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- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
views as possible ... and then get the buy in for the execution process." Anshu Vats expressed this view a bit differently when he said, "Groupthink is heavily discouraged in the companies where the leaders lead from behind. ...... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
influence the companies being rated. We focus on corporate environmental ratings, the primary purpose of which is to help investors select "socially responsible" and avoid "socially irresponsible" companies. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
hold fully rational beliefs. We find that the model captures many features of actual prices and returns; importantly, however, it is also consistent with the survey evidence on investor expectations. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
superior," noting that this may be the case only when there is a "threat of widespread panic" or "when a crisis breaks down an entire system (like the banking system)." Elaine Scheye would limit intervention only... View Details
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
regulation, history is likely to repeat itself. “Without a push by Facebook’s customers or more fundamental federal government regulation, history is likely to repeat itself.” After all, the ability of advertisers to get hold of personal... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
repurchasers to shed light on characteristic-related mispricing. When issuing firms are large relative to repurchasing firms, for example, we find that large firms subsequently underperform. This holds true even when we restrict attention... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
faith in the power of technology to solve their problems. (In fact, the Occupy Wall Street generation may be more likely to trust a fintech company than a big New York banking firm.) Moreover, millennials... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
investments in research and development, was emphasized by several respondents. Mark Hopkinson remarked that "most big companies rely for their tech pipeline of new products on the innovation that comes from small business, acquiring... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
initial response to reports that customers were having trouble with the antennae on Apple's iPhone 4, its latest "superproduct." It was reported that he commented that iPhone 4 users would have to learn not to hold the phone by its lower... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
“It’s not about values. It's about value and how you're creating value, how you are showing that the companies in which you're investing are creating value.” However, many barriers still prevent asset managers from accurately assessing... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
favorable expectations when first- and third-party content are substitute (complements). These results hold with both simultaneous and sequential entry of the two sides. With two competing platforms-incumbent facing favorable expectations... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
seemed the government's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies were only enriching a few. In 1997, Surve and three of his comrades founded Sekunjalo, an investment holding company that sought to offer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
sample of 180 U.S. companies, we find that corporations that voluntarily adopted sustainability policies by 1993-termed as High Sustainability companies-exhibit by 2009 distinct organizational processes compared to a matched sample of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
MaterialsFurman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions Harvard Business School Case 905-066 Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in acquisition... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
"The concept of people, be they patient or employee, holding back information either knowingly or just forgetting, is a problem that can kill a patient or a company." Others suggested important contrasts that they think make... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
Despite earning two engineering degrees at Stanford, HBS associate professor Lee Fleming says he always knew he "wanted to study more than electrons." Even so, the former professional musician and bike racer, who worked at Hewlett-Packard for seven years and... View Details
- 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 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
gaining ground in banking. In light of the recent financial crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Power, 2009; Taleb, 2007). This paper asks whether the expansion of measurement-based risk management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
progressed along their path to power. Discovering common attributes that made these influential business leaders possible to build successful and sustainable companies in a very adverse and unfriendly context is an extremely necessary... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
PublicationsTalk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations Authors:Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2012 Abstract How can leaders make their big or growing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne