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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
“Pretty straightforward. Pretty frightening.” That’s how Jim Sharpe (MBA 1976), chairman and CEO of Extrusion Technology, Inc. (ET), describes an out-of-the-blue situation his company faced two years ago, when its largest customer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
retrenching, returning to its roots. When the water is highest in the river, you can’t see the rocks. Right now you can see the rocks. There’s more clarity on which areas are not likely to be competitive and which will be important places to spend time. View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Books
Value Shift by Lynn Sharp Paine The Support Economy by Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxim Value Shift by Lynn Sharp Paine (McGraw HIll) Were it not for the years HBS assistant professor Rakesh Khurana spent... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Research Brief: Cultivating Creativity through Competition
that demand creativity, even when money isn’t on the table. “With sharp incentives—be it status, recognition, or financial rewards—balanced competition can motivate creativity.” “Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
Blockchain for Good
sharp declines in cash use and other major disruptions to small businesses and personal livelihoods. Enter Millicent, the blockchain-based digital financial venture Dyer cofounded a year ago. Both a financial network and a social impact... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
FIELD 3: Taking Down Barriers
Rob Beiderman (MBA 2014) Having worked at Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital, Rob Biederman (MBA 2014) arrived at HBS intent on rounding out his skills and returning to the field of private equity. His life took a sharp turn, however, when it... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Responsibility initiative. Professors Thomas R. Piper and Lynn Sharp Paine emphasized the importance of both ethics and economics for outstanding organizations. They argued that the only zone of... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Power Play
Courtesy Rahul Advani, Sara Graziano, Chris Smith When Rahul Advani (MBA 2004) began his investment career in 1996, focused on the energy sector, he thought a future of accessible and affordable clean energy was a ways off. But as he watched innovations like battery... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
awards drives a sharp increase in CEO compensation. 1992 The SEC requires more disclosure of executive compensation, particularly stock options and perks. With more information in public view, the rules trigger an unintended upward pay... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time
turnover, age of the firm, and the percentage of firms that issued stock during a run-up, among other factors. Greenwood found that, while Fama was correct in asserting that sharp price increases do not predict lower returns going... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur
Ethics, Economics, and Organizations Professors Thomas R. Piper and Lynn Sharp Paine Service Management Professor James L. Heskett and Associate Professor Gary W. Loveman Entrepreneurship Professors Teresa M. Amabile and Howard H.... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
a ways off. But as he watched innovations like battery storage and solar drive sharp increases in demand, that clean-energy future didn’t seem so far away any longer. “We are moving off fossil fuels at a clip faster than anybody, even... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
A Better Way to Go on Strike
the fund was ultimately divided, both sides would be better off than after an ordinary strike. In sharp contrast to a cool-down period, jawboning, or arbitration, a financial strike would not disturb the balance of power between the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
made at all.” Fast-forward to 2020 and the pandemic, when Dyer and her friend, entrepreneur Kene Ezeji-Okoye, again saw a system badly in need of updating. Existing payment networks were extracting big fees from individuals and merchants, despite View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Wide Screen Approach
platforms at once. “Nobody had streamed a service at that scale before,” says Wilson. “We were holding our breath, because we were basically betting our business that this was going to be a successful pivot.” It felt like a sharp turn not... View Details
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Sharpe (OPM 58, 2022): My name is Ken Sharpe. I'm from Zimbabwe and I did OPM 58. My partner sent me Who Not How by Dan Sullivan, and he also wrote 10x Is Easier Than 2x. It’s life-changing. So he runs Strategic Coach and I just came back... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
since 2000: “A belief in easy answers; a disagreement over the basic nature of the energy problems and the roles of various actors; sharp shifts in perceptions of shortage or glut conditions; and an inability to tie domestic energy,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
of male HBS grads to the executive office was not easy, but for women still unwelcomed above the glass ceiling in the ’70s, getting there was especially difficult. “She was one smart, sharp cookie,” says a classmate of Ellen Marram (MBA... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business
"As different cultural traditions meet in the marketplace and inside organizations, managers face tough choices about the values that they and their organizations will live by," HBS professor Lynn Sharp Paine told participants at an HBS... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
experiences, situations, and learning will keep us more mentally sharp and physically fit than a routine without these. Wendy and I wanted to work hard for a cause, but we also wanted to take advantage of our situation and take in all... View Details