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- 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
Cheng, J. Yo-Jud, and Boris Groysberg Abstract—: Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
managing director for its U.K. business, the core health insurance business was in a perilous state. BUPA was losing market share, and the company's profits had been dropping. Gooding suggested, with a bit of humor, that she might not... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510088-PDF-ENG Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2007 Jan W. Rivkin, Michael A. Roberto, and Ranjay GulatiHarvard Business School Case 710-451 In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Robert Mueller, the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
creatives." Stefan Sonnenfeld, for instance, is a digital colorist, a kind of artist who didn't exist 10 years ago and is now in great demand. He works for Ascent Media Group. All the directors want to work for him; he's incredibly... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation
discussion, along with Dr. Maulik Majmudar, a former cardiologist and now associate director of the Healthcare Transformation Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and chief clinical officer and founder of Quanttus, and Corbin Petro,... View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
execute it. In this article, Kaplan, of Harvard Business School, and Norton, founder and director of the Palladium Group, explain how to effectively manage both strategy and operations by linking them tightly in a closed-loop management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
decided to triple what it charged Chewy to fulfill each order. What should Chewy do? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818105-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-055 Omar Simmons: Franchising and Private Equity Omar Simmons, managing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
Abstract The financial crisis of 2008-2009 has revealed that our broad model of corporate governance is broken, independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
ever when deciding where to source their goods and invest. The countries that can offer the best deal in terms of infrastructure and government stability—not just low wages—will come out ahead, she added. Lessons From Nike As director of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem
disclosed in Enron's financial statements and related footnotes? Yes, they were, but even the special committee of the Enron board of directors later described the disclosures as "obtuse" and woefully inadequate. A careful and... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
International Senior Management Program) has been in the thick of Europe's airline industry for decades. With more than thirty years' experience at Swissair, he has served as president and CEO of Sabena since 1996. Christoph Brand (HBS MBA '94), an executive View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
spin-off announcement, the stock price barely reacted. The case protagonist, Robb LeMasters (MBA ’05), managing director at Blue Harbour, joined the new company, BWX Technologies board of directors, to help guide it after the spin-off.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
controlling stake in Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (Satyam), a troubled Indian IT company managed since January 2009 by a six-member government-appointed caretaker board. Anand Mahindra, chairman and managing director of the Mahindra... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
the question driving the panel discussion "Monetization in a Mobile World." Panelists included Janet Balis (HBS MBA '99), partner and chief revenue officer at Betaworks; Glen Otis Brown, a senior director for Twitter's Twitter Amplify... View Details
- 31 Oct 2006
- HBS Case
Governing Sumida Corporation
Director Masako Egawa (HBS MBA '86), working with research associates Chisato Toyama (HBS MBA '99) and Kim Eric Bettcher. This case challenges students to think about different systems of corporate governance and whether they are... View Details
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
Fialkow, managing director of General Catalyst Partners, he would first employ the "earnest young man routine" to get an interview with an old guy in business who could explain the ins and outs of the industry. "Keep your... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
delayed for 20 days a shareholder vote on the sale of Del Monte Foods Co. (Del Monte) to a consortium of three private equity firms. In his opinion, Laster was critical of Del Monte's board, noting that the directors may not have properly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
panelists where search competitors could gain the most distinct advantage. "I think for us at Yahoo right now, we see an opportunity in helping users manage their personal information," said Bradley Horowitz, director of Yahoo's... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women—a History
including Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture (1998). A'lelia Bundles, director of talent development for ABC News, and author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madame C. J. Walker (2001) served as the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
Egypt or across Africa, or invest in the hospital. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816066-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 417-021 Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation This case... View Details