Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (6,064) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (6,064) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 213 of 6,064 Results →
  • August 2006 (Revised July 2007)
  • Background Note

Governance of the Family Business Owners

By: John A. Davis
Reviews the principal ways in which the owners of a family business achieve their governance objectives of a suitable identity and sensible direction and the discipline to achieve these. Covers the responsibilities and rights of owners, plus governance procedures,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Goals and Objectives; Family Ownership
Related
  • 2007
  • Chapter

Postcards from the Edge: A Review of the Business and Environment Literature

By: Andrew A. King and Luca Berchicci
Environmental issues, while of growing interest, have been outside the main focus of business scholarship. This position on the periphery may have been a good thing. It allowed scholars of business and the environment to consider unusual theories and evaluate... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Research; Environmental Sustainability; Competitive Advantage
Related
  • Web

Eligibility | New Venture Competition

(HSPH) Innovative Problem Solving & Design Thinking in Healthcare (HSPH) Launching Tech Ventures (HBS) Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning (HGSE) Managing the Future of Work (HBS) Power and Influence for Positive Impact (HBS/HKS)... View Details

    Rick Grinnell

    Rick Grinnell is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, focused on investing in AI-enabled security and enterprise infrastructure. As an experienced venture capitalist and operator, Rick has invested in some of the most... View Details
    • 28 Jan 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: January 28

    exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship. Publisher's link: View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Feb 2018
    • Op-Ed

    How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

    Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by... View Details
    Keywords: by Julie Battilana
    • January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
    • Case

    Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (A)

    By: David F. Hawkins
    The IASB and FASB propose new contingency loss recognition, measurement, and disclosure rules (A case). The B and C cases apply these proposals to British Petroleum's Mexican Gulf oil spill and Union Carbide's Bhophal gas discharge. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Trade; International Finance; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry; India
    Related
    • 20 Dec 2006
    • Op-Ed

    Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

    but this logic overlooks the fact that managers don't always do the right thing for shareholders. If managers are opportunistic, then the extra latitude provided by the dual-reporting View Details
    Keywords: by Mihir Desai
    • 04 Sep 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Five Questions for Max Bazerman

    on ways to grow the pie of social resources within the legal and legislative systems of the United States, as well as within the democratic systems of other nations. The constraints that democracies place on... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
    • 15 Jan 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: January 15, 2008

    product design, production, distribution, and system integration may be split up among hundreds or even thousands of firms. Different firms will design and produce the different components of a complex artifact (like the processor,... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 01 Oct 1998
    • News

    Beyond the Numbers

    movement, in the mid-1970s Robinson was a strategic financial manager for General Foods' (GF) domestic grocery products. After scanning a decade's worth of data and analyzing GF's investments in new product development, Robinson says he... View Details
    Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
    • 01 Mar 2018
    • News

    Ask the Expert: Disaster Master

    unexpected? What kind of internal communication exists for perfect coordination? —Karan Gupta (GMP 18, 2015) BEER: Companies can be prepared by having a crisis management team and established communication protocols in place, as well as... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna
    • 20 Sep 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: September 20

    likelihood that they will exploit their current exchange partners, even after controlling for the leverage provided by the outside options. Our results demonstrate that previously sunken investments lead to a heightened sense of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Feb 2002
    • News

    Design Fair

    Second-year students in Associate Professor Stefan Thomke's elective MBA course Managing Product Development presented their final projects at the tenth annual Design Fair in December. Among those who displayed their wares at the Spangler... View Details
    Keywords: MIT Media Lab; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 10 May 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

    and entrepreneurial management, done with colleagues C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr. at the University of Michigan. Their research will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Financial Economics. In this interview, Desai discusses the research and its... View Details
    Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
    • 01 Jun 1999
    • News

    New Releases

    the current system functioning, while leadership should inspire change. "It is possible to have too much or too little of either," Kotter writes. "Strong leadership with no management risks chaos," while... View Details
    Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

      Morton H. Meyerson

      Meyerson is recognized as the operational and financial genius of Electronic Data Systems (EDS). During his CEO tenure, EDS grew from a $200 million consulting business into a $4 billion large-scale systems... View Details
      Keywords: Services
      • Web

      Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

      appropriate for: Marketing professionals charged with creating, nurturing, and managing brand value; Entrepreneurs looking to create their own brands in the consumer/retail space; Consumer/retail general View Details
      • 01 Feb 1997
      • News

      Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

      every field of business endeavor. Their impact has been significant and broad-based: according to research by Associate Professor Amarnath V. Bhidé, more than one-third of HBS alumni currently manage their own firms twenty years after... View Details
      Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons
      • 08 Dec 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

      one-standard-deviation increase in store labor brought about a 10 percent increase in profit margin. These findings ran contrary to the thinking of store managers that Ton interviewed. They consistently identified service quality as a top... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail