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By: Rakesh Khurana
I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Championing the HBS Fund
solutions. “Growing up in Greece in the 1980s, there were not many career opportunities,” says Stavropoulos, who appreciated the liberal arts education that Harvard offered. Although he enjoyed literature and writing, he pursued computer science (while his future wife... View Details
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
Senior Associate Dean, Director of Research, at the Harvard Business School. Professor Palepu's research and teaching focuses on strategy, governance, and valuation in a global context. Prof. Palepu has written numerous articles and case... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
arguments used to justify a practice over time. We use rhetoric surrounding the institutionalization of total quality management (TQM) practices within the American business community as a case study to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
demands of their jobs. In this regard, studies that compare high-potential managers who have "derailed" (become plateaued or terminated) with high-potential managers who have made it to senior... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
had been a subject of an HBS case study in the recent past) and considered them to be exemplary organizations (in terms of productivity and profitability) prior to the pandemic. Almost all the companies... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
companies, taking as our point of departure a particularly energetic debate during a symposium at the 2007 Academy of Management meetings. We surface the assumptions that underlie such debates, compare them with findings from our research... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Mireya Iglesias Ayala
self-discovery. What is your most memorable classroom moment? One of my favorite cases last semester in Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) was “OXXO's Turf War Against Extra,” which is the largest convenience store chain in Mexico.... View Details
- 18 Dec 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
on specific problems. "Yet at the same time, compared to the average MBA class, the PLD class has richness. There are decades of experience in each class. People share contexts; they live many of the problems. It's exciting in that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-104.pdf Stretching the Inelastic Rubber: Taxation, Welfare and Lobbies in Amazonia, 1870-1910 Author:Felipe Tâmega Fernandes Abstract This paper examines the effect of government intervention via taxation on domestic welfare. A View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
estimate the value of the right to determine duration to the buyer, compared to a standard duration. Finally, a counterfactual analysis illustrates why quantifying transaction costs is important for the accurate analysis of welfare.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009
communication. We propose that a barrier to the sharing of ideas pertinent to innovation in inter-cultural relationships is low affect-based trust, which arises from individuals' deficits in inter-cultural capability. Results from a study... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016
roles are uncertain, goals are shifting, expertise and organizational cultures are varied, and participants have clashing or even antagonistic perspectives. I have studied more than a dozen cross-industry innovation projects, among them... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
Working PapersAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Combining new, hand-collected data with a widely studied dataset, we examine how firms use... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-081.pdf Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice: The Case of Goodwill Impairment Authors:Francois Brochet and Kyle Welch Abstract We study the role of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
some responsibility for that. Most of them are neither studying nor teaching emerging best practices in asset valuation and risk management. They need to begin exploring the interior of leading-edge companies to provide detailed,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
power of network effects through various case studies helped me see market opportunities through an entirely different lens. The market knowledge I acquired helped me refine and expertly craft research... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
with busy film executives, however. Indeed, says Luo part of what makes the Black List interesting in the first place is the “light-touch” approach that surveys executives about scripts they are already coming across in the course of their everyday business. New to... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Greenhill Award in 2021 for Outstanding Service to the HBS Community. Lauren H. Cohen : “AQR’s Momentum Funds (A)” (HBS Case 211-025) with Daniel Bergstresser, Randolph Cohen, and Christopher Malloy was selected as a View Details
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
What used to be rare is now commonplace: traveling abroad to receive medical treatment, and to a developing country at that. So-called medical tourism is on the rise for everything from cardiac care to plastic surgery to hip and knee replacements. As a recent Harvard... View Details