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- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
to make the transition from a communist planned economy to a market economy. And we felt incredibly privileged to be part of that process. We became good friends with the then, Prime Minister Philip Dimitrov. We started the International... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Kevin J., and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—We provide fresh evidence regarding the relation between compensation consultants and CEO pay. First, firms that employ consultants have higher-paid CEOs—this result is robust to firm fixed effects... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
lawyers inevitably start to keep work to themselves as the firm navigated an ever-more competitive environment? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/414022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 513-097 Singapore Metals Limited... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
York, Los Angeles, and Denver have worked with private partners to emphasize public transportation and start to de-emphasize single-driver cars. Despite obvious obstacles (e.g., you live in a suburb or own a store that can be accessed... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
food improvements started with its nuggets, with McDonald’s announcing in August 2016 that the nuggets would no longer contain artificial preservatives. This past March, it revealed that next year it would be using View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
coupled with an established venture capital community and a vast pool of potential customers in the form of major financial firms hungry for fresh tech. “Large financial institutions are technology companies that happen to move money,”... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
what does that reality look like? To further understand the families behind the statistics, we asked alumni to offer stories from their successes and struggles—their doubts, their decisions, and their daily routines. “I returned at Booz Allen Hamilton View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
Business School Case 409-060 This case illustrates the leadership and management challenges of starting a new firm based on a new business model and how success creates pressures that challenge the work/life balance which was one of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
the recollections of an enraged top executive who started out with the company as a part-time store clerk in the summer of 1938: "After almost twenty years of steady decline and cutbacks, a debilitating paralysis had overtaken most stores... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
person you couldn’t take your eyes off for a minute. He got me motivated to start a business.” His lectures were so memorable and controversial — he once lectured his students on how to pick a wife — that many former students who have... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
notes Thuy T. Tranthi (MBA 1993), president of Thomas Pink USA, the London-based shirtmaker. “Many of the established brands started out as small, entrepreneurial ventures. It’s a field in constant change, which often creates significant... View Details
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
the empirical quest to link a firm's social investments to its financial returns has preoccupied researchers. Our goal in this paper is to reorient debate and research about social initiatives by business. We try to stimulate a fresh... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
the team decided to descend. The storm lasted four more days. When it was finally over, the men crawled through the deep, fresh snow in the unending Alaskan twilight. Just after sunrise on June 8, they reached the elusive summit. Those... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
eventual recovery? How far could Target go in emphasizing low price—the "pay less" side of its slogan—without eroding the company's core promise of offering unique and upscale products that customers would not see at other low-priced retailers? Would the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
rest," Gruver said. Start prioritizing now. Allow for personal change. You're bound to change over time. "Think about who you are now and base your decisions on that, rather than who you were fresh... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
financial planner together to help entrepreneurs finally succeed in business. This highly anticipated fifth book in her acclaimed The Journey to Wellness, Freedom, and Legacy Series offers a fresh perspective on achieving business success... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
Business School Case 517-073 BASF: Co-Creating Innovation (A) In 2016, BASF's chief executive officer and chief technology officer reflected on the co-creation innovation program started almost 18 months ago as part of BASF's 150th... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Art Nature Business
inside the red earth is to work emotionally. What does the earth feel like to touch? What does the smell of fresh icy mountain breeze taste like? Painting is my gateway to connect with nature on a deeper level." KIM KEEVER July 6 ,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
follow. “The Long and Winding Road” In 1968, Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left Fairchild Semiconductor, where Andy Grove was employed as assistant head of R&D, to start their own company. Grove’s response when Moore told him the news?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
Broughton (MBA 2006) (Macmillan) Having the drive, ambition, and inspiration to start a new business takes a particular mindset: the ability to disrupt the status quo, use design thinking to generate fresh... View Details