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  • 16 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

Theory O change, Scott Paper operated in a highly competitive, cyclical, capital-intensive global industry. Like Champion International, it operated in two different segments of the paper industry and had several businesses in markets related to its core consumer View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
  • 26 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing

Instagram and YouTube. In the competition for the consumer’s attention, influencers are winning with pretty packages of photos and videos, as consumers increasingly reject more traditional forms of marketing like TV commercials and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • March 24, 2014
  • Article

Like a Boss: How Corporate Negotiators Would Handle Nuclear Talks With Iran

By: James K. Sebenius
While the Obama team deserves high marks for launching the interim talks, its approach doesn't sell the upside of a comprehensive deal persuasively enough to transform more Iranian skeptics into active supporters—a necessary condition for success if there is an... View Details
Keywords: Negotiations; Nuclear; Conflict Resolution; Winning Coalition; Blocking Coalition; Strategy; France; Germany; Iran; China; Great Britain; United States; Russia; Negotiation; International Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Public Administration Industry; France; Germany; Iran; China; Great Britain; United States; Russia
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  • 12 Jun 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer

Keywords: by Anette Mikes
  • 2008
  • Other Unpublished Work

Accounting, Risk Management and the Aftermath of a Control Debacle

By: Anette Mikes
Despite the widespread adoption of risk management systems in the financial services industry, recent control debacles highlight the apparent lack of top managerial attention to risk controls. Yet in order to understand the workings and uses of risk controls (or any... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Governance Controls; Management Systems; Accounting; Conflict and Resolution; Trends; Financial Services Industry
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Faculty & Research - Leadership

Stock... January 2025 Case Ole Rosgaard at Greif By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kerry Herman Since taking over as CEO of industrial packaging giant Greif, Ole Rosgaard has focused on growing the company and improving the perception of its... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Pet Project

optimized for DTC? Even if retail is where most consumer packaged goods are sold, it will mean lower margins and lower LTV. “So why should we launch a less profitable channel? Is retail critical for an exit or to become a household brand?... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade
  • Web

Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

investment banks, that package the mortgages into mortgage-backed securities (MBS). MBSs were divided into tranches (levels of risk) and bundled with other kinds of securities into Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO). Both the MBSs and... View Details
  • Research Summary

Strategic Human Capital

My research focuses on the links between managerial background, job attributes, organizational/firm characteristics, and firm performance. Broadly speaking, I am interested in how a manager's skills, knowledge, connections, experiences, and other attributes... View Details

  • May 2017
  • Other Article

Stepwise Distributed Open Innovation Contests for Software Development: Acceleration of Genome-Wide Association Analysis

By: Andrew Hill, Po-Ru Loh, Ragu B. Bharadwaj, Pascal Pons, Jingbo Shang, Eva C. Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani, Iain Kilty and Scott Jelinsky
BACKGROUND: The association of differing genotypes with disease-related phenotypic traits offers great potential to both help identify new therapeutic targets and support stratification of patients who would gain the greatest benefit from specific drug classes.... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Genome-wide Association Study; Logistic Regression; Open Innovation; PLINK; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
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  • 07 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

the whole picture and embrace the complexity inherent in shifting one’s operations or organizational design. For example, the company’s decision to increase the use of recycled PET that is more sensitive to moisture has implications for View Details
  • 09 Nov 2023
  • News

From the Brink

oversight authority to take the politics out of the recovery effort; a boost in Medicaid coverage to shore up the health sector; and a fiscal stimulus, through the earned income tax credit, to move workers into the formal labor sector and boost tax revenue. The View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
  • Web

Leadership - Faculty & Research

Business School Case 125-069, January 2025. Ole Rosgaard at Greif By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kerry Herman January 2025 | Case | Faculty Research Since taking over as CEO of industrial packaging giant Greif, Ole Rosgaard has focused on... View Details
  • 13 Dec 2019
  • Blog Post

All Is Well in Texas: How Julia Cheek Founded Her At-Home Lab Testing Startup, EverlyWell

HBS founded companies including Gilt Group and Birchbox. Julia had gone to Vanderbilt, where she majored in Economics and Psychology. When she started at HBS, she thought she would pursue a traditional corporate path, perhaps in brand management or Consumer View Details
  • 09 Apr 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

used in CEO bonus plans, relatively little attention is paid to the design of the bonus plan or unintended consequences. Equality and Equity in Compensation Why do some firms such as technology startups offer the same equity compensation View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Blog

The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

as: Directions to places on or off campus, restaurant advice, or finding a taxi Package delivery Maintenance or housekeeping issues, lost keys, or other residence hall issues Laundry and dry cleaning Non-emergency health issues—from... View Details
  • 30 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

expertise in designing and coding complex computer applications. SAP and Seibel have developed unique package software, and have provided specialized consulting services to assist in the implementation of the View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting
  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

Amazon execs to remain above it all.) And for a rental-dominated community, wouldn’t this wealthy influx of Amazonians drive up rents, housing prices, and real estate costs, forcing long-time residents and local independent businesses to move? Moreover, there was the... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction
  • 18 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

Congress approved a $2.2 trillion relief package to stave off what's predicted to be the deepest recession since the Great Depression. Yet, the results reveal a troubling pattern as policymakers, charities, non-government organizations,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

created by the fact that Blake is earning about 70 percent less in base pay than Nardelli, totally aside from the fact that the latter also took home a nine-figure package in incentives. Home Depot's stock has had lackluster performance... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett