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    Joseph L. Bower

    JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade.  He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

    Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing
    • Teaching Interest

    IFC Asia: China's Belt & Road Initiative

    By: Willy C. Shih

    The course objective is to provide students perspectives and insight into one of the major political and economic development programs of China – its Belt and Road Initiative, a strategy that involves infrastructure development and investments in countries spanning... View Details

    Keywords: China; Globalization; Trade; Infrastructure; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia; Central Asia
    • 14 Jan 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Engineering Serendipity: The Role of Cognitive Similarity in Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Production

    Keywords: by Jacqueline N. Lane, Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Eva C. Guinan, and Karim R. Lakhani
    • 09 Jul 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

    Corporations have responded to society's plea to provide innovative solutions to deep-seated problems of human misery. Organization and management scholarship can play an important role in understanding and guiding this corporate action.... View Details
    Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
    • 01 Mar 2025
    • News

    Work of Art

    like trying to catch a cloud with a butterfly net. But stepping inside the building’s glassy entrance, a sense of direction takes hold and draws visitors toward the central gallery space. The exhibition this fall afternoon, Aesthetics of dis-order, features abstract... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Chris Sorensen; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
    • 01 Sep 2016
    • News

    The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

    almost the size of Kuwait. What’s clear, though, is that while this city is rich relative to the rest of the country , its city managers were miserly when it came to building the ribbons of roads and rail needed to bind its residents... View Details
    Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran
    • 01 Jun 2016
    • News

    How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

    the mafia. Every criminal trope imaginable is trying to get a piece of this. All told, online crime inflicted $445 billion in damage to the global economy in 2014, according to a study by the Center for Strategic and International... View Details
    Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
    • 09 Feb 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

    change. Employee surveys, 360-degree feedback, interviews by external consultants, and even relatively honest one-to-one conversations between a key manager and the CEO (remember the courageous discussion... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
    • Research Summary

    Fairness and Efficiency in Resource Allocation

    In studying the relationship of fairness and efficiency, Professor Trichakis takes the novel approach of looking at varied industries for unifying factors, and he pays special attention to inequities by incorporating both quantitative work in social welfare and the... View Details

    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    How ESG Issues Become Financially Material to Corporations and Their Investors

    By: George Serafeim
    Management and disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have received substantial interest over the last decade. In this paper, we outline a framework of how ESG issues become financially material, affecting corporate profitability and valuation.... View Details
    Keywords: Materiality; ESG; Pharmaceutical Companies; Business Ethics; Sustainability; Environment; Disclosure; Disclosure And Access; Regulation; Social Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Corporate Governance; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Accountability; Resource Allocation; Finance; Accounting; Valuation
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    • November 2006 (Revised October 2007)
    • Background Note

    A Brief Note on Deferred Taxes: An Analysis Perspective

    Provides an overview of accounting for deferred taxes. The primary objective is to provide external users with a basic understanding of deferred taxes. A simple illustrative example is provided, which is followed by a discussion of several important issues likely to be... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Financial Statements; Taxation; Legal Liability; Valuation
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      Sebastian Hillenbrand

      Sebastian Hillenbrand is an Assistant Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Finance I course in the MBA required curriculum.  

      Sebastian’s research interests are in behavioral and... View Details

        HBS Case: FX Risk Hedging at EADS

        In 2008, EADS, the European aerospace group that owns Airbus, was faced with the decision of how best to hedge a large and growing mismatch between its dollar revenues and its euro manufacturing costs. Specifically, the company needed to decide if it would continue... View Details

        • 2008
        • Working Paper

        Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?

        By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun
        We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better... View Details
        Keywords: Energy Conservation; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Manufacturing Industry; United Kingdom
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          Martin A. Sinozich

          Martin Sinozich is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in both MBA and Executive Education programs.  For first-year MBAs, Martin teaches in Field Global Immersion, a required course that... View Details

            Joseph B. Fuller

            Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and Entrepreneurship. He founded and co-leads the school’s project, Managing the Future of Work, as well as the Harvard Project on the Workforce. He currently leads the FIELD Global Capstone... View Details

            • August 2021
            • Article

            The Undervalued Power of Self-relevant Research: The Case of Researching Retirement While Retiring

            By: Teresa M. Amabile and Douglas T. (Tim) Hall
            For decades, training in management research has emphasized objectivity, typically viewed as an arm’s length distance between the topic of the research and the interests of the researcher. This emphasis has led most scholars to avoid research topics of deep personal... View Details
            Keywords: Qualitative Research Methods; Case Research Methods; Organizational Behavior; Careers; Career Changes And Transitions; Self-relevant Research; Research; Personal Development and Career; Transition; Identity; Retirement
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            • November 2007
            • Article

            Innovation and Incentives: Evidence from Corporate R&D

            By: Josh Lerner and Julie Wulf
            Beginning in the late 1980s, American corporations began increasingly linking the compensation of central research personnel to the economic objectives of the corporation. This paper examines the impact of the shifting compensation of the heads of corporate research... View Details
            Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Research and Development; Patents; Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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            • March 2014 (Revised September 2019)
            • Teaching Note

            Say on Pay: Qualcomm, Inc. Shareholders Vote 'Maybe'

            By: Suraj Srinivasan and Charles C.Y. Wang
            This case centers around Qualcomm shareholders' 2012 Say-on-Pay vote and the dispute between the Institutional Shareholder Services and management regarding the appropriateness of the CEO's compensation plan. Was ISS right that Qualcomm CEO's pay was inflated and... View Details
            Keywords: ISS; Proxy Advisor; Investor Communication; Investor Relations; Peers; Say-on-Pay; Benchmarking; Peer Group; Compensation Committee; Board Of Directors; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations
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            • 22 Mar 2023
            • News

            Harvard Business School Announces New Venture Competition Finalists in Student Business, Social Enterprise, and Alumni Tracks