Resignation and Termination - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

changes to introduce new competitors in the industry, remove contract termination fees, and reduce the payment of interconnection fees between cellular providers, which advantaged incumbent companies View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

envision personal rapid transit (PRT) systems that achieve these benefits. Such a system opened this week at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, taking passengers between the terminal View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

24 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 24

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43017 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 814-018 Keurig and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/814018... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

industry. Promoting from within is no promise of success, of course. Former Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal was with the company 21 years before his forced resignation on October 30. But strong leadership and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

07 Jan 2002
What Do You Think?

Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?

observed, "Chat rooms and corporate message boards have had a much more profound change on the privacy of business organizations than the tragic events of 9/11." There is almost a tone of View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

be cancelled. The case allows discussion of important concepts like what conditions aid an effective team dynamic, how an entrepreneurial company can scale in size while retaining the “power of small,” how companies can create value through focus View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

people at Google and millions more around the world before Google CEO Sundar Pichai terminated him. The ensuing debate expanded far beyond the Google campus, during which many people sided with Damore as... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

terminate an unprofitable relationship for fear of being ostracized for their actions), relationship-specific factors (competitive grandstanding, for instance, can lead to a decision by vendors to persist in unprofitable relationships).... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

17 Jul 2000
What Do You Think?

Where Is the Microsoft Board?

Summing Up The predominance of opinions expressed a concern about what happened in Microsoft's dispute with the Government and laid the blame at the feet of both the company's leadership and of board members... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

technological innovation. “The question is with 50 million public school students in America, how can you provide a more individualized learning experience?” "If you go to the smallest mom-and-pop restaurant, you'll find a point-of-sale View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

President Trump’s infrastructure plan and a counterproposal by Senate Democrats are rising toward the top of the national agenda. All agree that there is a pressing need to fix the collapsing bridges, potholed roads, crashing trains,... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

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