Leadership Transition - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

underlies future lock-in. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-038.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAbraham Lincoln and the Civil War Harvard Business School Compilation 805-115 Analyzes Abraham Lincoln's leadership... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 4

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52469 2017 Ethical Capitalism: Shibusawa Eiichi and Business Leadership in Global Perspective Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism By: Jones, G.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large number, but it seems smaller when... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy; Utilities

March 2024
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Funderbeam: Teaming Up or Going Alone?

By: Paul A. Gompers, Elena Corsi and Orna Dan

Funderbeam, a global platform founded in Estonia to enable start-ups to run private syndications and secondaries while offering liquidity for private equity investors, was at a crossroads. Over its ten-year run, the company had expanded its services and areas of... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Business Exit or Shutdown; Transition; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing and Loans; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Ownership Stake; Expansion; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; Estonia; Republic of Ireland; United Kingdom; Singapore

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02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

different product life cycles. Making the transition has been extremely hard. What made the iPod transition easier is that the iPod began as a PC peripheral, even though it's ultimately a consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2007
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Middle East: Measuring Sales Force Effectiveness Harvard Business School Case 106-063 Nutricia's Middle East and African region is transitioning from a trading to a customer focus. CEO Ernest Vandenbussche must decide how to market infant... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

By: Rithmire, Meg Abstract—The Chinese leadership under Xi Jinping has announced its intentions to transition the economy from one driven by investment and exports to one driven by domestic demand. The main... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

December 2021
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By: Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred

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01 Sep 2009
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started. But it faced many questions as the ventures grew and started to win their first customers. How should NBI handle the transition of the venture back to a mainstream division within Intel? Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008

evidence of how intra-regional differences in socio-political variables have aided theoretical development, and with respect to questions of entrepreneurship, regime durability, and democratic transition especially. Publisher's site:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

think differently and ask new questions,” said Vallée, the Torstein Hagen Associate Professor of Business Administration. He has been focusing recently on finance’s possible role in accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy. No... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008

suggest. Our results challenge the widely held view that appointments of independent directors necessarily add objectivity to the board of a firm. Purchase the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14232 The Ontological Foundations of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016

Falato, Antonio, and David Scharfstein Abstract—We present evidence that pressure to maximize short-term stock prices and earnings leads banks to increase risk. We start by showing that banks increase risk when they transition from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

90 days to work with your accountant and attorney on confirmatory due diligence. Transition into leadership. After the sale closes, your priorities should be building relationships (with employees, customers, and suppliers) and setting up... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

between the FASB and the IASB would allow GAAP to better respond to market forces. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1413775 The Effect of Market Leadership in Business Process Innovation: The Case(s)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2007
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Are Great Teams Less Productive?

things, there is a transition to get through. The two-finger typist who wants to learn to touch type will suffer a performance decrement when he makes the shift. The idea was to improve performance by learning a new skill (e.g., touch... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

extension, which historically has not been a matter of contention. The juxtaposition with a change in leadership at the Federal Reserve also adds to the concern. And finally, I think that businesspeople have long had an attitude that,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

well as strategists and policy makers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50820 in press Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being Long-term Health Implications of Students' Friendship Formation During the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 25, 2016
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How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

By: John A. Quelch

Healthcare and education are two issues in which citizens around the world, rich and poor, are passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic... View Details

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23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

universities, local governments, and civic groups and developed an array of outreach programs to help people understand and express themselves through music. Ma was confident that there could be no better time to hand over leadership. But the View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

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Where Does Apple Go From Here?

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What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

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Are Great Teams Less Productive?

Time that Government Reopens for Business

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