Executive Search Firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

investigate corporate conduct standards around the world. But what started as a seemingly straightforward search soon grew into a major undertaking that required a dedicated server to process multilingual data from thousands of employees... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Nov 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

E-Santa: Is Retail Ready for Digital Christmas?

brick-and-mortar shops: Shove your best deals to the back of the store. Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores? For multichannel retailers, pricing strategy can be difficult to execute and confusing to shoppers. Can... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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IT Strategy: IT Modernization Drives Academic Library Innovation | Information Technology

strategy. We are experimenting with cutting edge technology in the search space to allow users of HBS sites to more easily discover materials, and we are also building an enterprise data catalog to enable users of HBS data to find what... View Details

02 Feb 2016
First Look

February 2, 2016

agent-based simulation model of network emergence. Using data on technology partnerships from 1983 to 1999 among firms in the automotive, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, microelectronics, new materials, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

have complained about for almost two decades. Every year like clockwork, biotech executives warn that the industry is on the verge of consolidating. So far, that hasn't happened. To Pisano, the issue of fragmentation is not as simple as... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

14 Jul 2021
Blog Post

From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)

passionate about, which is Political Science.” During undergrad, Llano interned at McKinsey and joined the firm full-time in Bogota after graduation. She spent three years traveling and working on a variety of projects before taking her... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Oct 2002
News

Books

The Heart of Change by John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen Searching for a Corporate Savior by Rakesh Khurana Making Markets: How Firms Can Design and Profit from Online Auctions and Exchanges by Ajit Kambil and... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

America the Difficult

Last year, foreign investors set new records for their acquisition activity in the United States. And 2008 began with nearly daily stories of American financial executives courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign wealth... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; foreign investors; Finance

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

the downsides of the cluster phenomenon. After the French tire maker Michelin introduced radial tire technology—which in effect doubled a tire's useful life—Akron tire companies quickly began to lose their edge. The Akron firms faltered... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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Business Education & The Case Method | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Resources Credits HBS & the Case Method - Message From the Director HBS & the Case Method Site Credits Special Collections Search Exhibition Business Education & The Case Method The General Shoe Company, 1921 Case Writing & Industry... View Details

Career Coach

Juan Leung Li

Juan draws on his own career journey and his experience supporting tech entrepreneurs and executives to coach students. Most career paths look like a straight line in hindsight -- those cases are rare. In reality, discovering fulfilling... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Angel Investing; Financial Services (All); Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship; Technology

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit, Information, and the Courts

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

competition and downsizing; rapid turnover of executives and employees; growing concern about the environment; and the crumbling of institutions such as schools and the family. "We're searching for new ways... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Sep 2006
News

East to West

(“Shiggi”) Yawata moves Sumida toward a U.S.-inspired “committee system” for its board of directors — the first Japanese company to do so. The case was a collaborative project undertaken by Professor Lynn Paine and Japan Research Office View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

internally focused manner. Innovation today must be managed as an open system, with a far greater external focus. Q: Which companies today are the best examples of open innovation, and why? A: IBM, Intel, and Procter & Gamble all View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Career Coach

Kristin Brennan

currently serves as the Executive Director for Career Exploration and Development at Bowdoin College in Maine, after 20 years of working in social impact in the Boston area. Kristin has a particularly developed vantage point on what... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

Career Coach

Phil Wong

welcomes the opportunity to partner with students and alumni on making family-focused career choices, navigating dual careers with your partner, executing on career pivots, forging an entrepreneurial path, and managing buy-side career... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

Business Review, Merton, a Nobel laureate, urges senior corporate executives and boards to view derivative applications not just as tactical measures but as strategic tools that convey competitive advantage. A first step is distinguishing... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

alternative measures of trade costs, address potential reverse causality, and explore regional patterns. CEO Personality and Firm Policies By: Gow, Ian D., Steven N. Kaplan, David F. Larcker, and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina Abstract—Based on... View Details