by Michael J. Roberts - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jul 2002
What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

As John Apen points out, "Alignment works only if CEOs and boards have the same time perspective as the other two groups (investors and employees)... top managers' and Wall Street goals were all short term.…" C. J.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Jan 2004
What Do You Think?

How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?

responses did not correlate well with country of origin. One interesting example concerned fears about the two-tiered economy created by job exportation. Before concluding, "These trends cannot be stopped View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Mar 2016
First Look

March 22, 2016

institutions. It explores as well new efforts to understand the micro mechanisms and channels by which host countries can benefit from multinational activity, within and between firm productivity increases. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

proved that each generation perceives its actions as rational but to (the) next it may appear irrational. This is the path to growth and development of civilization." Frances Pratt said, "What is normal and rational is framed by... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

conversion of inventions into commercially viable innovation. As Allen Roberts points out, " lacking as we do a worthwhile VC industry the history of the last 100 years where Australia exports all its great ideas with little return... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

spirituality in business. Can Spirituality Drive Success? Should It? In a session exploring how spirituality can lead to business success, panelist Tony Schwartz confessed to one distinction: he was perhaps the only person in the world who was "driven to the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

If the COVID-19 crisis lasts four months, 65 percent of small retailers say there’s a good chance they’ll be forced to close permanently by the end of the year. Among restaurants and bars, 70 percent expect to go out of business if... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

10 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53251 August 22, 2017 Harvard Business Review Find the Right Metrics for Your Sales Team By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Robert Marsh Abstract—This article reports the results of a survey of key... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52122 January 2017 Strategic Finance Managing Healthcare Costs and Value By: Kaplan, Robert S., Michael E. Porter, and Mark L. Frigo... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

heralding the start of National Biotechnology Month, as January 2000 had been designated by the U.S. Senate. For biotech, in fact, the party had begun months earlier, when hundreds of millions of dollars had poured into promising... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

01 Jun 1996
News

Reinventing Marketing

Professor Robert J. Dolan, whose research focuses on pricing, will oversee the required Marketing course in the 1996-97 academic year. The elective curriculum has also been restructured, based in part on... View Details

Keywords: Mary Jane Higgins; Illustration by Peter Hoey

08 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?

indicates the answer is yes. That is, by enhancing employee value managers can potentially add significant value to an organization. This research is particularly important to recall this week, when, with the close of the NFL’s regular... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

11 Jan 2008
News

HBS Course Uses Literature To Teach Moral Leadership

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

Negative) Experiences: Risk-Seeking in the Domain of Gains? Authors:Jolie Mae Martin, Gregory M. Barron, and Michael I. Norton Abstract In contrast to research which has conflated losses with negative experiences and gains with positive... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

Authors:Michael E. Porter, Christian H. M. Ketels, and Mercedes Delgado-Garcia Publication:In Global Competitiveness Report2006-2007, edited by Augusto Lopez-Claros, Michael E. Porter, Xavier Sala-i-Martin,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

whether focusing on its core brands, which currently represent 90% of sales, is a better approach. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512009-PDF-ENG The Expansion of Ping An Robert C. Pozen and Nina View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

with the direction of the company under Iger’s predecessor, Michael Eisner; and Comcast had made a $54 billion hostile bid to take over Disney only one year before. The situation for Disney looked bleak. Yet View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

Publications August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review The Art of Strategic Renewal By: Binns, Andy, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly, and Michael L. Tushman Abstract—In recent years, we have seen... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

Institutional Investors Frame Their Losses: Evidence on Dynamic Loss Aversion from Currency Portfolios Authors:Kenneth A. Froot, J. Arabadjis, S. Cates, and S. Lawrence Publication:Journal of Portfolio Management (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2004 (Revised December 2004)
Case

How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities

By: Michael J. Roberts and Lauren Barley

Four venture capitalists from leading Silicon Valley firms are interviewed about the frameworks they use to evaluate potential venture opportunities. Questions include: How do you evaluate the venture's prospective business model? What due diligence do you conduct?... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Opportunities; Framework; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction

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