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- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
decision making, and judgments in carrying out the work of the modern corporation. A most fortuitous event in starting the project was the engagement of our research assistant who has a theater academic background and experience as a scriptwriter and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009
health benefits under the leadership of then CEO Michael Critelli and Corporate Medical Director Jack Mahoney. The case provides an overview of the history of employee health benefits in the U.S. and at Pitney Bowes. The range of health... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
described as a vulture capitalist, now gets a serious hearing when he urges Apple to make better use of its billions in cash or Dell to improve the terms of a management buyout. Today, university endowments and state pension funds invest with activists, corporate View Details
- 08 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer
I ever had, allowing you to partner with like-minded people and get measurable results.” “I am not the first to observe that it’s easier for most people to make money than it is to give it away” Stevenson has served as a director and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
The Indian economy has been teetering on the brink for the past few months. The most manifest of these problems has been the crash of the Indian rupee, which has shown a decline of approximately 20 percent against the US dollar in a short period of time. Tarun Khanna,... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
process of creating two new boards of directors for these companies. As part of this process, the team reviews the roles and responsibilities of a board, defines what capabilities the new boards need, and reduces a preliminary list of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Business School Case 315-106 Advanced Leadership Field Perspectives: Detroit No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315106-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-044 The Board of Directors at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
facing several acute problems: a conflict between his director of marketing and his director of field operations; a dramatic increase in prices by a key supplier; and a major strategic alliance that does not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
premier brands such as Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and Vacheron Constantin. Thomke and coauthor Daniela Beyersdorfer, associate director of the Harvard Business School Europe Research Center, had unfettered access to the usually... View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
industry like taxicabs. It can fight hard to get the rules changed,” says Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and chair and director of the Harvard University... View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
directors concentrating their attention on leadership behaviors that, at least in theory, should provide the basis for long-term performance rather than the behaviors exhibited by many leaders who are short-term optimizers and well... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
says Rose, who grew up in the Bay Area. "People are afraid that this special culture in this special place could get lost." Wealth And Culture Rose tackles these tensions in a new case study, San Francisco, 2015 #tech #inequality, cowritten with HBS... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
leadership. This week, Kanter sat down with HBS Working Knowledge to discuss how these same reasons might hinder corporate adoption of Windows 8. 1. Loss of Control—Unsolicited change naturally meddles with autonomy, and the world's IT View Details
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
Once upon a time, there were two kinds of businesses. On the one hand, there were public and privately owned companies such as those that existed in Western-style democracies, which had boards of directors and accountability to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
studies on companies including Microsoft, Sony, and Intel, and consults with consumer marketing companies in the area of innovation. She also serves on the board of directors of Avid Technology and the board of governors of the American... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Integration, Not Intellectual Property The "great embarrassment" of twentieth-century medicine, despite its many strides, is that most therapeutics were directed at symptoms, not causes, said Eric S. Lander, a leader of the Human Genome Project and View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909028 Insulting Andrew Harvard Business School Case 909-025 This case describes a compensation negotiation between a global HR director and a candidate for a high-level executive position. The situation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Instructions for Poppie Santoni, Director Ian LarkinHarvard Business School Case 912-040 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912040-PDF-ENG New England Apple Slices Deishin Lee... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
individuals' charitable giving in the United States. Further, unlike corporate boards where directors are appointed and leave, school attended is a network that doesn't change over a person's life (after graduation). In addition, a... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
business." "The statistics are correct," said Raj Kapoor (HBS MBA '96), managing director at Mayfield, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. "It's an extremely hit-driven business that's becoming more... View Details