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  • 09 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

inform your design. 5. Integrate across whatever is not good enough. One critical decision firms face when creating an innovation-driven growth business is determining its optimal scope. Specifically, which activities need to be managed... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony
  • September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
  • Supplement

Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A2)

By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber
The A1 and A2 versions of the “Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)” split the original A case into two parts. The A1 case ends as activists Sardar Biglari and Phil Cooley prepare to meet with CEO Don Smith at Friendly's headquarters in September 2006. The... View Details
Keywords: Investment Activism; Business and Shareholder Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Conflict and Resolution; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 2017
  • Chapter

Corporate Moral Agency, Positive Duties, and Purpose

By: Nien-hê Hsieh
A long-standing question in business ethics is whether business enterprises are themselves moral agents with distinct moral responsibilities. To date, the debate about corporate moral agency has focused on responsibility for past wrongdoing that involves violating... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Moral Sensibility; Mission and Purpose
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

The Contract Year Phenomenon in the Corner Office: An Analysis of Firm Behavior During CEO Contract Renewals

By: Ping Liu and Yuhai Xuan
This paper investigates how executive employment contracts influence corporate financial policies during the final year of the contract term, using a new, hand-collected data set of CEO employment agreements. On the one hand, the impending expiration of fixed-term... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Contracts; Behavior; Employment
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  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement

By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—providing a theory that explains when each of these methods is likely to be the most efficient. The... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Business Headquarters; Decisions; Cost; Investment; Investment Return; Profit; Revenue; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Managerial Roles; Performance Efficiency; Strategy
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  • 06 Dec 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Sifan Zhou, Fellow, Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and PhD Candidate, SUNY Albany

  • 09 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

and Hackett was about to start her MBA journey. But instead of simply pondering the questions, Singer and Hackett chose to be active in their pursuit of answers. The result is a project 30 years in the making, 5 Big Life Decisions, a... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Venturing Forth

slowdown elsewhere within the industry, too. Last year’s decline in IPO activity meant VC firms generated just $71.4 billion in exits compared to $753.2 billion in 2021—a 90.5 percent drop. Fundraising also plummeted. Only 769 funds... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 01 Jan 2012
  • News

E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

internships, or other activities that enrich the college experience. The Stamps program requires an investment from the schools involved—they must agree to fund half of the costs. “We don’t believe in just giving away money. We want to... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2004
  • News

Working the Street

boxing center. It’s all part of the regular outreach he conducts with local businesses to garner backing for the “support” side of the El Monte PD’s mission. Timken’s search for gang activity one recent afternoon includes using a digital... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; tattoo; removal; program; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
  • 19 Jul 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

likely to make you fill out the sign-up form, information about the importance of saving for your golden years or a deadline that requests you fill it out within 30 days? If you are like most of us, it’s the latter. “In the flurry of View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

analytical tools and interpersonal techniques for dealing effectively with different bargaining styles and tactics. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes and applying your... View Details
  • 07 Oct 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

What Environmental Ratings Miss

Keywords: by Auden Schendler & Michael Toffel
  • 24 Apr 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Bank Accounting Standards in Mexico: A Layman’s Guide to Changes 10 Years after the 1995 Bank Crisis

Keywords: by Gustavo A. Del Angel, Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking
  • Research Summary

Learning Organizations

David A. Garvin is studying how companies pursue improvement and change through efforts to stimulate organizational learning. He has found the following activities to be common in learning organizations: intelligence gathering; experimentation; learning from... View Details

  • January–February 2022
  • Article

Mobilizing the U.S. Military’s TRICARE Program for Value-Based Care: A Report From the Defense Health Board

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Paul R. Schaettle, Vivian S. Lee, Michael D. Parkinson, Gregory H. Gorman and Michael-Anne Browne
The U.S. Military Health System spends about $50 billion annually through its TRICARE health plans to provide care to 9.6 million active duty service members, retirees, and their families. TRICARE, historically, has used the predominant U.S. fee-for-service payment... View Details
Keywords: Military Health System; Value-based Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; United States
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  • 2013
  • Case

The COFCO Group

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
COFCO was China's sole legitimate window for agricultural foreign trade before 1987. The reform of China's foreign trade system beginning in 1987 cost COFCO its monopoly position. Subsequently, the SOE giant capitalized on its foreign trade expertise to strategically... View Details
Keywords: China; Food; China
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  • January 2016 (Revised November 2018)
  • Case

Match Next: Next Generation Middle School?

By: John J-H Kim and Daniel Goldberg
This case is set in 2015 as a team at Match Education, a high performing charter middle school in Boston, explores new staffing and technology approaches in their quest to obtain what they term "jaw dropping" results. The team hopes to test and model for other schools... View Details
Keywords: General Management; K-12; Charter Schools; Public Schools; Edtech; Education; Information Technology; Management; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Education Industry; Boston
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    Eaton Corp.: Portfolio Transformation and the Cost of Capital

    In 2000, Eaton Corporation was broadly diversified industrial conglomerate.  But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed... View Details
    • 17 Jan 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Being the Boss

    thing is happening, can I get it to you tomorrow?" And he can read you in person. Another tip is that when you're working virtually, silence does not indicate agreement. So you have to actively inquire more than you would with a... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel