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- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory
stakeholder theorists can see that although stockholders are not some special constituency that ranks above all others, long-term stock value is an important determinant (along with the value of debt and other instruments) of total... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
So far, one half of these networks have been considered successful, and now the board needs to decide what to do to make the remainder successful. Two options were considered. The first option, called "broad networks," focused... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
can be attributed to topics shifting toward three domains: the stock market, salacious content, and celebrities. Meanwhile, relative to nonparticipants, participants' content quality increases after the program takes effect. We also find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements
flexibility to deal with unexpected scenarios or combinations of scenarios. This is important because real crises rarely directly match planning scenarios. If response options aren't flexible and modularized, novel events or combinations... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
personalization for a customer, thinking through the right shelf assortment in a store, or stocking a warehouse, it implies changes in your process.” Finally, AI’s ability to rapidly test different options... View Details
- 24 Apr 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders
transforming both enterprises and creating a formidable competitor for Medtronic. I didn’t have the courage to accept short-term risk to create long-term gain. It took Medtronic two decades of expensive research and development programs... View Details
- 06 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn
agents at adjacent firms, competitive outside options abounded,” the study notes. The exit begins Once pay reductions were announced, “highly productive” workers, or those who took in 20 to 25 percent more revenue per call than average,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 19 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?
tries to put the right number of products in the right stores at the right time, so it sells as much as possible and doesn’t lose track of stock. As part of the study, Tapestry managers who oversee shelf stocking provided employees called... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
of traditional U.S. public companies by more R&D-intensive firms is key to understanding the secular trend in average cash holdings. Over the last 35 years, an increasing share of R&D-intensive firms has entered the stock market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
most rigorous extant methodologies for detecting "tunneling," or efforts by firms' controlling owner managers to take money for themselves at the expense of minority shareholders. We find that, in contrast to prior views, Indian... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
interesting. And there's a bit of the grass is greener syndrome where you get excited about something that you hear about. It's like a stock tip, somebody tells you about a hot stock and you want to go buy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
- 16 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?
insurance plan. They are likely to choose a low-deductible plan with a high premium even when there is an option to choose a higher-deductible plan that is ultimately less expensive and fits their medical... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
recalls his father asking. That question stayed with Pete Stavros. There had to be a better way. Early in his career as an investor, Stavros was part of a deal with a company that had an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), an... View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Negotiating a Price, Never Bid with a Round Number
psychologists before making their offers to buy a company. Of the some 2,000 price-per-share bids in their sample, 47 percent were divisible by $1.00—that is, the bankers bid with a share price ending in two zeros after the decimal point. From the bidder’s point of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
(its stock price was down more than 70% during 2008); and third, Rohm's forecast sales, earnings, and value declined precipitously thereby reducing its attractiveness as an acquisition target. Given this confluence of events, Dow sued to... View Details
- Web
Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
Standards (4) State Ownership (1) Status and Position (9) Stock Options (2) Stocks (11) Strategic Planning (17) Strategy (432) Success (15) Supply Chain Management (19) Supply... View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
and the concentration of the certification industry. We also analyze the possibility that certifiers opt for a quick turnaround time at the expense of a lower accuracy. Finally, we investigate the opportunity of regulating transparency. ... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In
you’re the only woman in the room. You don’t have a lot of natural allies to support your view.” Feel the pain: “There should be consequences when companies fail to diversify leadership. If decision makers didn’t get their annual bonuses or View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg