Filter Results:
(683)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(683)
- News (137)
- Research (492)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (126)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(683)
- News (137)
- Research (492)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (126)
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Lawyers for former CEO Jeffrey Skilling (MBA ’79) argued that his 2006 conviction on nineteen counts of fraud, conspiracy, insider trading, and lying to auditors — along with his 24-year prison sentence — should be... View Details
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
linear geometry that helped Vegas succeed. “A linear layout has the advantage that there is no clear status hierarchy among the resorts spread out along the street,” the authors write. That can be true as... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- News
Visionary leadership won’t get you to innovation
definition—exactly where to go or maybe even how to get there. Instead, a leader needs to create a community that is willing and able to do innovative problem-solving.” Willingness to innovate depends on cultivating a shared sense of purpose and values, and... View Details
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
Several best practices, as explained by past and current masters of judo strategy, can help you reach the top of your game. While there are no substitutes for mastering the concepts of judo strategy and carefully studying your industry and your competition, keeping... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
credit analysts exhibit a sizable partisan gap in their economic outlook, with roughly two-thirds the size of the gap observed among households. This bias affects analysts’ decision to upgrade or downgrade corporate credit ratings,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 22 Nov 2015
- News
Start-Up Leaders Embrace Lobbying as Part of the Job
research organizations and the political press to rethink labor laws for the digital age. “We have old rules about how you act as an employer,” said Ms. Sapone, 29, who started Hello Alfred with a Harvard Business School classmate. “We... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
which analysis of the numbers, facts, and data fails to provide a clear answer. Gray areas test not only managers’ skills but also their humanity. This book presents a five-question framework—based on the long humanist tradition of thinking about what makes for good... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
nurtured in different educational and institutional settings. The question, then, is this: does China have a good institutional framework for innovation? Our answer at present is no: the governance structures of Chinese state-owned enterprises and universities still... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
common mistakes made by international managers, and the development of his book for readers interested in "the opportunities of managing in a global setting." Sean Silverthorne: International Finance and its case studies explore various dimensions of... View Details
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
incentivized to produce safer products to help them manage risk” “When physicians are under pressure from high liability, innovators are incentivized to produce safer products to help them manage risk,” says Hong Luo, an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at... View Details
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
influence how investors diversify their portfolios; the organizational and ownership decisions firms make; firm investment[PDF] decisions; and myriad financing decisions, including capital structure and repatriation. Perhaps, the biggest... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
the result “By changing the design, by changing the rules of the game, we can change the results that the system’s incented to deliver,” said Gehl. “We don’t just have to be frustrated about it, there are things that can be done.” One... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-010 United Airlines: More Out-and-Back Flying? This case looks at United Airlines when it is facing a decision on whether to shift its aircraft... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times by Ram Charan (MBA ’65, DBA ’67) (McGraw-Hill) Economic turbulence has arrived with a vengeance, and only companies that... View Details
- 01 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Reflections on the Peek Weekend Family Business Cohort
initiated important dialogue. If you are thinking about applying to the Family Business cohort, I would highly encourage you to speak to your family members about the family business. Specifically, I suggest focusing on how decisions are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
and a real appraisal of what makes a good company. How have new regulations addressed the problems you describe? There was a need to tighten up the rules across the board, and that’s been done. In the accounting industry, we have the... View Details
- 29 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact
what you mean by the “circular economy” and what you do at Closed Loop Partners? The circular economy is simply a system focused on minimizing waste and making the most of the resources we already have. That’s in contrast to the linear... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
Working PapersWhere Does It Go? Spending by the Financially Constrained Authors:Shawn A. Cole, John Thompson, and Peter Tufano Abstract In this paper, we analyze the spending decisions of over 1.5 million Americans who vary in their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign-to-sovereign transactions. Specifically, we show (i) international capital flows net of government debt are positively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
establishing some stylized facts about the fine-grained structure of large, real-world technical systems. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2277795 Pricing and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Michael Schwarz... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino