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- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
contemplating how to do just that—but not by tackling a new frontier of the geographic variety. Rather, the firm was further exploring the digital frontier via a new distribution channel that would allow it to better compete in the online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
submitted a proposed term sheet. Recently, however, a venture capital (VC) group has submitted a competing term sheet. The company must decide whether to accept financing from the Angels or the VC group. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
Risk, Harvard Business School professors Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine argue that while robust governments must play a role, leadership by business is essential. Read the full abstract. Competing in the Age of AI by Marco... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
stimulate innovation must often be set before specific investments in innovative projects are made, this creates a tradeoff between a policy that encourages experimentation ex-post and one that funds experimental projects ex-ante. In equilibrium it is possible that all... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
environmental needs and its core competencies and institutional capacity. Using a "three theatre" CSR framework, the paper demonstrates why the question for corporations is not whether to engage in CSR, but why they need to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
trade perceptions of competence for likeability-the more successful they appear, the less positively they are regarded. Such trends affect both organizational openness to female leaders and the conceptions women have about themselves as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
around Los Angeles, is faced with a crucial choice about how to open its next several schools. Should it pursue an opportunity to collaborate with the public school district, or act on an equally attractive opportunity to compete head-on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
enables us to participate more by sharing real non-U.S. experiences while enriching community learning." Solana says he and other international students would like the curriculum to include an even more extensive base of cases on companies View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- January 2025
- Case
A Tiger in the Tank: Exxon Sues Investors
By: Clayton S. Rose, Sarah Sasso and James Weber
In June 2024, investors were trying to make sense of ExxonMobil’s (Exxon) lawsuit against two impact investors, Arjuna Capital (Arjuna) and Follow This, that had just been dismissed by the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas. Exxon’s suit challenged the rights of two... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Demographics; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Adaptation; Investment Activism; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Energy Industry; United States; Netherlands; Norway
Rose, Clayton S., Sarah Sasso, and James Weber. "A Tiger in the Tank: Exxon Sues Investors." Harvard Business School Case 325-015, January 2025.
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describes the bases on which people trust organizations and individuals: Competence, Motives, Means, and Impact. Competence in doing what they are supposed to do. Motives, meaning whose interests they take into account when they make... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
break through institutional complacency and unite HKU's oft-divided students, faculty, and administration behind a plan that would allow HKU to thrive in a landscape in which it competed not only with other institutions in Hong Kong, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
The growth and competiveness of emerging markets is a fundamental reality in global business today. Yet it is often forgotten just how much these countries have changed in a short period of time, how challenging their business... View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
like for HTC? How could HTC, a historically innovative company, compete in the tablet market? And how could it weather-and mitigate-the patent wars? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/712423-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
an important connection between asymmetric skills and asymmetric motivation. Asymmetric motivation gives a would-be disruptor time to hone asymmetric skills. How? Even though a competitor could develop the requisite skills to compete... View Details
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Commencement 2019 Address | About
manner that inspires others. Let us now consider a second leadership quality than can help to rebuild trust: Integrity. When I teach leadership, I often talk about two qualities: Competence and Character. Consider this question for a... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Williamson established her consulting firm in 1994. As President and CEO of Perkins Williamson Associates, she works with an exceptional team of experts in the areas of Organizational Development, Change Management; Competency Modeling,... View Details
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
progress as well as future surveys that will be conducted every 3–4 years. New Venture Competition New Venture Competition Press Release The 27th annual HBS New Venture Competition, held in Klarman Hall in March 2024, featured 12 finalist teams View Details
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-104.pdf Competition for Scarce Resources Authors:Péter Esö, Volker Nocke, and Lucy White Publication:The RAND Journal of Economics 41, no. 3 (fall 2010) Abstract We model a downstream industry where firms View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
eroded and principles have been compromised. And the result has been a weakening of these critical institutions. In situations like this—when conflicts of interests arise, and when the institutions no longer provide clear guidance and a framework for action—individuals... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
compete for fishing quotas. The value of the fishing quota is not only determined by the volume, but also by the price for fish. BW: I’d worked on auctions. I had some of the early papers on the subject and then I had this brilliant... View Details