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- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
respondents. Joseph Butler suggests that "It is the responsibility of corporations and governments alike to share knowledge and to work to educate developing nations ... about consumption, pollution,...
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by James Heskett
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
of the American Marketing Association's 2010 Sports Marketing Lifetime Achievement Award. The power of "The Rings"—the brand power of the Olympics—derives from the global recognition of the five rings (representing the five continents), the wide array of...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
punishment and dominant leadership. Tightness seems to be an adequate coping response to an immediate crisis such as a pandemic, as it requires people’s strict compliance to a new set of rules, such as View Details
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All Industries
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
brother and cousin, that forms the Office of the President at Loews' Manhattan headquarters. Among his primary responsibilities are watching over several major real estate investments and working closely with the CEOs of several...
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- 11 Jun 2020
- In Practice
Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?
set the most successful organizations apart. State of the art technology will not be successful in response to a crisis without these additional components. With them, organizations will figure out how to leverage technology (not...
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by Danielle Kost
- 17 Jan 2007
- Op-Ed
Learning from Private-Equity Boards
for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Fall Reunions
Spirits were high and the mood was merry as the MBA Classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, and 1978 returned to Soldiers Field October 2–5 for their reunions. Close to sixteen hundred alumni and guests took advantage of the weekend’s mix of academic and View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- News
Leading from Within
first Love, Power, Justice retreat in 2018. The program, says Lim and Overwater, is an effort to help executives battle the disorientation and disenchantment they often saw among leaders in both the corporate and nonprofit worlds. “It...
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Maureen Harmon
- April 1999 (Revised September 1999)
- Case
Compaq Computer: Consumer Notebook Group
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Presents the background for a video of a focus group on Compaq Computer's new consumer notebook. Engineers, manufacturers, and retailers had collaborated on the product design, which has been approved by the executive committee. A launch is scheduled for nine months...
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Human Resources;
Product Launch;
Product Design;
Outcome or Result;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Corporate Strategy;
Computer Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Compaq Computer: Consumer Notebook Group." Harvard Business School Case 599-053, April 1999. (Revised September 1999.)
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups...
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- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
"as part of a small team building a new company ... the time we spend together (as opposed to the day per week that she and her colleagues telecommute) ... is the most valuable." Jack Downey makes the case for the doubters: "Humans are View Details
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by James Heskett
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
How to onboard recently graduated MBAs
real until you meet some people, particularly when you have one-off hires.” It’s not just a matter of bringing new hires into the office. It’s important to have other staff there to socialize and onboard them too, especially more senior...
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- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
for CEO Tim Cook. Responses to this month’s column provided a range of advice that centered around whether or not product security is as important as some other features of the Company’s strategy. Since the Government’s request for help,...
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- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
financial crisis of 2008 laid bare the hidden network of relationships in corporate governance: who owes what to whom, who will stand by whom in times of crisis, what governs the provision of credit when no one seems to have credit. This...
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 2011 (Revised July 2014)
- Case
Earl Martin Phalen: Ready to ROAR?
By: Noam T. Wasserman, Julia Taylor and Yael Braid
Earl Martin Phalen is in the midst of starting his second non-profit organization, Summer Advantage, by implementing the lessons he learned from BELL, the non-profit he had founded and run for the prior 15 years. His aspirations for Summer Advantage were to make it...
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Corporate Governance;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Selection and Staffing;
Leadership Development;
Financial Management
Wasserman, Noam T., Julia Taylor, and Yael Braid. "Earl Martin Phalen: Ready to ROAR?" Harvard Business School Case 812-024, August 2011. (Revised July 2014.)
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Peeling Back the Global Brand
Corporate Brands Crossing Borders In the second presentation of the Global Brands session, HBS professor Douglas Holt described a work in progress that he is conducting with HBS professor John Quelch and Earl Taylor of Research...
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- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Exporting firms face significant up-front...
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
Turkey. Second, it focuses on the corporate actors, entrepreneurs and business enterprises that have led the national economic growth. Third, it explores the ethical foundations and social View Details
- 16 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports
Division I college basketball player at St. John’s University. He then pivoted his career path into investment banking, corporate strategy, and management consulting before circling back to the game he loves. Now at MSG, Laitsas is...
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