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  • 21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

  Working PapersThe Performance of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts Authors:Jerry Cao and Josh Lerner Abstract Reverse leveraged buyouts (RLBOs) have received increased public scrutiny but attracted little systematic study. We collect a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016

on riskier projects and strategies. But risk management must overcome severe individual and organizational biases that prevent managers and employees from thinking deeply and analytically about their risk exposure. In this paper, we draw... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

dollars." Into The Future With so much of Wall Street inside personal computers, consumer empowerment—and the democratization of financial services—has reached a significant new level. The Web's interactivity and ability to deliver incredible amounts of timely... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services
  • November 2001 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (A)

By: Rakesh Khurana, Gina Carioggia and Simon Johnson
Describes 37-year-old Ferit Sahenk's challenges in taking over his father's traditionally managed $14 billion Turkish conglomerate in a period of economic instability. Leading the large holding company into the 21st century will require the establishment of a more... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Trade; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Business; Change Management; Turkey
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  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

Learning to Lead

Authored by Assistant Professors Boris Groysberg and Chris Marquis, the case is taught in the first-year course Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD). After just a few days on the job, Keller (MBA ’05) is taken off one project and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management
  • 20 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

the general rise in all stock prices. Executives benefited from the run-up in the stock market, rather than for taking their companies to the next level. Kanter: There's a danger, however, in focusing only on boards and compensation and not on View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 07 Jun 2016
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June 7, 2016

May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings International Data on Measuring Management Practices By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We examine methods used to survey firms on their management and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Student-Profile

Anil Doshi

services. We collected individual performance data and found tremendous potential in providing beneficial services to our users that required the aggregation of that data. I became more interested in understanding how the disclosure,... View Details
  • 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

identical resumes. Using a novel control condition, we document that this discrimination is not specific to gender and is instead driven by beliefs. Employers are simply less willing to hire a worker from a group that performs worse on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

took only a portion of each bird produced and OSI had to develop a go-to-market strategy for the rest. The case describes the opportunities and challenges of operating in China and raises questions involving vertical integration, competitive positioning, corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 2, 2010

  PublicationsMeeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer Publication:Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice (forthcoming) An abstract is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

Facing the Music

the label itself; on the rock and pop sides, producers are usually independent. Meanwhile, the label begins to create a marketing "image" for the performer or group. Posters, CD cover designs, concert ads, music videos, and other forms of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

role of telecommunications firms in providing content. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53774 forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity, Engagement, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

explore the role of assumptions underlying knowledge creation within the field of organizational studies, and investigate how incompatible assumptions across subgroups may inhibit the generation of multidisciplinary knowledge. While View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 1997
  • Case

ABB Germany

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Describes Europe's most famous postwar multinational merger between Asea of Sweden and Brown Boveri of Switzerland. Gives background on both companies and focuses particularly on BBC's geographic organization, its corporate culture, and the relationship between its... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Multinational Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Geographic Location; Rank and Position; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Sweden; Switzerland; Germany
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  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Bad Times for Business

market, rather than for taking their companies to the next level. Kanter: There's a danger, however, in focusing only on boards and compensation and not on organizational performance writ large. If we don't... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • October 1996 (Revised May 2001)
  • Case

Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (A)

By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt
The board of directors of a rural health clinic fires its executive director. The case elaborates the evolution and progress of the clinic under this director during a period of growth and a changing health care environment. Factors contributing to and questioning the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Resignation and Termination; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Rank and Position; Social Enterprise; Health Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Books

www.mindedge.com. Performance Measurement & Control Systems for Implementing Strategy by Robert L. Simons (Prentice Hall) "This book is built around a number of tensions inherent in all business," declares HBS professor Robert Simons of... View Details
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

optimality of capital control taxation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52787 Summer 2017 RAND Journal of Economics Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

management and waste to energy, as well as the characteristics of the waste management industry. The intent of the (A) case is to have students perform operational analysis on the organic waste to energy process to evaluate whether a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne