Global Citizen Year - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 9

of chains in addition to exchanges. This review is designed to provide insight into the challenges that face the emerging national KPD system in the U.S., now five years into its development. Read the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

Capital IQ database, fewer than 6 percent achieved more than $10 million in revenues by 2010, and fewer than 2 percent grew to more than $50 million. The percentages are worse for US and international companies founded in years since... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

fulfill its independent fiduciary responsibilities in overseeing this global organization? While there is a temptation to pile on, I would prefer to comment on what can be learned from this situation. This and other leadership crises of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

just as global capital markets are imploding in the fall of 2008. NovoCure, Ltd., has developed an electrical-field-based therapy, called Tumor Treating fields, for the treatment of cancerous tumors. The therapy has shown significant... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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will need to be resourceful to embrace new opportunities that come your way. I believe that as you look back at your HBS experience a few years from now, you will remember not what you lost , but what you gained : important skills of... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Women at the Top

global business executive's most common ailment-jet lag-she was determined to glean as much as possible from this high-powered gathering of management experts and peer leaders. At 4 p.m. sharp on Sunday, November 9, Bourneuf, Busch,... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

promoted young executives—often around thirty years of age—to run whole companies. The chief auditor of one of the premier machine engineering companies in Germany in the early 1920s was barely thirty years... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

Obstacles facing companies in today's hyper-competitive global markets are seemingly more complex than ever, to the point that managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management, says Robert Hayes. In a new... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

environmental impact. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-103 Morgan Stanley: Building Long-Term Sustainability This case focuses on the 10-year journey of one of the world's largest View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

lifelong employer due to global competition and downsizing; rapid turnover of executives and employees; growing concern about the environment; and the crumbling of institutions such as schools and the family. "We're searching for new... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jun 2025
News

Keeping the Faith

some fundamental questions: What is the connection between spirituality and leadership, in a world that demands results? What is the role of religion in the lives of high-level decision-makers? And how can understanding the beliefs of others make us more effective... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Illustrations by Victo ngai

24 May 2023
News

Balancing Acts

stroke; a solo parent to two sons, 11 and 14 years old, she takes a very centered, practical approach to managing her time. Depelsha Thomas McGruder: I would say my top three tips for living a balanced life. Well, one thing I said very... View Details

Keywords: work-life balance; happiness; family

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Iraq: A Land Between Two Rivers No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717033-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-041 The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact It is March 2017, and TPG, a View Details