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Students on the Job Market - Doctoral
Curriculum Vitae | Website | Email Marcela Carvalho Abstract: Who gets the benefit of the doubt? CEO gender and news about firm performance I show that financial markets react asymmetrically to bad news about firm performance depending on... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (C)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Steel and Alcoa withstand antitrust accusations Personal and corporate tax rates cut Airmail service starts Influence: High 30 1930 19 The New Deal Commercial and investment banking separated Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
is currently provided by GAAP financial reporting. The purpose of this paper is to examine the optimal design of information intermediaries that can increase the impact of sustainability information on corporate conduct. Specifically, we focus on two issues: who View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Women’s health is more than female anatomy and our reproductive system—it’s about unraveling centuries of inequities due to living in a patriarchal healthcare system. - Blog: Health Supplement
Maven , now a $1 billion women’s telehealth company, some investors said that employers would never pay for a solution that “only” supported half the population. What they didn’t consider is that pregnancy and delivery is one of the... View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409107 Dave and Millie: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs Harvard Business School Case 809-109 Two entrepreneurs have just been told by their venture capital backer to prepare a list of possible View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/management/9780199226009/toc.html Cases & Course MaterialsCapitaLand Ltd: CEO Selection Harvard Business School Case 410-055 In September 2007, the Group President of CapitaLand... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research
More Information HBS Working Knowledge Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)? By: Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik More Information HBS Working Paper Series Does 'What We Do'... View Details
- 12 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones
Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
re-occurring phenomenon of sovereign default has prompted an enormous theoretical and empirical literature. Most of this research has focused on why countries ever chose to pay their debts (or why private creditors ever expected... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
groups of constituents and board members, using technology wisely, and planning for a future in the digital world. It also shows that there are alternative paths for a CEO to take—and that a strong organizational leader can make up for... View Details
- 08 Dec 2022
- HBS Case
The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?
Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, faced a difficult choice last February as Russian tanks rolled across Ukraine, and the 24/7 news and social media cycle amplified the company’s every move. CEO Mark Schneider was... View Details
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
business on a new and unsustainable path. One day, while hand-packing an ice cream order, the couple noticed that Robert Iger, CEO of Disney at the time, was the customer who would receive it. They added a cookbook and a personal note in... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
No, it's OK. It's OK. It's OK. Winfrey: Arthur just mentioned that this book is a gift. And I know many of you are like, well, OK, I had to pay for it. I wish I could have had them-- Brooks: Everybody gets a copy. Winfrey: I wish I could... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
- 03 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
charismatic but controversial cofounder of WeWork, who quit as CEO in 2019 after a bungled initial public offering amid questions about his business practices. “The market values the experience they have and rewards them in terms of high... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases
yourself paying more attention to the prices of everything you buy? You are not alone. Consumers everywhere are more price aware. People who've been indifferent to price increases for years are suddenly amazed at what things now cost. How... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
bookstores—the whole physical distribution system—is on the cusp of changing fundamentally." Olson has a particularly informed view of the issue. Before arriving at HBS in 2008, he was CEO of Random House. In a recent unpublished... View Details
- 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 to no one that in recent years, the power dynamic has switched... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
exciting, but rather unorthodox, new savings product. Instead of paying interest, this product gives depositors the chance to win large cash prizes each month. Michael Jordan, CEO of the bank's Consumer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?
wanted to build the team. So, on day one I hired a head of recruiting to get things off to a strong start. I also knew market adoption would be critical to fundraising so (we) focused on growth very early on—before we even had a product!” – David Cancel, View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin