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- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
rapidly leveraging new ways of doing things, both from an operational and commercial standpoint, quickly became a number one priority. Keeping up to date with the latest governmental information was a useful starting point for many, but it wasn’t enough to generate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Creating Change
existing structure.” Women from the Classes of 1970 and 1971 wrote letters and met with decision-makers. 2 “Figure out who those committed and powerful people are who can help you make a change.” For those seeking to open the doors to the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
now expected to monitor corporate culture and take action if they learn that employees are being sexually harassed. “A board’s oversight over culture and respect in the workplace has become much more important than it was prior to... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
practice and Joseph L. Rice III Faculty Fellow. It wasn’t until the idea of “lean” corporations came into vogue that companies began to treat employees as just another resource to be allocated as needed. In the decades since, layoffs have become normalized. “Often,... View Details
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
behavior on the part of government contractors and to keep a portion of any resulting settlement. Boeing, for example, has paid more than $40 million in settlements stemming from False Claim Act cases in the past five years. A detailed analysis of 296 such View Details
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
placed a bet that the US government would intervene. When class action lawsuits began popping up in several states, Newcombe knew she had the catalyst she needed. A few months... View Details
- 23 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
unique case, with most of its companies owned by either the state or large families, and lacking checks and balances such as shareholder voting and class action lawsuits that,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
reforms.” In a freewheeling Q&A session with some 400 students in Burden Hall on September 30, Thain advocated action on three fronts: consolidating the six federal agencies that regulate financial institutions to eliminate overlapping... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
average value. (Contests) allow me to find the extreme value.” Curbing the patent trolls Another research presentation focused on the adverse effects around patent litigation, which has increased sharply in the last decade. In fact, 2015 saw the one of the highest... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
scenario where one candidate wins the popular vote and is projected to take the electoral vote, but lawsuits in many states over mail-in ballots and congressional races mean the outcome is uncertain. Several problematic laws could then... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
severance package of the CEO." To the extent possible, these actions would presumably be carried out quietly. While maintaining that the CEO should go, others recommended a more quiet approach, neither imposing a firing for cause nor... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
related to growth and efficiency. In a variety of case studies, students in the MBA elective Managing the Future of Work consider technological trends reshaping today’s workplace and actions business leaders can take. In particular, cases... View Details
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
displeasure over the directors' ineffectiveness at monitoring managers. In a sample of securities class-action lawsuits from 1996 to 2010, about 11% of independent directors are named as defendants. The likelihood of being named is... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Web
1.4.2 Classroom Environment | MBA
which they are based is a shared responsibility. Each student should understand what constitutes unacceptable classroom behavior. Each member of the teaching faculty should set clear expectations in the classroom, help identify unacceptable behaviors, and take timely... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
Wittenberg put it, " management will never fix the health care system (it) can promote standardization and mass production (but) the actions of individual managers will have no effect on the overall system," one that as Barry... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Salute to 1998
pages, as well as to all of the members of the Class of '98 who are now part of the HBS alumni family, the Bulletin offers its congratulations and a warm welcome. photography by Webb Chappell Chai Ling — The Meaning of Freedom Mark Tatum... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
string of concussion-level hits. And NFL team reports suggest head injuries may actually be on the increase. This new research push underlies a class action lawsuit against the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
from college than middle-class and affluent kids. PELP demonstrates the immediate impact of a class gift. Funded by the 40th Reunion gift from the HBS Class of 1963, PELP was launched in 2003 to see if HBS... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
see. The case method does little to cultivate caution. Decisiveness is rewarded, not inaction. Students can become trigger-happy as a result, committed "to taking action where action may not be... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
fill."—Allan Page "There is no definitive answer to the question of how any given board balances the needs of various classes of shareholders, employees, vendors, etc."—Amy Savin "The board should be guided by the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett