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- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
future; it was scalable to a global market; the company had a Black female CFO, an Asian American attorney as well as a number of women engineers; the company was already in alignment with Athena’s goal of putting more women on View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
minority college juniors and seniors to general management issues through the case method and encourages them to consider careers in business. A Saturday morning packed with sessions covered topics ranging from consolidation in the media industry to privatization of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
this second part of our Skydeck conversation with Immelt, we talk about the trials of the financial crisis, the loneliness of life at the top, and what his post-GE career in education and venture capital have taught him about the future of View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
there is financial data available in the years before and after their initial public offering (IPO), I differentiate between those that have private equity sponsorship (PE-backed firms) and those that do not (non-PE-backed firms). The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business model of traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
explore the consequences of scientific publication-an instance of public disclosure-for a core set of activities within the firm. Specifically, we link publications to human capital management practices,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
process, just grueling. Public and, you know, Jack was like the most famous business leader probably in the history of the world. Because, you know, the markets were booming. He was really famous. And so, you know, it was all like... View Details
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
Because these social networks are a unique way of broadly communicating real-time messages to the audiences they want to reach. They can write a message anywhere, anytime, and share it with interested parties without any public relations... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology
Investors riding the wave of technology public offerings have been waiting for a powerhouse debut from Airbnb, which logged its 500 millionth customer booking in March. After all, the home-sharing giant isn’t your typical unicorn. Unlike... View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
re-tooled to successful and profitable strategic ends. In Revival of the Fittest, he draws on his extensive global research in such diverse industries as personal computers, brewing, tires, and consumer banking to outline the pitfalls... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
value in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors. Over the years, interest among faculty and students has steadily grown, says Childress, who served as SEI’s executive director for four years before joining the faculty. Since the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
promise of better charging infrastructure, and evolving trends in foreign markets all indicate that EVs are approaching a global tipping point. But with political winds imperiling government incentives in the United States and China... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
research from Future Forum, a consortium by Slack, and global case studies from leading companies such as Levi Strauss & Co., Genentech, Royal Bank of Canada, and IBM, How the Future Works offers concrete solutions and practical steps for... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.27.4.65 Working Papers Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We decompose capital flows-both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
What is keeping you awake at night during this global pandemic? Over the past few weeks, we asked 600 CEOs that very question. Their responses were touching and instructive, but also daunting about the challenges leaders face at this... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
the whole world of nature,” she once said. Years later, Carson—a quiet, reserved woman who trained as a scientist—would find her voice as a writer, publishing essays and books about nature’s delicate interrelationship with humankind. For two years, she battled a range... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
opportunity to engage in a virtual dialogue on these matters. Some major corporations are starting to take the lead in this effort, including United Technologies Corporation, Philips (the Dutch electronics and health care giant), the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
junctures along the three-year road to completing this case." Students Intrigued by First-Draft Case After two years of steady work, Koehn and Helms had enough material to complete a draft case based on the public sources. Koehn... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
civil society scrutiny that activates these firms' latent vulnerability. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel dataset of 4,484 public companies in many industries, headquartered in 38 countries, during 2005-2008, when environmental... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
things,” Benihana ads promised). Illustration by PJ Loughran After reading in a trade publication about Benihana’s innovative and efficient use of labor and layout to lower costs and facilitate customer turnaround times, Professor Earl... View Details