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- 21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21
PublicationsThe Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Publication:Journal of International Management 18, no. 3 (September... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Cristiana Torres
the logical next step. Cristiana was accepted by both Stanford and HBS, but she chose the latter. "I was searching for a general management education that would bring access to a broad range of industries and people," she says.... View Details
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
firms, we find that when institutional efficiency is low, family ownership and management increase value; however, family control in excess of ownership reduces value. When institutional efficiency is high, none of these View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
wins were more frequently associated with the positive emotions and intrinsic motivation that in turn generated the creativity needed to develop innovative approaches to problems. That doesn't mean that managers don't have some control... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- August 1992
- Case
Otis Pacific Asia Operations (A): National Challenges
Describes the elevator market and Otis's competitive position in four markets: Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, and Japan. The student is asked to evaluate the strategic and competitive challenges in each market, especially in light of strong Japanese competition across the... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Network Effects; Problems and Challenges; Global Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Service Delivery; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India; Japan; Malaysia; Hong Kong
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Pacific Asia Operations (A): National Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 393-009, August 1992.
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
an effective solution for companies. She co-wrote the journal article with HBS doctoral student Grace Cormier, as well as three employees of Happify, Allison L. Williams, Acacia C. Parks, and Julia Stafford. Happify, which funded the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
“There is actually a lot of heterogeneity with the actions that executives take. For me that was very surprising.” Pérez Cavazos, part of the Accounting and Management Unit, initially doubted his colleague Andreya M. Silva would find... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 29 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS
The first few weeks of the first year at HBS can certainly be overwhelming: meeting 900 new people, learning how to prepare for cases and how to jump in at the right time in class, managing an influx of social events, determining which... View Details
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
encouraged to stay in the system. Far from it. Stewardship involves careful construction and management of channel relationships so that the valuable members are suitably rewarded and the less valuable members are weeded out. When a... View Details
- Profile
Bruce Gago
to embrace Winston Churchill's famous quote: "Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." How has HBS prepared you for your long term career? HBS has given me the ability to "see the big picture." Investment and View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
held up as exemplifying the competence and character we associate with true leadership,” said Dean Nitin Nohria. “It is with deep sadness, as a community, that we mourn his passing. At the same time, we can reflect with admiration on a life that has demonstrated, time... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 24 Sep 2015
- Webinars: Career
Transitioning Beyond Your First or Second Post-HBS Job
Are you thinking of making a job change? Unlike other career moves, the moves early in your career may be different than those later in life. Conducting honest self-assessment and redefining your career vision are often essential to determining next steps in an early... View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
spillover effect to the private sector. The authors studied what happened after municipal governments in California adopted policies that required public (but not private) building renovations and new construction to build "green," which... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
develop alongside the company through our Vendor Management program. Since 2007, Manila Water has generated more than 20,000 jobs through these local enterprises. Similarly, Manila Water gives community-based cooperatives sustainable... View Details
- January 2010
- Teaching Note
Transforming ASUSTeK: Breaking from the Past (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for [610041]. View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
or just difficulty. It is the responsibility of senior managers to evaluate the e-commerce initiatives and decide on the right measures for their organization and ensure that the measures are captured and responded to properly. To obtain... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t927286744 Political Instability: Effects on Financial Development, Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality Authors:Mark J. Roe and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
effect of the excess control rights on the syndicate structure is more pronounced for firms that are informationally opaque, firms that have higher cash-flow rights dispersion across large owners, and firms in countries undergoing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Harvard Business Press, in press Abstract Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges—from anticipating emerging technology to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
recent study, “The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS,” Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun and her coauthors conclude that a singular leader is far less effective in these large and complex public... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers