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- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
is arguably the strongest these days, appears not to be competitive in many global industries in which labor costs are still important. Germany, in particular, where workers and union members routinely occupy seats on boards of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
could also explore how differing trajectories of technological development influence the evolution of industrial clusters. It would also be interesting to chart the attempts by many regional development boards and business associations to... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
affiliations vary with the degree to which exposure drafts issued during their terms are perceived as decreasing accounting "reliability" and increasing accounting "relevance." Among other results, we find that members' and commissioners' length of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know
percent of board members are women. They teamed with Fletcher, who is pursuing a doctoral degree in organizational behavior, to answer questions on gender, competition, and cooperation that have not been addressed in previous research: Do... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
reference." Looking At Other Industries The gaming industry is a unique setting for this kind of research, given its tight regulation by gaming control boards and the government, and its hyper focus on profitability, security, and loss... View Details
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
plans provide very different incentives and entail different risks. Fixed Value Plans. With fixed value plans, executives receive options of a predetermined value every year over the life of the plan. A company's board may, for example,... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
are paying hundreds of dollars for a ticket don't want to hear about bridge periods, and neither do board members. We've lost a lot of patience with developmental strategies in recent years. It seems like more and more in our economy, we... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
ESG—factors), both because of its importance to socially conscious investors and as an indicator of long-term corporate health. Firms such as Morgan Stanley Capital International crunch hundreds of factors from carbon emissions to the percent of women on corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
Psychological Science Psychologically Informed Implementations of Sugary Drink Portion Limits By: John, Leslie, Grant Donnelly, and Christina Roberto Abstract—In 2012, the New York City Board of Health prohibited restaurants from selling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
Chesapeake's board and its compensation committee, including McClendon's role in consummating several joint ventures, which the board and committee believed positioned the company for future growth in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
boards (PCBs) in-house rather than buying them from third-party contract manufacturers. Stryker Corporation's Instruments business is considering the proposal in response to difficulties with existing suppliers. The case requires students... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
and SEC oversight than previously suggested. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52776 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value By: Wang, Charles C.Y., and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Disney animation department was not the company’s only problem. Disney was under pressure: the company had recently delivered poor financial results; ratings at the ABC network had fallen below competitors; Walt’s nephew, Roy E. Disney, had stepped down from the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
than that of other CEOs. CEO turnover sensitivity to firm performance is also significantly higher in founder-director firms compared to non-founder firms. Overall, the evidence suggests that boards with founder-directors provide more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
Association board in two months. Trouble was, Grinna lacked a technical background. In class discussion, students consider whether Grinna should hire local programmers or a CTO to do the work; outsource the work using a global labor... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
resilience and success. Hise O. Gibson is a senior lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. Anita Lynch is an executive fellow at the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard, and a board member of the Nasdaq US... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
first-time CEO, or other member of the C-suite. I’ve seen investors coach leaders on everything from how to lead their teams and handle challenging employees to how to run a great board meeting. I’ve also seen investors support and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards By: Ludwig, Edward J., Anna Elise Walton, and Michael Beer Abstract—Over the past years, forward-looking CEOs have adopted a higher-ambition approach to strategy and leadership. These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
Case 512-036 In November 2011, just days before the holiday shopping rush, the senior leadership team of The Home Depot, Inc. (Home Depot), the world's largest home improvement chain, discussed how best to navigate the new interconnected world of retail. Retailers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
the East and the Pacific Northwest. However, the recent expansion in ethanol production is changing the pattern of grain flow along with stimulating the local farm economy. SDWG's management and producer board must decide how to continue... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace