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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer

By: Anette Mikes
This paper tracks the evolution of the role of two chief risk officers (CROs), and the tools and processes they have implemented in their respective organizations. While the companies are from very different industries (one is a power company, the other is a toy... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Managerial Roles
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  • 17 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 17, 2015

prowess, productivity, and ultimately prosperity. This chapter describes recent work in economics and management scholarship on how firms grow, with specific focus on questions surrounding the types of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2021
  • Article

Sales Hiring Is Hard to Do (Don't Make It Harder)

By: Frank V. Cespedes
In the aggregate, hiring in sales is more expensive than many companies’ cap-ex decisions. But it rarely gets the same attention and companies fail to deal with challenges inherent in sales hiring. Unlike many other business functions, there is no easily identified... View Details
Keywords: Salesforce Management; Selection and Staffing; Human Resources
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  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

Persistence. Teamwork. Grit and grace in victory and defeat. Intercollegiate varsity sports may build such skills that employers prize—and that later propel former players into management roles faster than their classmates, suggests a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

    Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research

    I think that most business school research should examine and help solve real-world problems that managers are facing--or that they might face in the future. This means that these scholars need to choose relevant research questions, and propose and test hypotheses... View Details

    • 31 Jul 2015
    • Blog Post

    Transitioning From the Military to Business School

    Back in 2009 David Ulrey became a West Point graduate – five years later he made the move to Boston and joined the Class of 2016 at HBS. In the years before coming to business school, David was commissioned as a Financial Management... View Details
    • August 1996 (Revised February 2000)
    • Exercise

    Decision-Making Exercise (C)

    By: David A. Garvin and Michael Roberto
    Provides questionnaires so students can compare their experiences with different decison-making processes. Students read "Growing Pains," a Harvard Business Review (HBR) case study, and then work in teams to come up with recommendations using a consensus approach to... View Details
    Keywords: Conflict Management; Decision Making; Management Skills
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    • 01 Feb 2001
    • News

    What Makes a Good Leader

    essentially are both managers and leaders." COMMUNICATION IS KEY "Communication is the real work of leadership," says HBS professor Nitin Nohria, who documented the importance of persuasion in his 1992 book... View Details
    Keywords: Management
    • Web

    Program for Research in Markets & Organizations - Doctoral

    Program for Research in Markets & Organizations Explore Summer Research at HBS A 10-week program for undergraduates who wish to work closely with Harvard Business School faculty on research projects on topics ranging from business... View Details
    • 06 Oct 2016
    • Blog Post

    An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Cathy Hutchinson

    Professional Development office – working with students, alumni and hiring organizations. My team manages our external marketing & communications to recruiters; as well as promotes all of our great... View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Entertainment / Media / Sports
    • April 2008 (Revised September 2008)
    • Case

    Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)

    By: Fabrizio Ferri, V.G. Narayanan and James Weber
    Two activist investors, one a founder and one a hedge-fund manager, seek to improve board oversight at a chain restaurant company. Prestley Blake founded Friendly Ice Cream in 1935 with his brother, and the two created a chain of full-service restaurants. In 1979 they... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • 23 Jun 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Using Financial Innovation to Support Savers: From Coercion to Excitement

    Keywords: by Peter Tufano & Daniel Schneider; Financial Services
    • October 2009 (Revised December 2010)
    • Case

    GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative

    By: Michael L. Tushman, Sebastian Raisch and Christian Welling
    The M-Budget Card case study is about mastering the challenges of an exploratory strategic initiative in a context marked by time pressure and frequent change. M-Budget was the first of a series of highly successful projects that established GE Money Bank as a leader... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Credit Cards; Leading Change; Product Launch; Product Development; Groups and Teams; Banking Industry; Switzerland
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    • 26 Jan 2016
    • First Look

    January 26, 2016

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50422 forthcoming Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy Managerial Responsibility and the Purpose of Business: Doing One's Job Well By: Hsieh, Nien-hê Abstract—Business managers... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Program

    Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation

    longer-term opportunities while meeting shorter-term objectives Work effectively with peers and upper management to facilitate necessary change and realize the potential of pioneering ideas Embrace your role... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Innovating in Energy: Learning from High-Potential Ventures

    By: Joseph B. Lassiter

    My work at HBS has always focused on high-potential ventures.  Most recently, these have been professionally financed start-ups and buyouts in newly emerging energy and cleantech businesses. These ventures tend to be based on innovative insights into technology and... View Details

    • Research Summary

    Bringing Worlds Together: Cultural Brokerage in Multicultural Teams (Dissertation)

    Multicultural teams are becoming increasingly prevlaent and crucial for organizational success, yet they face many challenges that stem from their cultural differences. How can multicultural teams mitigate the risks of working across... View Details
    Keywords: Cultural Brokerage; Multicultural Teams; Cross-cultural Collaboration; Creativity
    • January 2013
    • Article

    Level Two Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its 'Behind-the-Table' Challenges

    By: James K. Sebenius
    A long analytic tradition has explored the challenge of productively synchronizing "internal" with "external" negotiations, with a special focus on how each side can best manage internal opposition to agreements negotiated "at the table." Implicit in much of this work... View Details
    Keywords: James Baker; Internal Negotiation; Dispute Resolution; Bargaining; Two-level Games; Negotiation; Germany; United States
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    • 06 May 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: May 6

    Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/fred-khosravi-and-accessclosure-c/an/814074-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 512-041 PepsiCo India: Performance with Purpose In 2010, PepsiCo India's management is View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 11 Dec 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

    relationship that favored all parties. We discuss implications for research in the economics and management of MSPs. Specifically, we argue that the literature would benefit from work that endogenizes... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman