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think about this work, and how different incentive structures can be utilized to really drive impact. Professional goals: Unlike many other mechanisms of change, tech allows us to scale impact in a way previously impossible. I'm excited... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

bankruptcy proceeding can have difficulty restructuring their public bonds. If such bonds are widely held, individual bondholders may be unwilling to make concessions, preferring to free ride off the concessions of others. Thus it will be necessary to set the View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010

most suited to one's objectives; and 3) in by far the longest part of the discussion, 10 nuts-and-bolts suggestions for structuring and producing an excellent negotiation case study. Download the Paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jul 2020
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It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. While these words seem similar in many respects, a key point of VUCA is that each of these terms describes a different situation that requires a specific response. Nathan Bennett, a professor with... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

ecosystem. We seek to support entrepreneurs in growing their businesses by providing capital that can be flexible in terms of structure and duration, according to each business’ needs. Ideal candidates for... View Details

21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

affiliations vary with the degree to which exposure drafts issued during their terms are perceived as decreasing accounting "reliability" and increasing accounting "relevance." Among other results, we find that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
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From Beirut With Love (A)

By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy

This case describes how Robert Fadel, CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon’s leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family business. Robert was the second son of the company’s founder, Maurice Fadel, who had run it single-handedly. Concerned... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Business Model . Designing organizational structures and processes that allocate responsibilities, promote cross-functional integration, recruit/develop/promote employees, acquire critical resources and financing, and budget/monitor... View Details

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the source of societal ills that range from inequality and systemic racism to climate change and labor market disruption. The goal of CATS is both to examine these criticisms and, more importantly, to interrogate the deep and fundamental connections between the market... View Details

10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

Identity and Reputation Matrix (CBIRM), introduced here for the first time. Eight key reputation elements adapted from the literature and enriched by the case study are incorporated within an existing corporate brand identity framework. Among the key findings are View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55132 Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 6 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 1: Mapping Functional Relationships By: Baldwin, Carliss Y.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Aug 2019
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How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

listen to podcasts like Reboot or Masters of Scale. Put your ego aside! Managing is hard, let alone learning how to do it when you’re also trying to launch a company. From 20-30 employees. The best practice for team size is eight (recently View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

03 Mar 2011
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HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

members—Deepak Malhotra, an authority on negotiation strategy; Noel Maurer, an expert on the politics and economics of the energy business; and Magnus Thor Torfason, an authority on how behavior is influenced by the social structures of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

12 Dec 2005
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Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

corporate governance structure tailored to the firm. Q: What should CEOs be thinking about in terms of better leveraging their legal resources? Are new organizational View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

percent of U.S. inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent citations. Patenting growth is significantly higher in cities and technologies where breakthrough inventions occur after 1984 relative to peer locations... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Mar 2022
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5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

successful women. Zia Mody, a founding and senior partner of law firm AZB & Partners, suggests it’s not enough to just bring women into the organization; mentors must actively guide their growth. For example, her firm has a structured... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2002
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How to Succeed With Your New Boss

things fast when you know that the business has serious structural problems. So it is wise to get bad news on the table early and to lower unrealistic expectations. Be careful to assess your new organization's capacity for change before... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

16 Apr 2001
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Strategy and the Internet

competing in a distinctive way. Ironically, companies today define competition involving the Internet almost entirely in terms of operational effectiveness. Believing that no sustainable advantages exist, they seek speed and agility,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

areas of your choosing. 5 hrs Term 1 Course - 2 weeks Orientation In the Introduction, you’ll get acquainted with the content and platform, meet your peer learning teams, and prepare for the upcoming CLIMB coursework. 18-24 hrs View Details

09 Apr 2007
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Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

self-declared programs: You claim to have adopted it, and so you have. Even fairly famous codes are structured this way, including the CERES Principles and the United Nations Global Compact. A decade ago, self-declaring that your firm has... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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