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24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

Strategic Value Of Values: A New Guidance System By Rosabeth Moss Kanter Any company can say it has values, but what Banco Real did was to embed them in business practice and make them credible to the skeptics inside and outside of their... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

26 Nov 2001
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Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both

his teaching career at Wharton. As a newly minted twenty-nine-year-old professor there, he said, he found himself the recipient of a steady stream of practical advice from the senior faculty. Don't hang back by the blackboard when... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

the estimation of the fair value of complex financial securities. The paper encourages accounting scholars to devote more resources in order to obtain a fundamental understanding of contemporary and future View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American business education over the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

for business schools more broadly. At HBS, we seek out faculty candidates with a strong commitment to teaching and research who also show a deep interest and respect for the practice of business. This is a rare blend of characteristics,... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

existence of free trade in labor and capital as well as goods and services between the two countries. Thus, Canada had no financial crisis in 2007-08. Capitalism is a system of governance because it embodies human purposes, which differ... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

years later and was named the School's first George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Business Administration in 1963. One of Christensen's greatest strengths in research and case development was his ability to notice and analyze critical aspects of View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

for up to 36 months. A partial redesign could come in at $360 million and force the orchestra to relocate for up to 30 months. Finally, reducing operating costs could include sharing supplier management, venue rentals, purchasing, and View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Oct 2015
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October 6, 2015

developed for the same setting. More broadly, our paper contributes to the literature on the multi-armed bandit problem with resource constraints, since our algorithm applies directly to this setting when the inventory constraints are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

embrace Western models of professional organization as they now exist, or to set off on an independent path, adapting elements of Western practices to their own historical and cultural situation. In doing so, the authors in this volume... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2004
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How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Kellner (soon to succeed Bethune as CEO), Deborah McCoy, and others. Akin Ongor had Saide Kuzeyli, executive vice-president of human resources, as his sidekick-in-chief; she shared the duties of coaching the people of Garanti Bank to... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

Southwest practice both/and (both low cost and differentiation) strategies while competitors still operate on either/or competitive strategies, or that are caught somewhere in the middle. While they saw eye-to-eye on strategic direction,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

15 Jul 2002
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Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

to the belief, now firmly lodged in public consciousness, that high environmental standards are not just desirable but their birthright. To set the stage, Reinhardt reminded the group that pollution is not a new phenomenon in human... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

October 2018 (Revised April 2019)
Teaching Note

Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.

By: Boris Groysberg and Matthew G. Preble

Teaching Note for HBS No. 418-011. View Details

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January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
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Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants

By: David F. Hawkins

Analyst questions the value of accounting measurement of earnings per share and stock option costs for equity valuation purposes. View Details

Keywords: Earnings Management; Business Earnings; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Stock Shares; Employee Ownership; Stock Options; Equity; Accounting Audits; Valuation; Profit Sharing; Accounting Industry

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20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20

the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences across firms and countries.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

organizations, and what managers must do to effectively lead the change process. Tushman and O'Reilly are the coauthors of Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal, Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

identity of a corporate heritage brand. In a networked situation, understanding the role of stewardship in collaborating organisations is essential: the network entities maintain their own identities and goals but share common values of the network hub. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

That approach is obviously critical to an understanding of how businesses work, but equally important, as Professor Koehn has indicated, are the human beings who make the decisions that create and sustain enterprises. I wanted to use a... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
Teaching Note

Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-065. In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to... View Details

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SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both

First Look: November 9, 2010

First Look: September 23, 2008

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

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Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

October 6, 2015

First Look: Feb. 8

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.

Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants

First Look: May 20

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

September 29, 2015

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center

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