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  • 24 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

the executive ranks. All those things add up. Unfortunately, employers historically aren’t very good at connecting those dots. They don’t understand their own economics. Gazette: Why aren’t they better at seeing the full picture of these... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • June 2008 (Revised April 2013)
  • Case

Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty

By: Geoffrey Jones and David Kiron
Considers the creation of the world's largest fragrance company by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of developing a beauty... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Germany; United States
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  • August 2021 (Revised April 2022)
  • Case

KKR

By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In June of 2021, KKR’s executive team convened to prepare for an upcoming board meeting. From a small, three-person partnership that started in 1976 and invested only in U.S. LBOs, the firm 45 years later was a public company that employed over 1,600 people and managed... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Public Equity; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Profit; Strategy; Finance; Private Equity; United States
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  • December 2021 (Revised January 2023)
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Katerra (A)

By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
In April 2020, Katerra executives struggled with a series of decisions that would determine the fate of one of the best-funded construction startups in history. Katerra was founded in 2015 by technology-industry executive Michael Marks and commercial real estate... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Entrepreneurship; Failure; Construction; Real Estate Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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  • 15 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

When it comes to seeking a new job, making connections on LinkedIn can be key to landing an offer. But building a large network on the platform isn’t as crucial as cultivating the right kinds of connections, new research shows. While networking on digital platforms can... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    Roy D. Shapiro

    Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

    • December 2014 (Revised June 2016)
    • Case

    Cameron Trebbi at Taylor Lowell, LLP

    By: Karthik Ramanna
    Cameron Trebbi is a senior executive overseeing accounting policy at a large global auditing firm. His role is to lobby the firm's position with various accounting rule-making bodies worldwide. The firm is close to acquiring as new audit clients a consortium of Chinese... View Details
    Keywords: Lobbying; Thin Political Markets; Accounting; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; China; United States
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    • November 2012 (Revised March 2013)
    • Case

    Talking Strategy at Greighton Partners

    By: Boris Groysberg and Kerry Herman
    Since its inception, London-based private equity firm Greighton Partners had managed over $15 billion in investor capital. The firm employed about 150 professionals around the globe and had completed over 175 company acquisitions since its founding. Started with a... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Europe
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    • 2012
    • Other Unpublished Work

    The Efficacy of Shareholder Voting: Evidence from Equity Compensation Plans

    By: Ian D. Gow, Christopher S. Armstrong and David F. Larcker
    This study examines the effects of shareholder support for equity compensation plans on subsequent chief executive officer (CEO) compensation. Using cross-sectional regression, instrumental variable, and regression discontinuity research designs, we find little... View Details
    Keywords: Voting; Equity; Executive Compensation; Rights; Performance Effectiveness; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Motivation and Incentives
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      Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger Outcomes

      This paper investigates the effect of social ties between acquirers and targets on merger performance.  We find that the extent of cross-firm social connection between directors and senior executives at the acquiring and the target firms has a significantly negative... View Details
      • 2008
      • Article

      Linking Crisis Management and Leadership Competencies: The Role of Human Resources Development

      The problem and the solution. Most executives are aware of the negative consequences associated with an organizational crisis and focus on communications and public relations as a reactive strategy. However, many neglect the other leadership responsibilities... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Human Resources; Experience and Expertise
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      • December 1987
      • Case

      John Hancock Financial Services: Sports Sponsorship

      By: Stephen A. Greyser
      Senior corporate communications executives of a major financial services firm are reviewing the company's sports sponsorship program and are considering expanding it. Hancock already is the corporate sponsor of the Boston Marathon and has the opportunity to sponsor the... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Performance Evaluation
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        Research: Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital Initiatives

        A study of how companies disclose their digital initiatives on earnings calls and written communications finds that more firms are using these technologies, that financial markets reward companies that disclose such initiatives, but that financial performance... View Details
        • 22 Apr 2002
        • Research & Ideas

        Does Spirituality Drive Success?

        Executives from a wide range of industries trooped to Harvard Business School to discuss how their spirituality helps them be powerful leaders. The stories emerged from three panel sessions at the Möbius Leadership Forum, held April... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
        • 11 Oct 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

        co-wrote with Lynn Pyun of MIT and B.Y. Cheon of Hanshin University and the Korea Labor Institute. Focusing on South Korea, the team interviewed scores of multinational and local executives to find out whether a View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
        • April 1997 (Revised July 1997)
        • Case

        KPMG Peat Marwick U.S.: One Giant Brain

        Demonstrates how organizations can move toward creation of processes and information technology infrastructures for effective knowledge management in order to enhance performance and productivity. More specifically, describes the knowledge management strategy of KPMG... View Details
        Keywords: Internet; Information Technology; Knowledge Management; Service Industry; Consulting Industry; United States
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        • September 2007
        • Supplement

        Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper (Video Supplement)

        By: Boris Groysberg
        What does it take to build a successful career over time? Describes Amy Schulman's career progression and role as a star senior litigator and top executive at one of the world's largest law firms. It focuses on different stages in her career and what she did to be... View Details
        Keywords: Law; Personal Development and Career; Time Management; Work-Life Balance; Governing and Advisory Boards
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        • August 2006 (Revised September 2008)
        • Case

        Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper

        By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Shirley Spence
        What does it take to build a successful career over time? Describes Amy Schulman's career progression and role as a star senior litigator and top executive at one of the world's largest law firms. It focuses on different stages in her career and what she did to be... View Details
        Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Employee Relationship Management; Groups and Teams; Time Management; Personal Development and Career; Gender
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        • 03 Jan 2023
        • What Do You Think?

        How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

        (iStockphoto/400tmax) While summarizing comments to this same question asked about Jack Welch in last month’s column (shown below), I received word of Frances Hesselbein’s death. Welch was regarded by many as the greatest CEO of the 20th century. Hesselbein, national... View Details
        Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
        • May 20, 2024
        • Article

        Porter’s Five Forces and Competitive Advantage in Web3

        By: Scott Duke Kominers and Liang Wu
        Competitive strategy — the art of crafting and executing plans to achieve an advantageous position in the market — is integral to any business, and especially relevant for platforms because it determines their ability to achieve network effects and scale. But web3... View Details
        Keywords: Five Forces Framework; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Network Effects; Digital Transformation
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