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- January 1998 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
Staples (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti and Barbara Feinberg
Chronicles development of a new business concept. Starts with Stemberg's search for a new employment opportunity, then provides details of his decision to launch a new venture concept through careful matching of personal capabilities and experience against a variety of... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Management Skills; Retail Industry
Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, and Barbara Feinberg. "Staples (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-157, January 1998. (Revised September 1998.)
- 02 Apr 2024
- What Do You Think?
What's Enough to Make Us Happy?
who fail to have this conversation with ourselves run the risk of chasing and acquiring things that are never enough. These matters are highly personal. I like to think that how we make decisions on these matters determines, as the old... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Preparing to Be a Corporate Director
with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Senior executives who are interested in serving on a corporate board... View Details
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Risk Management for Corporate Leaders—Virtual
various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who... View Details
- February 2005
- Article
Financial Analyst Characteristics and Herding Behavior in Forecasting
By: Michael B. Clement and Senyo Tse
This study classifies analysts' earnings forecasts as herding or bold and finds that (1) boldness likelihood increases with the analyst's prior accuracy, brokerage size, and experience and declines with the number of industries the analyst follows, consistent with... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance Evaluation; Financial Services Industry
Clement, Michael B., and Senyo Tse. "Financial Analyst Characteristics and Herding Behavior in Forecasting." Journal of Finance 60, no. 1 (February 2005): 307–341.
- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
while the partners are able to more than double the percentage of revenue brought to the bottom line. The decision in the case has to do with how best to go to a four-day workweek with three-day weekends and paid vacations for everyone.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Private Equity and Venture Capital
and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend This investment... View Details
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Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual
your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Executives from a family office or wealth management office Family business owners, beneficial owners, and other family members, including... View Details
- September 1985 (Revised January 1986)
- Case
Peter Wendell
Contains a description of a decision confronting an employee of IBM in late 1981. Should he leave IBM to become head of a new venture capital fund which will specialize in technology investments? The case is designed to expose students to the nature of the opportunity... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Jobs and Positions; Opportunities; Valuation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Resignation and Termination; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; Computer Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Peter Wendell." Harvard Business School Case 286-008, September 1985. (Revised January 1986.)
- Program
Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who... View Details
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Managing Health Care Delivery
relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Clinical and nonclinical leaders with more than 10 years... View Details
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Leading Professional Service Firms
professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
decide whether they want to try to restructure the nature of the engagement to better fit the firm's service model. Although young and small, the firm has grown successfully and is optimistic about its future prospects. Kutchins and Cullen thus want to make View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Leadership for Senior Executives
network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and... View Details
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Women on Boards
from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions... View Details
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Strategic Marketing for Driving Growth
wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Senior marketing executives, including established or emerging CMOs, directors and agency leaders, especially those... View Details
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Finance for Senior Executives
your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Executives from a variety of functional areas, including operations, marketing, information technology, human resources, research and... View Details
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Mergers and Acquisitions
your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend This mergers and acquisitions course is designed for senior executives involved in M&A activity who want to broaden their knowledge of... View Details
- March 2020 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley-Bowles and Michael Norris
In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she build more and better... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Market Entry and Exit; Consulting Industry; United States; Florida; New York (state, US)
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Hannah Riley-Bowles, and Michael Norris. "Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities." Harvard Business School Case 420-062, March 2020. (Revised January 2023.)
- 17 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees
play in these internal markets, Hall argues. “If you try to put water into a hose, it’s going to squirt out somewhere. No matter what decision you make, there will be something that needs to be controlled,” Hall says. “Every kink creates... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman