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- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
that have introduced a flat tax have all been in macroeconomic situations where something had to be done to foster growth and attract investments, which indicates a major trend for linking tax reform with, for instance, privatization and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
groups that have been part of HBS for years. The teams, which meet only during the first year, are assigned across sections and with an eye to mixing students from a variety of backgrounds. They also encourage in-depth case analysis and View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
extraordinary musical talent who neglects the deeper, spiritual part of himself in the excitement of pursuing his performance career of playing to large crowds. After a crisis of self-doubt, he returns to his grandfather's mountain cabin... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
want to advance myself at the expense of other people. "It hasn't been easy," continues Feeley, whose most recent startup is the Sino-American Development Corporation, which he helped launch in 1993 to foster closer relations between U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
resilience while changing your relationship to stress, and shares a roadmap for sustainable performance in the face of ongoing change. How to Wash a Chicken: Mastering the Business Presentation by Tim Calkins (MBA 1991) Page Two This is... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
Authors:Mark Mortensen and Tsedal Neeley Publication:pub Abstract Scholars argue that direct knowledge about distant colleagues is crucial for fostering trust in global collaboration. However, their arguments focus mainly on how trust... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
Home: Winter Harbor, Maine “I don’t consider myself retired,” says Bill Holden. “I’m just working in a different realm without the day-to-day performance requirements.” The author of three novels (with a fourth to come in 2005), Holden is... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
cross-sector partnerships in order to improve market positioning. The companies started off with the following question: what are the obstacles hindering corporate performance and how can cross-sector collaborations contribute to... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
businesses, each of which was not performing up to its full potential, it was uncompetitive. The chairman of the group, Ratan Tata, creatively reorganized the business to make it survive in the new open global economy, and then challenged... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
community influences on organizations; sheds new light on the temporal dynamics of both endogenous and exogenous punctuating events; and provides more nuanced understanding of corporate-community relations. When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
performance aggravates the impact of internal disruptions but not external disruptions. This supports the theory that firms which improve operation performance may do so at the cost of increased operational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
earnings quality than those that do not have PE sponsorship, engage less in earnings management and report more conservatively both before and after the IPO. Further, PE-backed firms that are majority-owned by PE sponsors exhibit superior long-term stock price View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
analysts' forecasts of firm performance actually reflect any of these factors and which are considered most important. We use survey data from 967 analysts ranking 837 companies to judge how their forecasts are related to evaluations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
follow these practices successfully will have a distinct advantage over their shortsighted competitors. When Contracts Destroy Trust Authors:Deepak Malhotra Publication:Harvard Business Review 87, no. 5 (May 2009): 25 Abstract Contracts exist to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
what would make people join our clubs and buy our products. Plus, it became fashionable to promote women, and there I was with my HBS MBA. Cathy Benko (MBA 1989), vice chairman and chief talent officer, Deloitte Consulting, Foster City,... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
that this combination of "Cs" that constituted Baxter's career imprint could be called an "entrepreneurial career imprint." In contrast, Abbott careers during this same timeframe fostered more of a "functional... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
desirable part of an employee’s day, our theory and results point to the benefits of viewing it as a useful time period to engage in goal-directed prospection. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50419 Diversity and Team View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Past Issues - Alumni
performance is up to shareholders and companies. Complete Table of Contents March 2010 Money Matters How two HBS classmates ditched their corporate jobs, launched a financial services advisory business for India’s growing middle class,... View Details