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- 30 May 2024
- Blog Post
PRIDE at HBS
programming, fosters professional development, connects current students with alumni, hosts admission events, and encourages advocacy for LGBTQ+ representation at HBS and in business. We also have affinities within PRIDE that support intersectional View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
Working PapersThe Performance of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts Authors:Jerry Cao and Josh Lerner Abstract Reverse leveraged buyouts (RLBOs) have received increased public scrutiny but attracted little systematic study. We collect a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
Florida legislature, after several weeks of heated public controversy, passed and sent to Governor Ron DeSantis a Parental Rights in Education bill stating: “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms
co-authored the working paper, “The Political Polarization of Corporate America,” with Vyacheslav Fos, associate professor at Boston College, and Margarita Tsoutsoura, associate professor at Cornell University. Executive teams are skewing... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
Khaire Publication: Business History Review (forthcoming) Abstract Identity is an important resource for firms, since it is a critical precursor of an important strategic resource—legitimacy. However, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Office of Strategy Management
though more than 90 percent had detailed strategic plans with much higher targets. Our own work with clients supports the existence of a persistent gap between the strategic goals organizations set for themselves and the results they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
states as a consequence of changes in fiscal institutions and their interaction with colonial institutions. Working Papers Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective By: Eccles, Robert, and George Serafeim Abstract—In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
corporations such as Microsoft or Coca-Cola, particularly in Europe. Many NGOs, by the very nature of the work they do and the dedication of their staff and volunteers, attract the respect and admiration of many individuals. Nonprofits... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Working PapersIntra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We use a new firm-level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
declared bankruptcy on June 1, 2009. “All stakeholders must work together to make GM's bankruptcy filing a comma rather than a period in the storied history of this American corporate icon." -Daniel Heller Its future appears... View Details
- 10 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
High Commitment, High Performance Management
and governance system? Performance and psychological alignment that works for a period of time—sometimes many years—can create rigidities that require challenges. In the book I discuss what leaders must do, be, and know to lead a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals
change as we acquire more knowledge and experience. "The question is, 'what will my role be next?' Part of it is shaped by your deeply embedded life interests," Butler says. "Your identity will be modified by where you... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’
online—and which we don’t. First, the research team looked at 2014 Pew Research Center survey data, showing that two-thirds of professionals on Facebook say they’ve connected with colleagues online. Next, they surveyed 513 full-time professionals View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
brand loyalty. We argue that UBBs are effective because consumers react positively when they see the underdog aspects of their own lives being reflected in branded products. Four studies demonstrate that the UBB effect is driven by View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
a longstanding policy; the reality was, if you had a boss who was homophobic or uncomfortable, it didn’t matter. One of my goals in going to business school was to start my own business, so that my sexuality wouldn’t be an issue. Once I started View Details
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Considering Retirement - Alumni
place for life after work, everything else about retirement – what we intend to do with our time – remains vague or utterly unexplored. Important considerations include: Identity Who will you be in retirement? What aspirations,... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
clear-headed adviser,” Eisenmann adds. “They’ve probably been doing the lion’s share of keeping the household on the rails and caring for children while you’ve been working 100-hour weeks and ignoring the family. At some point, you’ll... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
experience suggests it may take several years. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-020.pdf Working PapersWellsprings of Creation: How Perturbation Sustains Exploration in Mature Organizations Authors:David James... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Finding Pride
One of my goals in going to business school was to start my own business, so that my sexuality wouldn’t be an issue. Once I started working on my own, particularly with a business partner who was also gay, we didn’t worry too much about... View Details
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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Re-Emergence and Identity Change in a Mature Industry: Swiss Watchmaking, 1970-2008” (HBS Working Paper 14-048, 2013). Ryan L. Raffaelli : Winner of the 2014 Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award... View Details