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- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
been more desirable, as a policy matter, but is now a missed opportunity. Using this experience on staggered boards as a motivating case study, the article then examines a policy choice regarding Section 203 of the Delaware corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
his remarkable career as a scholar, teacher, and administrator and culminating with his appointment as the School’s seventh Dean. McArthur’s vision, passion, and unparalleled gift for building consensus transformed the School. “John felt strongly the responsibility he... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
You're a successful senior executive with 20, 25 years of experience under your belt. You've made your mark and stand just 1 or 2 rungs from the position of CEO. Now what? As faculty chair of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
willingness to experiment. They’re seen as being psychologically safe, highly collaborative, and nonhierarchical. And research suggests that these behaviors translate into better innovative performance. But despite the fact that innovative cultures are desirable, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
to PCs and hence to the Net." Thus, Azuela expects the bulk of Internet growth will occur in the B2B sector and wireless applications. Auction house DeRemate.com, currently a leader in the region's consumer Internet sector, has a growth... View Details
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Case Method - Research Resources | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
a Seat in the Harvard MBA Case Classroom (May 28, 2020) “ Discover the Case Method ,” MBA Voices (May 8, 2019) In this video, students discuss their experiences learning via the case method. Celebrating the General Shoe Company, the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
having kids,” Kraus says. “You need to see that it can be done.” If the first step in increasing the number of women in tech leadership is role modeling, notable HBS alumnae in the industry are leading the way. Women who aspire to be tech View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
and investing leaders in countries including Ethiopia and Tanzania as well as field research in Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda. (Several students have shared insights from their field studies here: IFC Africa: Building Cities.) I believe the... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
Wicked Problem Solvers: Lessons from Successful Cross-industry Teams By: Edmondson, Amy C. Abstract—Companies today increasingly rely on teams that span many industries for radical innovation, especially to solve “wicked problems.” So View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Dansko's growth, "home schooling"—taking young energetic employees with little business experience and mentoring them—seemed ill-suited for the next phase of growth. Equally as precarious was the fact that with few exceptions,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
sellers treat consumers differently on the basis of how well informed consumers appear to be. We implement a large-scale field experiment in which callers request price quotes from automotive repair shops. We show that sellers alter their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
members, and other experts around a variety of issues related to the pandemic. Sadun’s findings are summarized in the report “Re-starting under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from around the World.” Additional research related to the... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
systems that include common club memberships and overlapping boards. These connections help inform companies what others in their local area are doing and directly put them in touch with local needs. Prior research on Minneapolis has shown how local clubs and the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
received the Distinguished Service Medal, the highest U.S. military medal given to a noncombatant, as well as being decorated a Commander of the British Empire and awarded the French Legion of Honor. Doriot’s wartime experience proved his... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
organizational mechanisms can help: guardrails that protect the weaker of the two goals, dynamic decision-making that treats high-level goals as sacrosanct but tactical decisions as provisional, and leaders dedicated to “both/and”... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
spending) are unleashed when givers are aware of their positive impact. In Study 1, an experiment using real charitable appeals, giving more money to charity led to higher levels of happiness only when participants gave to causes that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
Harvard Business Review Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women By: Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas Abstract—Any list of top CEOs reveals a stunning lack of diversity. Among the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
computers, primarily for commercial and business markets. The commercializing of the System 360 required half a decade, at the cost of nearly $7 billion. That extraordinary learning experience immediately defined the computer industry... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
that have ownership and control rights in the SOE. Building on Vernon, we argue that the SOE can break free from this power imbalance and establish resource independence from other state actors by becoming a multinational firm and/or by generating global cash flows. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
employer (1,100 workers) and biggest taxpayer ($500 million and counting). “If we treated the Afghans with respect, it would create a brand loyalty and empathy they’d never had a chance to experience before,” Khoja says of the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna