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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
than about places of worship (where everyone appears a saint). When our actions match our confessions, when our speeches honor God despite the permissiveness of our environment, when our thoughts glorify God despite the sight before our... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
help leaders in business beyond fitness,” said Polack. JULY 15 Ian Rowe (MBA 1993), CEO of Public Prep, a nonprofit network of public charter schools in New York City, recently shared his thoughts on the importance of ensuring Black kids... View Details
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
Abstract—In the knowledge economy, skilled employees are the assets that drive organizational success. Thus companies must learn from them—why they stay, why they leave, and how the organization needs to change. A thoughtful exit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
objectives in the first year. Furthermore, a heated dispute between two faculty members in the center has complicated matters significantly. Rollins is flummoxed by these problems because he thought he had provided resources and clear... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
broad-based corporate governance reforms were implemented goes expressly against the prediction of prior schools of thought about business groups. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-072.pdf Cases & Course... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
upbeat. Senior management continued to invest in the Dreyer Leadership University [DLU], demonstrating that they cared about employee development. Cronk and others in senior management thought this was an investment in the future that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
positive note, however, healthcare companies were commonly thought to be recession proof and thus might be a sound investment in the event of a down-turning economy. Burnham had to decide if this was the right time for an exit, and if so,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
were hit hard by the pandemic, but it’s forced us to be more thoughtful about what events could look like now. Do we do it on Slack? On Facebook? Do we build our own website? So far, we’re going to try Slack and seed it first with our... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
Importantly, in each case, when the pause occurred, many people (including many policymakers) thought it was over and let down their guard, and then the crisis came back with a vengeance. You can see that in 1918. The outbreak was serious... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
wrong here? In Sony’s case, the malware was in the routers. I’ve never met a single person in the cyber world who thought the malware would ever be in the routers. But it was. That’s the first time. What if Sony kept that a secret? Then... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
35-year-old institution. We have been working on the transition to a clean, prosperous, and secure low carbon energy future for the last 35 years. I joined the organization three years ago, with a specific mandate from the board to take the organization to the next... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
because of the size and makeup of the audience it attracts." Of Fox's television contract with the NFL, Steve Greyser notes, "While many people thought Fox overpaid for its NFL rights, in reality it was a coup - with one stroke, the deal... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
appeal. Together, they interviewed more than fifty thought leaders in the social sector to gain their insights. What emerged was a shared conviction that by bridging the gap between business and nonprofits, they could create significant... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
company, only some brands were thought capable of being globalized. While Lux was a global giant, Unilever’s strategies with its other brands reflected a persistent belief in the dissimilarities rather than the similarities among markets.... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
also not “vetted.” Thoughtful policies get reviewed, debated, discussed and revised. Instead, the President hurriedly picked a bunch of countries and tried to make a political statement without considering all of the ramifications. This... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
Dalida, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—Equity overvaluation is thought to create the potential for managerial misbehavior, while monitoring and corporate governance curb misbehavior. We combine these two insights from the literatures... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
were what I thought she needed. And I would try to buy things that she liked, and she'd be excited about. And she was always polite, but rarely excited. And when I decided, in writing a book, Clayton, it's-- it's wrong if you think you... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
thought that their technical knowledge of best manufacturing practices (to take one example) was sufficiently developed that processes simply needed to be tweaked to fit local conditions. More often, it turns out, they have to be reworked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
from a social welfare perspective. Q: In general, what surprised you about the results? What assumptions did you have going in that didn't hold up? A: When we began the project, we thought that network effects and demand-side learning... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
you to confront reality, grow capacity, fuel curiosity, and create change so you can bring fresh eyes and fresh thinking to your leadership approach; increase your confidence in your ability to make a difference; lead at levels you never View Details