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  • 28 May 2020
  • News

Meet the 2020-2021 Leadership Fellows

    Managerial Structure and Performance-Induced Trading

    The literature finds that investors increase portfolio turnover following high returns, explaining it by either overconfidence or skilled trading. This paper develops a theoretical model and shows empirically that team-managed funds trade less after good... View Details
    • 19 Jan 2021
    • Blog Post

    2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)

    both the mentees and me to learn from each other! What impact has HBS had on your career? The value of my HBS MBA is mainly the personal growth it allowed me to have (and it was gigantic!). The biggest impact HBS had on me was to greatly View Details
    • 26 Aug 2013
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Built for Global Competition from the Start

    and had worked or were planning to work with clients engaged in global ventures. "This was a way for them to develop skills to help with their international client work or when evaluating investment... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education
    • December 2022 (Revised May 2023)
    • Case

    Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution

    By: Juan Alcácer and Emer Moloney
    At the end of 2019, Ignacio Galán, the Chairman and CEO of the world's third largest utility, Iberdrola, reflected on his almost 20 years at the company. He managed a portfolio of three very different businesses, each with their own specific opportunities and... View Details
    Keywords: Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Engineering; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Timing; Industry Growth; Mission and Purpose; Strategy; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; Spain; United Kingdom; United States; Brazil; Mexico
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    • 07 Apr 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies

    Keywords: by Juan Alcácer & Wilbur Chung; Technology
    • 14 May 2009
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams

    Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered How does a team leader win the confidence of the group? What's the best... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
    • 2007
    • Working Paper

    Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment

    By: Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton
    We use a new firm level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close to a comprehensive picture of global multinational activity. A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Activity; Horizontal FDI; Vertical FDI; Stages Of Production; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Foreign Direct Investment; Competency and Skills; Production
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    • October 2021
    • Background Note

    How to Write an Action-Planning Memo

    By: Ryan Raffaelli and Akshaya Varghese
    The ability to communicate an action plan through writing is essential for advancing ideas, earning credibility, and garnering support. Research has shown that leaders who write formal plans are more likely to execute successfully—written plans help members of an... View Details
    Keywords: Writing; Action Plan; Communication; Competency and Skills; Planning
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    • 03 Oct 2023
    • Blog Post

    Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups

    Startups are exciting to HBS MBA students for many reasons, including the opportunity for impact, exposure to multiple functions, and the ability to practice skills they are learning at HBS. But, why should a startup hire an HBS MBA?... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries; Entrepreneurship
    • Research Summary

    Management of Succession

    By: Joseph L. Bower
    An outgrowth of the work on the corporate office has been a more focused study on the management of succession. This work identified the reasons why the management of CEO succession has proved so difficult for so many companies as well as the way the best companies are... View Details
    • October 23, 2013
    • Article

    Banyan Family Business Advisors On The Keys to Long-Term Resilience

    By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
    Family businesses have been found to excel in resilience during economic downturns compared to publicly-traded ones. This is attributed to their focus on resilience over performance. Key qualities of resilient family firms include managing low debt, practicing... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Consistency; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Family Ownership; Family Business; Values and Beliefs; Business Strategy
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    • March 2016
    • Teaching Note

    Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek – Lighting Liberia

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
    After successful careers as lawyers and Fellows in Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative, Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by ultimately using advanced leadership skills to increase... View Details
    Keywords: Energy
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    • 18 Apr 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

    tasks and finding the appropriate platforms for execution. In that sense, the tasks were defined for data scientists and algorithm developers who do not necessarily have that domain knowledge, but possess the View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
    • February 2000 (Revised October 2000)
    • Case

    Kendle International Inc.

    By: Dwight B. Crane, Paul W. Marshall and Indra Reinbergs
    Candace Kendle and Christopher Bergen, the CEO and COO of Kendle International, Inc., are reviewing ways to finance the growth of their privately-owned company. Kendle is a contract research organization that conducts clinical drug trials for pharmaceutical and... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Stock Options; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; International Finance; Financial Strategy; Management Skills; Private Ownership; Initial Public Offering; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • 08 Sep 2021
    • Blog Post

    Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

    “Networking is an important skillset in venture capital and in my previous role that’s what I was doing all the time. I was pitching a vision, building trust, and developing relationships,” Mbanusi explained. He also honed these... View Details
    • November 2016 (Revised February 2017)
    • Case

    BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leadership Team

    By: Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and John D. Vaughan
    BrightStar Care was a rapidly growing franchise of home health care agencies. Founded by husband and wife team JD and Shelly Sun as a single agency near Chicago in 2002, BrightStar had opened nearly 300 franchises across the United States by 2016, generating over $300... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care Services; Entrepreneurs; Board Of Directors; Boards Of Directors; Health Care Industry; Growth Strategy; Organizational Change; Brand Positioning; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurial Management; Franchising; Family-owned Business; Home Health Care; Managing Growth; Management Styles; Organizational Development; Talent Management; Women Executives; Women And Leadership; Business Startups; Family Business; Small Business; Talent and Talent Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Health Care and Treatment; Human Capital; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Systems; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Strategy
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    • November 2008
    • Article

    Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets

    By: Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill and Jay A. Conger
    "This war for talent is like nothing we've ever seen before," write the authors, who have spent decades studying talent management and leadership development. Recently they interviewed executives at more than 20 global companies to identify strategies for attracting... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership Development; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Culture; Recruitment; Diversity; Developing Countries and Economies
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    • February 2024
    • Case

    Adventures Inc: 21st Century Brand Building

    By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
    Founded in 2020, Adventures worked with celebrities in Brazil to create and launch digitally native brands. The idea was to match the celebrity’s skill in creating content and entertaining fans with Adventures’ skill in consumer packaged goods marketing and operations.... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Brand; Influencer Marketing; Growth And Scaling; Capital Constraints; Brand Portfolio Strategy; CPG; Start-up; Celebrity Endorsement; Digital Marketing; Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Advertising; Social Media; Business Startups; Joint Ventures; Brands and Branding; Brazil
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    • 29 May 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

    "Is talent management portable?" That's the question asked and answered in a recent Harvard Business Review article discussing issues surrounding how top managers can transfer their skill sets to a new company. The... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment