Firing - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?

changes on Black Monday for the 2014-15 season, seven for the 2013-14 season, and eight for the 2012-13 season. This year Black Monday is on January 4, 2015. Three coaches, Ken Whisenhunt of Tennessee Titans, Joe Philbin of Miami Dolphins, and Chip Kelly of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

favor of the client, criminal cases in which advisors were found guilty, and any firing for cause. The findings are contained in the forthcoming paper The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct, scheduled to be published in the Journal... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

people delivering the bad news were performing a layoff or firing someone? A: In general, we found very few people who welcomed these tasks, but a few did feel that they were best equipped to take on the responsibility because of their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

learning? How does a supplier's initial resource endowment play into the dynamic? Our empirical analysis yields interesting findings that have implications for theory and practice and that suggest new directions for future research. 2013 pub View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

24 Mar 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

growth. Being listed on the stock exchange does mark a company's value but in this case it was a low mark.— Walter Kuemmerle Kuemmerle fired questions at conference participants on Gray's available options. Should they go public? Doing so... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

05 Mar 2008
What Do You Think?

Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?

"no boss/subordinate hierarchy." As he puts it, "The power to fire no longer holds much weight." Peter Thuku believes that the role of "The management of the future will be more of referees among the different... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

handle. It also poses practical problems. For instance, how easy is it to estimate a reliable breakup value for a business group in the middle of a fire sale and in the absence of a well-developed market for asset sales? But if... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu

09 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

problems—be it a Hewlett-Packard or more recently Procter & Gamble and JC Penney—is the only alternative firing the CEO and starting over? A: You don't have to fire the CEO. A lot depends on establishing... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

06 Mar 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?

certain aspects of sponsorship programs can hinder women instead. Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than MenWomen caught in misconduct were 20 percent more likely to be fired and 30 percent less likely to find new employment in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

A factory worker uses company time and materials to fashion a lamp he will take home for personal use—an artifact called a "homer." The practice is probably illegal and clearly against written company policy. If discovered, the worker could be View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

everything that I think we all thought when we interviewed him and more." As Bowen noted, Kelly has often mentioned his philosophy is "culture beats scheme." Mentioning this during the press conference announcing the firing... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

internal investigations, dismissed its CEO, fired some 500 employees, and offered amnesty to workers willing to come forward with details of corruption. SNC-Lavalin, too, has fired its CEO and is currently... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?

small amounts of money for control of the most promising dot.coms subject to this fire sale? On another level, the question might be raised whether or not this game resembles roulette. For example, the corporate histories of the most... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

firms. We show that the spillover is stronger in higher-yielding and more financially open markets and for firms with a higher reliance on foreign bank credit. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53992 Do View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2010
Op-Ed

A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM

and marketing. He also put himself on the firing line, publicly taking ownership for GM's turnaround and appearing in a series of advertisements challenging consumers to compare GM autos with its competitors. Glimmers of Ford's and GM's... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto

16 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Is MySpace.com Your Space?

per visit on the site. But MySpace and its rivals have also come under fire from law enforcement officials, policymakers, and parents, who worry that they are a haven for child predators. Given that backlash, is MySpace a safe bet for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising; Information; Publishing

13 May 2002
Book

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

wreaks envy upon matter—sometimes stoking it, sometimes exorcising it. So Mephistopheles destroys. He cannot create—even though he is a genius. He can dream of great fires but cannot, like his creator, invent the spark that causes a fire.... View Details

Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria

04 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

From Lone Star to Team Player

keep rewarding and promoting them. Managers may feel that they need them, of course, as they do perform well. So it is pretty gutsy to fire them in today's rather poor economic environment. But if you're really serious about building a... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

13 Jun 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome

not a serious daily threat for them. But then we’d hear, “I’m not going to be killed, but I could be fired by my board of directors.” Q: Give an example from the course of how you compare and contrast contemporary and ancient texts. Frei:... View Details