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  • 20 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: December 20

Per Strömberg Abstract We use an important legal event as a natural experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity-debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy ruling changed the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

Business has long recognized the connection between an effective school system and a qualified workforce—by some estimates, the private sector invests $4 billion annually in efforts intended to improve public education. So why isn't that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

creditors for quality reporting. In contrast, the "opportunistic behavior" hypothesis posits that public equity firms, because their managers have a greater incentive to manage earnings, have lower... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

were less thorough, and the managers and lawyers we interviewed while conducting our research raised concerns about the extent to which reforms were effectively implemented. Our results do not indicate that... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 11 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

from ready for online voting. We can't even manage to cast and count votes accurately with the new electronic technologies. Q: In the United States it seems the public has a very low opinion of the federal government. Can government... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

management is the responsibility of none other than the corporation's number-one manager, a conflict of interest that is awkward at best. The obvious solution is separating the two positions—a move many Ford Motor Company shareholders... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
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Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog

more self-assured in the high waves and strong winds they confronted. Understanding precisely how these people did this is the overarching objective of the course. We will pay particular attention to the larger “rules of the road” of crisis View Details
  • April 2002 (Revised September 2002)
  • Background Note

Capital Controls

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Laura Alfaro
Only in the waning years of the 20th century did international financial markets begin to enjoy the freedom from government regulation that they had experienced before the first world war. By 2002, international capital markets had grown to be enormous--$1.2 trillion... View Details
Keywords: History; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Change Management; Cost vs Benefits; Governance Controls; Governance Compliance; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; Network Effects; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

Up by the Roots

revolutionizing everything from online payments and wealth management to cybersecurity and insurance through digital technologies as diverse as blockchain and artificial intelligence. Despite being the world’s financial capital and home... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

manager of inventory planning is tasked with developing an effective strategy for managing inventory without requiring additional capital investment. The company has launched... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

can managers learn from the outcome of the Canada/Bombardier vs. Brazil/Embraer dispute about the most effective way to handle these types of situations? A: The dollar value of the Brazilian sanctions... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

Manager's Notebook

Higgins and Nohria also wanted to understand why the 128 Venture Group was successful. "We wanted to know which pitches were most effective in which situations," explains Higgins. "For example, why would one View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
  • Web

1.6 Degree Requirements | MBA

have acquired a body of knowledge, skills, and techniques appropriate to the practice of business administration. The candidate must have demonstrated—by a commitment to the work, a sense of responsibility to colleagues and others, and a capacity to work View Details
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

  Publications August 2013 pub Cannibalization and Option Value Effects of Secondary Markets: Evidence from the U.S. Concert Industry By: Bennett, Victor Manuel, Robert Seamans, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how reducing search... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

What’s New in Educational Innovation? A Few Highlights

provides a thorough understanding of the principles of finance — a toolkit for making smart financial decisions. Negotiation Mastery Participants are introduced to analytical tools and interpersonal techniques for dealing effectively with... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Noted & Quoted

“Unfortunately, the technology for growing flu viruses to make vaccines is fifty years old — it’s chicken eggs.” — HBS Professor of Management Practice and former Merck CEO Raymond Gilmartin, at a November HBS panel discussion on drug... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services; Information
  • Web

Academic Experience | MBA

global research centers, and field-based course offerings, the HBS experience is inherently international. Joint Degrees Designed in collaboration with other Harvard schools to prepare you for complex leadership challenges that balance expertise with View Details
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Tony He

complex business issues. I chose HBS because I wished to learn from peers and professors from diverse backgrounds, and the MBA program offered both breadth in its coverage of management topics and the opportunity to drill into specific... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)

I wanted to create many, many more. The Stability Network has 70 leaders in 25 cities in the United States and Canada. Getting people to come out about their mental illness is actually pretty hard, but we give them support, training, and coaching so that they can... View Details
  • 20 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 20

hand in a clear manner. It offers recommendations for both those seeking and giving advice to make the process as effective as possible. Publisher's link: https://hbr.org/2015/01/the-art-of-giving-and-receiving-advice January 2015 Journal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne