Firing - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

founders of Lynx Solutions have survived major challenges within their board of directors, the firing of Lynx's founder-CEO and departure of its successor CEO, and a crisis sparked by media allegations that it had been spying on its... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

Frei discusses her new book, "Unleashed." Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire Tackling one of the biggest crises of our time—climate change—requires leaders to embrace a new vision of business, argues Rebecca Henderson.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

18 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

taken down. The new challenge for the farms while transforming into wildlife viewing became land management and local economic development. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709001 Playing With View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

firing and take lower profits, thereby gaining the advantage when the economy turns around. Below is a short section from my forthcoming book, High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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

28 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

standards. A second fire kills a suburban dad who filled his lawn mower with gas too close to a recently tossed cigarette; the fire raced up the flow of gas and into the can, which exploded. Who is to blame... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

earnings with a legacy of coal and gas fired power plants against its futuristic vision. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718414-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-009 Zalora Philippines: From Growth to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

"safer" consulting job? Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812013-PDF-ENG "Playing with Fire at Sittercity (B) Noam Wasserman and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Supplement 809-010 To help... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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

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

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

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

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

05 Feb 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

essentially enumerating the qualities that we should look for in a leader without suggesting how we identify and select for them. Some of the more interesting ones included Kapil Kumar Sopory's suggestion that we look for "... the person with the biggest View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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

17 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

children. Volvo's latest goal is that no one should die in a Volvo car after 2020. Most firms just quietly test their products and services, receiving the blessing of Underwriters Laboratories, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, or the local View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation

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 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