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- February 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Supplement
Lincoln Financial Group (C)
LFG reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople. This case series straddles human resource management, corporate strategy, and sales... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Salesforce Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Financial Services Industry
Godes, David B., and David Lane. "Lincoln Financial Group (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-030, February 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
our statistical results with qualitative information from interviews, which highlighted the importance of reinforcing the organizational goals’ message and providing support for their attainment. We also show more favorable effects for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
http://www.ftpress.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0132779781 Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract We View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2008 (Revised February 2008)
- Supplement
Lincoln Financial Group (B): Making LFD a Reality
LFG reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople. This case series straddles human resource management, corporate strategy, and sales... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Financial Services Industry
Godes, David B., and David Lane. "Lincoln Financial Group (B): Making LFD a Reality." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-029, February 2008. (Revised February 2008.)
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
service provider has a license, their hiring decision is still more driven by price and online reviews than the quality assurance that comes with licensing. New research shows that tougher licensing... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850
By: G. Jones
This working paper integrates the role of entrepreneurship and firms into debates on why Asia, Latin America and Africa were slow to catch up with the West following the Industrial Revolution and the advent of modern economic growth. It argues that the currently... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Change; Political Economy; Emerging Economies; Developing Countries; Industrial Development; Culture; Human Capital; Economic History; History; Wealth and Poverty; Business History; Emerging Markets; Globalization; Developing Countries and Economies; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Latin America; Asia; North and Central America; Africa; South America; Europe
Jones, G. "Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-076, March 2013.
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
of FairMarket, which provides online auction services for a variety of merchant and community sites. Meakem is the founder and CEO of FreeMarkets, which creates business-to-business online auctions for... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
requirements, reorienting the discussion around housing finance reform from keeping mortgage credit cheap to ensuring financial stability, and instituting measures that compel asset managers to compete on the true value of the services... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate... View Details
Keywords: Cross Border; Energy Markets; Infrastructure Finance; Infrastructure Development; Business Subsidiaries; Business Cycles; Macroeconomics; Energy Generation; International Finance; Project Finance; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Infrastructure; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; Latin America
Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 218-041, May 2018. (Revised October 2018.)
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
buying?" Tv And The Internet Pressure has been building for a merging of television and the Internet, said Intel's Eric Kim. Consumers now expect Internet service... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Web traffic statistics
Where can I get web traffic statistics for specific Internet sites? HBS subscribes to: eMarketer compiles freely available Internet and e-commerce statistics. The following View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
course, as the Internet and other spectacular advances in information technology bring about a host of challenges and opportunities." The Lumry Family Professorship, Clark added, will contribute greatly to the School's efforts to View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
Internet (mobile) businesses and users (have) already evaluated the benefits (and) analysts' valuations can be more predictable " Shankar N. Mandapaka added: "The earlier dot.com bubble was due to lack of proper valuation... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
What is Field Foundations?
Academic Services here at HBS. Can you tell us more about FIELD Foundations? FIELD Foundations is a required curriculum course which focuses on building leadership skills, primarily working in teams and enhancing self-awareness. The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jeanne Jackson
When you look at two of the biggest developments in business in the last 25 years — globalization and the Internet — Jeanne P. Jackson has been right in the thick of it. Before launching her own small investment and consulting firm last... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
She’s Got Your Back
small—almost like an insurance policy.” Angie’s List has deep HBS roots. Cofounder and venture capitalist Bill Oesterle (MBA 1992) struggled to find service providers in Indianapolis to fix up his historic... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
opportunities for real-time conversations and engagement to people around the world. The company has accomplished this by taking advantage of the modular nature of today's ubiquitous communications infrastructures provided by the View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
HBS Grads Make Their Mark in India
Amelio Child Care Founder and CEO Sridevi Raghavan (MBA ’08) Amelio is India’s first on-site child-care services provider. The company helps firms to analyze their employees’ child-care needs and assists clients in opening and managing... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
Group who has been working recently with a number of faculty members to develop Asian-based cases for the School’s curriculum. “There’s one Chinese company, for example, that has established an e-mail/postal service that expedites... View Details
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
Many newspapers saw the emergence of the Internet as an attack on their core business, and responded with online products of their own. Unfortunately, says HBS professor Clark Gilbert, the papers failed to take advantage of the Web as a... View Details