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- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
Economic difficulties need not mean that we lower our standards for leadership. If anything, we should raise our sights. New work by HBS professor Michael Beer and colleagues shows that there is still a place for what they term... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
in? What's our long term vision for why we are here? Just like ancient mariners used compasses to kind of direct themselves, purpose was an orienting scheme. The second was: Purpose became like an operating system. It’s the way... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
the time. I had just come off of two years in investment banking. I had always been fairly active in terms of exercise and running. In fact, I was training for a couple half marathons, which soon turned into marathon training at the time.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
of the most important things Bill taught is that the source of your funding is often more important than the terms and conditions of the agreement," says James A. Goldstein (MBA '94), founder and sales and marketing vice president of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
doing some selective hiring, particularly around design engineering and production control. Our hiring is up over last year; we are seeing about ten times as many applicants per job as we did in years past.” In terms of investment, over... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
interest in social enterprise “is part of a much deeper shift in terms of truly educating leaders who can make a difference in the world,” he adds. Susan Wolf Ditkoff (MBA ’01), a partner at Bridgespan and a member of the HBS Alumni... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
to form the Cleanliness Institute, whose primary function was cooperative sales promotion to teach the American public the importance of keeping clean. The use of the term “institute” emphasized the seriousness, indeed national... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
strong relationships with our suppliers that we easily convinced them to extend us additional terms to fill that first big order. We shipped the product and waited. Day 30 arrived and a check did not. On Day 45 we received another order... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
terms of the strokes or putts gained per round relative to the field. Using this metric, we can determine what portion of a player's overall performance is due to advantage (or loss) gained through putting, and conversely, what portion of... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
link individuals with crime scenes and fathers to their children. Special problems of trust have arisen, because the domain of scientific practice termed 'DNA typing' emerged in a commercial context, and its results serve as the basis for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
different planet, and the negative consequences to many forms of innovation and entrepreneurial investment may be shattering. Without trust in the future, many talented workers may look elsewhere. But isn’t Silicon Valley impossible to match in View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
School Case 814-060 Andreessen Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a venture capital firm launched in 2009, has quickly broken into the VC industry's top ranks in terms of its ability to invest in Silicon Valley's most promising... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
its strategy in order to keep up with India's changing social, political, and economic landscape? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/india-s-amul-keeping-up-with-the-times/an/514067-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-064 The Entrepreneurial Manager:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
terms of preparing beforehand, we found that it was essential for equipping those who perform necessary evils with the ability and tools to handle the task effectively. Preparing ahead of time gives performers a realistic preview of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
African-American entrepreneur through the process of sourcing a potential acquisition, valuing a company, and securing the funding to purchase the company. This entrepreneur must decide if he should close the deal and which financing term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
decades, we have seen a distinct transformation of the C-suite—a term denoting the most important senior executives in an organization—characterized by the proliferation of new Chief X Officer (CXO) roles, in which X stands for a specific... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
entry-level employees to eight widely scattered locations, we empirically assess how distance from hometown affects workers’ performance. Our results suggest that distance from hometown has a positive effect on worker performance in the short View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
the effects of RER changes in terms of differences in export intensity, import intensity and financial constraints. We estimate the model and quantitatively evaluate the different mechanisms by providing counterfactual simulations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
approaches on the subject in terms of longitudinal and geographical scope. We suggest that the straightforward association of the general environmental settings of market immaturities and institutional voids with the existence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
the long-established industry terms of contract between clients and managers change going forward? Was there an opportunity for clients to negotiate better terms? These issues all needed to be addressed in the context of protecting the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace