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  • 08 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

opposite: He delegates decision rights and makes functions and business units accountable. "What companies are doing at this stage is refocusing their strategy from an inward perspective to an outward... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing
  • 05 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact

operations research, helping military leaders and policymakers think about how to make government more effective and efficient. It was an advisory, analytical role, and I enjoyed it very much—but after a while it felt a little too removed... View Details
  • 18 Jun 2007
  • Op-Ed

Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

treatment of corporate income appears to make the United States somewhat anomalous by international standards. By itself, this international experience is informative but hardly decisive as the United States... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
  • March 2010 (Revised October 2010)
  • Case

The Huffington Post

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Toby E. Stuart and David Kiron
In Feb. 2010, management of the Huffington Post, a fast-growing but not-yet-profitable Internet newspaper that aggregates blog posts from unpaid contributors and excerpts of stories originally published by other news sites, faces a number of decisions about its growth... View Details
Keywords: Networks; Business Model; Cost vs Benefits; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Publishing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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Eisenmann, Thomas R., Toby E. Stuart, and David Kiron. "The Huffington Post." Harvard Business School Case 810-086, March 2010. (Revised October 2010.)
  • 25 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

Marketplace was difficult for the small factories in mainland China because many knew little of fast-changing American consumer fashion tastes. SHEIN came to the rescue. SHEIN, which had never sold products in China, began to make its... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 20 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

decentralization decisions—across a large range of industries and countries. In this paper we investigate whether greater product market competition increases decentralization. For example, tougher competition may make local manager's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Families in Business

Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries around the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2022
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Leading an Exhausted Workforce

  • November 1990 (Revised August 1996)
  • Background Note

Sampling and Statistical Inference

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.
An introduction to sampling and statistical inference that covers the main concepts (confidence intervals, tests of statistical significance, choice of sample size) that are needed in making inferences about a population mean or percent. Includes discussion of problems... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Forecasting and Prediction; Demographics
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Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Sampling and Statistical Inference." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-092, November 1990. (Revised August 1996.)
  • April 2019
  • Article

Shooting the Messenger

By: Leslie John, Hayley Blunden and Heidi Liu
Eleven experiments provide evidence that people have a tendency to “shoot the messenger,” deeming innocent bearers of bad news unlikeable. In a preregistered lab experiment, participants rated messengers who delivered bad news from a random drawing as relatively... View Details
Keywords: Judgment; Communication; Sense-making; Attribution; Disclosure; Interpersonal Communication; Perception; Judgments; Motivation and Incentives
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John, Leslie, Hayley Blunden, and Heidi Liu. "Shooting the Messenger." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 148, no. 4 (April 2019): 644–666.
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Unique Value Proposition - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate Strategy The Role of Leaders Related Topics Creating a Successful St... Creating a Successful Strategy Unique Value Proposition Distinctive Value Chain View Details
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Courses - Entrepreneurship

including entrepreneurial management. The Entrepreneurial Manager Entrepreneurial managers transform opportunities into companies and institutions that make a difference in the world. In their successful “pursuit of opportunity without... View Details
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The HR-Executive Suite Connection

various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Human resources... View Details
  • February 2004 (Revised January 2005)
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Hewlett-Packard: Culture in Changing Times

By: Michael Beer, Rakesh Khurana and James Weber
HP had been a highly successful and respected company for decades. It was well known for its company culture and management practices--the HP way--which emphasized both profits and people. Changing markets, strong competitors, and the growth of its computer business,... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Human Resources; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Adoption; Competition
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Beer, Michael, Rakesh Khurana, and James Weber. "Hewlett-Packard: Culture in Changing Times." Harvard Business School Case 404-087, February 2004. (Revised January 2005.)
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management

By: Eugene F. Soltes, Suraj Srinivasan and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan
Shareholder proposals provide investors an opportunity to exercise their decision rights within firms, but managers can seek permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to dismiss proposals. We find that managers seek to exclude 39% of all proposals... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations
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Soltes, Eugene F., Suraj Srinivasan, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan. "What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-132, May 2016. (Revised October 2017.)
  • 16 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 16, 2015

particularly in the vaccine space, had begun to attract the attention of much larger pharmaceutical companies. While there was much appeal to working with these companies, these relationships could also challenge Crucell's independence. This issue is highlighted by the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?

charisma as a leader’s moral conviction, need for power, and ability to transfer an idealized vision to followers—it’s more than just straight-up beauty. Having it can mean the difference between making it to the C-suite and getting stuck... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Don't Take 'No' for an Answer: An Experiment with Actual Organ Donor Registrations

By: Judd B. Kessler and Alvin E. Roth
Over 10,000 people in the U.S. die each year while waiting for an organ. Attempts to increase organ transplantation have focused on changing the registration question from an opt-in frame to an active choice frame. We analyze this change in California and show it... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Health Care and Treatment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Industry
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Kessler, Judd B., and Alvin E. Roth. "Don't Take 'No' for an Answer: An Experiment with Actual Organ Donor Registrations." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20378, August 2014.
  • 10 Nov 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

encouraging, how and when we set overall rules for encouraging (volunteerism) and how we plan to assess, monitor, and manage need to (be) addressed." Alden Cushman added: "how information is collected, put into context, prioritized, and impacts business View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • October 2008 (Revised December 2008)
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Gillette Company (E): Procter & Gamble

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
After arriving in 2001 as the first outsider Chairman and CEO in Gillette history, Jim Kilts led a remarkable turnaround. But by late 2004 he had to make a difficult decision. To better position the 104-year-old, Boston-based company, he opted to sell it to... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Matthew Bird. "Gillette Company (E): Procter & Gamble." Harvard Business School Supplement 309-033, October 2008. (Revised December 2008.)
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