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- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
poses no major obstacles to analysis. In fact, its size enables us to be more confident in our findings. Q: With the increased use of electronic communication, is there an impact on communication structures when we start to lose the human... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 14 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Growing CEOs from the Inside
company and confidence of its people to drive that transformation. Q: At an organizational level, how should companies build a succession program? A: Companies don't build succession programs, their CEOs do. The CEO has to want to manage... View Details
- 10 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative
social mission, but also with their counterparts in the partnering organization. Perhaps this personal connection is at the nexus of the confidence and trust that allows these collaborations to develop. Personal connections become... View Details
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
segment consumers into four different groups: Confident Rejecters, Cautious Optimists, Stoic Skeptics, and Stressed and Strained. The agency then created different messages for each one—for example, emphasizing affordability for the... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
recognized as a result of the bubble—have been those of the analysts who worked in the investment banks. The banks employ two kinds of analysts: Those who issue recommendations about individual firms, and those who try to get investors to buy the stocks. For an... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
updating the 10 disruptive forces identified in the first edition, showing how managers can address these challenges, and describing how public confidence in the market system could be rebuilt. The revised edition includes examples of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
choosing not to target firms that generate employment, for example, may erode investor confidence if they are found more likely to have accounting problems, leading to less investment and actually driving down employment. Similarly,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
especially biased or imprecise." The computer simulations used to create the ratings are a standard tool, he says, adding that many would also describe it as a dangerous one because they create a false sense of confidence in what are... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Q: Throughout your career you've talked about confidence, the power of confidence. But the portrait you paint of America and Americans today doesn't look like a very confident people. A: I think we can restore confidence. We need more... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
tender offer and the urging of several activist investors and sold their firm to the smaller Dollar Tree chain. Dreiling could not help but revisit some of the key decisions he and the rest of the board had made in their pursuit of Family Dollar. From a governance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
programming decisions and setting advertising rates? Nielsen had become the gold standard in the broadcast industry and felt confident in their data. Could Bluefin's system provide new insights to marketers and broadcasters? Or would it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
stakeholders. In the case of Shire, both a commitment to integrated thinking and the adoption of integrated reporting appear to have helped the company attract longer-term investors, which in turn has strengthened management's confidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
still more government debt would be imprudent. Should Japan lose its AA- sovereign debt rating, confidence in the country's economy and government could be sent into a debilitating tailspin. A safer, even if less popular, course of action... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
fatal; how they are handled can strengthen or rupture the social contract. If a breach is inadvertent, for example, managers normally should acknowledge it and reassure the other side that the "violation" was unintentional, not exploitative. Indeed, sincere... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
gain confidence and establish their credibility. Third, the mentors provided crucial career advice and counsel that prevented their protégés from getting sidetracked from the path leading to the executive level. Fourth, the mentors often... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
2018 by Charles Scharf, who has focused on cleaning up the messes and restoring the confidence of regulators. These succession failures illustrate some of the risks companies face during CEO transitions, and they raise some obvious... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
different company headquarters before and after a shift to truly open offices. As with any research at HBS, we were careful: the same people were tracked before and after the move; we asked them to wear the devices for a long enough period of time that we were View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
debt is actually a fraction of its face value. To reach an agreement, Greece needs to build trust and confidence in its ability to become competitive again. Its European partners need to trust its leaders to reform their country and... View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
offers consumers an extra benefit: online payments tend to create records documenting the fact of a customer's purchase; consumers of free content may feel more confident that their purchases will remain confidential. More broadly,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
Harvard's Center for International Development, has confidence that Liberia has the ability to strike a balance between growth and stability. Among the strengths working in its favor, he says, are transparency and macroeconomic stability.... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard