE-trained leaders after leaving the company, just to cite a few anecdotes. In the interest of full disclosure, several of us on the Harvard Business School faculty knew or had... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
what loyalty means or how to build it. Reichheld, author of the 1996 bestseller The Loyalty Effect, outlines six principles of loyalty that can make the Internet a hospitable and highly profitable place for... View Details
- Web
In the News - Entrepreneurship
19 Sep 2024 Harvard Business School 181 CEOs Pledged to Lead Companies for ‘All Stakeholders’ in 2019. Did It Make a Difference? Re: Lynn Paine 17 Sep 2024 Boston Globe Is... View Details
- 24 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?
an average of 58 minutes per day on their smartphones, according to a recent report from Experian Marketing Services. Talking accounts for only 26 percent of that time. The other 73 percent is devoted to... View Details
- Web
Improving the Local & Regional Business Environment - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases CSV Explained CSV Explained The Three Levels of CSV Adding View Details
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in the Transportation Industry
concrete initiatives which the European Commission adopted for the next decade to build a competitive transport system to increase mobility, remove major barriers in... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
they can compete successfully in both the old and the new economies. Authors Philip Kotler, Dipak C. Jain, and Suvit Maesincee show how to build a complete View Details
- January 2003 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
The British Motorcycle Industry at a Crossroads
By: Jan W. Rivkin
By 1975, the collapse of the British motorcycle industry is nearly complete. Only one British manufacturer, NVT, remains in operation. In this setting, the British government commissions the Boston Consulting Group to identify and evaluate strategic alternatives for... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Consulting Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Great Britain
Rivkin, Jan W. "The British Motorcycle Industry at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 703-031, January 2003. (Revised January 2008.)
- 05 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct (Except When They Are)
Sometimes, the loudest, most confident voice in the room might indeed be the best decision-maker. Other times, the person who understands that they don’t know the answer—and therefore holds back in View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- Web
Scott D. Cook | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Cook, HBS 1976, started his career at Procter & Gamble, where he learned about product development, market research, and marketing. The insights he gained in these areas inspired him to seek an idea for... View Details
- Web
Hakeem Belo-Osagie | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Transcript (PDF) Hakeem Belo-Osagie, HBS 1980, grew up in Nigeria, England, and the United States. After graduating from HBS, he returned to Nigeria to work in financial services. He started at View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
a business in which there are increasing returns. To put the point another way, it is far easier to found a start-up if there are 10 other... View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
“raises similar issues in the context of building more personal connections and relationships in the workplace.” Others disputed the notion that these values are making View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Student Plan Goes to Washington
Not all financial reform proposals under consideration in Washington sprang from federal agencies and congressional committees. One emerged from HBS. Last spring, students in... View Details
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
efficiently as possible. Increasing the company's product line was a potentially quick, inexpensive way to shape a nascent market for processed food. It was also View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 2015
- Working Paper
Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value: A Reply to Amihud and Stoyanov
By: Alma Cohen and Charles C.Y. Wang
In a paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics in 2013, we provided evidence that market participants perceive staggered boards to be on average value-reducing. In a recent response paper, Amihud and Stoyanov (2015) “contest” our results. They... View Details
Keywords: Staggered Boards; Takeover Defense; Antitakeover Provision; Firm Value; Agency Costs; Delaware; Chancery Court; Airgas; Governing and Advisory Boards; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Delaware
Cohen, Alma, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value: A Reply to Amihud and Stoyanov." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-097, February 2016.
- 18 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent
While gains were focused at the executive and investor levels, these cuts fostered a transactional relationship between businesses and their workers. So, it should be a shock... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
Dina Pomeranz's interest in helping people build a savings cushion for difficult economic times emerged during a... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard