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- 23 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Status: When and Why It Matters
like to believe that people pay for status for purely symbolic reasons, but the empirical evidence for that has been weak at best," says Harvard Business School's Daniel Malter, an assistant professor in the Strategy unit who studies status and its View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- May 2024
- Case
LinkedIn Corporation, 2024
By: David B. Yoffie, George Gonzalez and Emily Grandjean
By 2024, the LinkedIn profile was well established as the professional identity of record on the Internet. Following a multi-year effort to expand the platform’s user base, as well as a period of rapid growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, LinkedIn’s membership had... View Details
Keywords: Platform; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Social Media; Network Effects; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Technology Industry; Employment Industry; Sunnyvale
Yoffie, David B., George Gonzalez, and Emily Grandjean. "LinkedIn Corporation, 2024." Harvard Business School Case 724-484, May 2024.
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Strategy and Technology - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Strategy and Technology Course Number 1286 Professor David Yoffie Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Paper/Project Associate Professor Andy Wu Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Paper/Project Overview This course explores the unique aspects of... View Details
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
the social fiction, as you call it, that there are very few qualified CEO candidates available? A: There are two big factors that have influenced this. The first is the rise of the institutional investor. Before this, managers were fairly... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
Even in firms that have public shareholders or corporate parents, removing the firm leader can only be done effectively with the consent of the senior stars. If the stars don't like the idea, the consequences for the CEO's successor and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
by transforming" the existing business or creating a new one. An effective e-leader, Hargrove continues, must shift from "being a productivity and efficiency junkie to being an opportunity seeker and innovator who quests for... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- Profile
Doha Tantawy
years to address things I didn't understand." Specifically, she wanted to know, "How to lead organizational change effectively; what's the best way to push a vision you're trying to accomplish? And what are the most effective... View Details
- September 2011
- Case
The Wen Group
By: John A. Davis and Matthew G. Pillar
Three brothers that own and lead a second-generation family business in Hong Kong, encounter problems of nepotism and governance, and endure considerable conflict. The case asks how to resolve these family and business issues. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Performance Effectiveness; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Conflict Management; Corporate Governance; Leadership Development; Hong Kong
Davis, John A., and Matthew G. Pillar. "The Wen Group." Harvard Business School Case 812-034, September 2011.
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
case, the sunk cost effect weakens the further one is from that initial payment. Now consider the member who makes payments monthly. For him or her, the cost of membership will always be vivid and they will feel obliged to work out on an... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
Leadership Initiative was organized to be a catalyst for research on leaders and leadership, and to design effective leadership development programs that are relevant for the 21st century. The goal of the Initiative is to support Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
pledge of honesty is a way of effectively linking identity to morality." Testing Honesty The research team conducted a series of experiments in which participants could benefit financially from dishonest self-reporting. In each case, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
do. The Internet and social media make position in a hierarchy less important than the ability to attract followers. Facebook pages or Twitter feeds are followed for their content, and anyone can claim a domain name in her own name. As... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
social cues from reputation stakeholders and from prominent third-party bureaucratic actors can serve as symbolic signals that can affect the decision making of regulatory agencies. Our findings suggest that while View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog
just be concerned with the value captured by the one-time formulation of a beautifully aligned competitive strategy, which was the focus of the RC Strategy course, but by the value potential of their business model and with its value realization through View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
highly, especially given their general aversion to such pursuits. The overvaluation that occurs as a result of the IKEA Effect has implications for organizations as a contributor to two key organizational pitfalls: sunk cost View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
avoid getting sidetracked in the future. Forces from within are factors that reside in both our minds and our hearts, and exist because of the very nature of being human. We will explore the accuracy (or lack thereof) of our beliefs about our abilities and competence... View Details
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
developing on,” Wu says. Benefitting from complex contagion Hackathons permit what social scientists call complex contagion, in which exposure to a phenomenon from multiple sources helps speed adoption. Past research that looked at this... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Supporting Students on Their Journeys
Fund, as well as donors who have established more than 700 named fellowship funds, have had a direct and deep impact on the lives of thousands of students. Such generosity has a tremendous ripple effect as the beneficiaries—and all who... View Details
- 27 Jul 2016
- News
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
greater good that we should be part of. “Because of HBS, I was able to bring management skills into the nonprofit world. We bring social workers into schools where children are dealing with so many barriers, most of which have to do with... View Details
- December 2010
- Teaching Note
Cresud S.A., Farmer or Real Estate Developer? (TN)
By: Arthur I Segel and Andrew Pierson Terris
Teaching Note for 211-011. View Details