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- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
development program for key managers of the company? Should DSM continue making moves in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to complement organic growth, or could its growth goals be achieved by focusing on organic growth for now, followed later by M&A View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
assistance, the Treasury should contribute capital by purchasing common shares. As a result, the Treasury is likely to hold a majority ownership of the bank's common shares, while the ownership interests of other shareholders will be... View Details
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
find that MNCs expand the scale of their activities in reforming countries after IPR reform. MNCs that make extensive use of intellectual property disproportionately increase their use of inputs. There is an overall expansion of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
organizations. One set of activities shown to improve organizational learning of new work practices is learn-how. Learn-how refers to learning activities that combine experimentation, adaptation-in-use, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
negative impact on innovation at targeted firms: firms substantially reduce their innovative activity after settling with NPEs (or losing to them in court). Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47648... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
minds of those responsible for governance. When a business is profitable and paying healthy dividends to its stockholders, fraudulent activities and accounting irregularities can go unnoticed. However, when revenue and cash flow decline,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
For-profit businesses have a common goal: create value for owners or shareholders by creating value for customers. It's a focus that must seem enviably straightforward from the perspective of nonprofit organizations and social enterprises... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
Multinational Corporations, Global Justice and Corporate Responsibility: A Question of Purpose By: Hsieh, Nien-hê Abstract—Do multinational corporations (MNCs) have a responsibility to address unjust conditions-not simply by refraining from contributing to injustice,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
capital, shareholder losses, and, in the extreme, financial crises—at the end of the day the investors by their nature have some tolerance for risk. "In an aid organization, however, the costs of misgovernance are borne not by the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Marshall Plan for Africa. This would require government expenditures. But there's also a tremendous opportunity to match the activities of philanthropists-I know many of our HBS alums are very generous and would love to get involved in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
Martha Lagace: What is missing in leadership models today? Michael Beer: Most formal leadership models do not incorporate institution-building in their definition of leadership. Leadership is thought of as a means for activating change,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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downsides, including the risk of burnout—ensuring that employees aren’t working too much, and that even in a performance-driven culture that emphasizes hard work, they maintain time for activities that will ensure a healthy personal and... View Details
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
transmitting information from equity to debt holders. This provides a novel argument as to why information contained in stock prices affects the real value of a corporation. It also allows us to make empirical predictions regarding the relation between View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
named the CEO of the new group and has been tasked with coordinating the diverse activities of the three units to achieve JLL's broader goal of "customer excellence." One of Barge's first actions is to move the account... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
professional service firm reshaped its activities and beliefs over nearly two decades as it adapted to shifts in the social discourse regarding gender and work. Analyzing archival data from the firm over eighteen years and representations... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
the degradation of the natural environment. However, the strategies that environmental organizations choose to employ are sometimes starkly different. This case compares the models of two dissimilar environmental powerhouses: Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
bit both a value claimer and a value creator. But an executive can actively choose to be a value creator, someone who always looks for the "win-win," leaving enough room for both sides to benefit from a deal without feeling the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
and shareholders have the ability to put the heat on the company if it is not performing. These represent rather substantial changes in the Japanese organizational model. The leading companies—the Sonys—are rapidly moving in these... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
by a strong shareholder value imperative ('value-based' ERM), the other corresponding to the demands of the risk-based internal control imperative ('holistic' ERM). The paper explains the differences in the two risk management mixes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
undertaking something much more serious, leading Xerox’s entry into the Chinese market and fearlessly chastising the company’s chairman for publicizing its activities in the press. Always up for a new challenge, she also began serving on... View Details