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- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
to understand them, and be prepared to educate the VC about why his exercising too much power could hurt both parties in the long-term. Maximize trust. Beneath all the financial projections, the VC negotiation is a process in which people...
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Anna Secino
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is just the latest in a string of high-profile leaders making the perp walk. What went wrong, and how can we learn from it? Professor Bill George discusses how powerful people lose their moral bearings. To stay grounded executives must View Details
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by Staff
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
coffee. Preparing the Self for Team Entry: How Relational Affirmation Improves Team Performance Despite their potential to perform at high levels and make decisions that are better than those of individual members, teams are often unable...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
Harvard Business School Case 307-091 Mark Ernst, the Chairman, CEO and President of H&R Block, has to decide how to respond to a competitive threat posed by a competitor's refund-lending product. Block is the largest U.S. tax View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
of directors of Medtronic, Inc., a company known for its commitment to effective corporate governance, must prepare for the departure of Chairman & CEO Bill George and the retirement of four long-time directors. The company had...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55099 Harvard Business School Case 818-110 Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad Silkroad—a cross-cultural music collaboration that world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma had spearheaded since 1998, was preparing to...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
of its primary holding, Fullerton Health, was deeply involved in preparations for taking Fullerton public on the Singapore stock exchange. Three years after SIN Capital had invested in Fullerton—a provider of enterprise health...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
the country had become a darling of the international aid community. As the country was preparing for the 2011 Party Congress, however, signs of growing economic frictions were becoming increasingly visible. The case closes by setting the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
conditions mentioned included only if: Top management is ready to know more about customer experiences and make the investment required to put the knowledge to work. Management is prepared to delegate the task to a broad swath of the...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
organization and prepared to challenge its own doctrines about how it operates to drive more resilient features into the entire platform (e.g. supplier partnerships and sourcing under duress, prime membership adjustments) that supplement...
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- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
struggled during the economic crisis from 2001 to 2002, it was well positioned to grow as the economy began to recover in 2003, in part due to government policies that helped stabilize the media industry. Now in October 2007, Grupo Clarín was View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411105-PDF-ENG Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (B) Lakshmi Iyer and John D. MacomberHarvard Business School Supplement 711-107 In July 2009, as investors prepared to submit financial bids...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
Ethan Rouen: I wrote this paper for two reasons. First, one of my advisers (former HBS professor) Fabrizio Ferri made me promise I’d write about my experience for future job seekers, and I couldn’t say no to him because he had spent so many hours helping me View Details
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
takes up time and requires prioritization? Is it a reflection of the fact that productivity improvement in non-manufacturing activities lags behind the manufacturing sector, at least in the US? Is it an indication that our new managers are ill View Details
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by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
commanding her legions to prepare to abandon their far-flung work spaces and return to Yahoo! offices for important collaboration essential to innovation. What this minute sample perhaps suggests is that we should be careful about jumping...
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by James Heskett
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
the extent of suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model of disaster prevention, supported by case studies and preliminary empirics to explain why some governments prepare well for disasters and others...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
Preparing for the 2010 report, the Southwest reporting team contemplates how to improve the One Report. The case also allows for debate on the future of integrated reporting, including its impact on internal management processes,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
analysis is possible, commit to moving in a particular direction, carefully plan the immediate next steps, work hard to learn from execution and experiment, seize opportunities along the way, and be prepared to recalibrate an...
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by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
testing, and business strategy at Targanta Therapeutics, a biotech company preparing its first new drug application to the FDA. In October 2007, Mark Leuchtenberger, president and CEO of Targanta—which has just held a successful...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
policy at hyper-local resolution, with global scope.” Related Reading: Developing Asia’s Largest Slum The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom Urban...
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