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- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
investor's financial returns. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets brings together a series of Harvard Business School case studies on emerging markets. This book is an invaluable resource for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2003 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
Sanford C. Bernstein: The Fork in the Road (A)
By: Boris Groysberg and Anahita Hashemi
Soon after the death of the firm's legendary founder, the individuals then serving as chairman and as president--Lewis A. Sanders and Roger Hertog, respectively--talked about the future of their firm. Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., a private investment firm, had grown... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Expectations; Competitive Advantage; Valuation
Groysberg, Boris, and Anahita Hashemi. "Sanford C. Bernstein: The Fork in the Road (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-001, November 2003. (Revised February 2011.)
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
Financial data on US companies is easy to come by—if they are listed on the stock market. More than 99 percent of them are not, presenting a challenge for researchers intent on studying how privately held firms operate. “It seemed natural... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
Do gender-diverse companies make more money than businesses run primarily by men? If research says they perform better, that could bolster the argument that women should have more access to top positions in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2015
- News
Study finds that daughters benefit when moms work
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 2014
- Article
The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations
By: Alnoor Ebrahim, Julie Battilana and Johanna Mair
We examine the challenges of governance facing organizations that pursue a social mission through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as social enterprises, combine aspects of both charity and business at their core. In this... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Hybrid Organizations; Nonprofit; Performance Measurement; Legal Form; Agency Theory; Stakeholder Management; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Corporate Accountability
Ebrahim, Alnoor, Julie Battilana, and Johanna Mair. "The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations." Research in Organizational Behavior 34 (2014): 81–100.
- 30 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Finding Pride
This is an abridged version of the ''Finding Pride" story, originally published on the Harvard Business School's Alumni website. In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t CrooksWhy Good Audits Go Bad
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed into law last July, is the government's response to a series of financial reporting scandals that rocked investors. Among other measures the law offers up stiff criminal penalties for accounting fraud. But in this Harvard View Details
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
in times of need?” Business networks form In this sense, the experience created intergenerational ties, supplementing those formed among camp internees. These bonds proved useful to Germans in finding new... View Details
- September–October 2013
- Article
Discretion Within Constraint: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
By: Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart and Michael Tushman
Homophily in social relations results from both individual preferences and selective opportunities for interaction, but how these two mechanisms interact in large, contemporary organizations is not well understood. We argue that organizational structures and geography... View Details
Keywords: Familiarity; Interpersonal Communication; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Social and Collaborative Networks; Gender; Information Technology Industry
Kleinbaum, Adam M., Toby E. Stuart, and Michael Tushman. "Discretion Within Constraint: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization." Organization Science 24, no. 5 (September–October 2013): 1316–1336.
- August 2022
- Case
Rocket Learning: Evidence in Action
By: Brian Trelstad, Tomas Rosales and Malini Sen
Founders of Rocket Learning, an India-based nonprofit which focused on early childhood education (ECE), received an invitation from MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), a development research organization, to test its intervention for ECE with a... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Early Childhood Education; Nonprofit Organizations; Literacy; Values and Beliefs; Social and Collaborative Networks; Education Industry; India; Asia
Trelstad, Brian, Tomas Rosales, and Malini Sen. "Rocket Learning: Evidence in Action." Harvard Business School Case 323-002, August 2022.
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
continuing series on faculty research and teaching commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first women to enter Harvard Business School's two-year MBA program. "A lot of discrimination happens because... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
(AdobeStock/Halfpoint) Sometimes we experience what Yogi Berra described as “déjà vu all over again.” It happened to me several weeks ago and left me wondering whether it’s déjà vu or whether things really have changed. Years ago, my colleague at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- April 1999
- Article
Diversification Strategies of British Trading Companies: Harrisons & Crosfield c1900-c1980
By: G. Jones and Judith Wale
This article examines the diversification strategies and organisational competencies of Harrisons & Crosfield, a British-based multinational, between 1900 and 1980. There is an accumulating body of case study evidence on the historical evolution of British... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Diversification; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Competency and Skills; Great Britain
Jones, G., and Judith Wale. "Diversification Strategies of British Trading Companies: Harrisons & Crosfield c1900-c1980." Business History 41, no. 2 (April 1999): 69–101.
- Winter 2021
- Article
Dealmaking Disrupted: The Unexplored Power of Social Media in Negotiation
By: James K. Sebenius, Ben Cook, David A. Lax, Isaac Silberberg and Paul Levy
While social media has had profound effects in many realms, the theory and practice of negotiation have remained relatively untouched by this potent phenomenon. In this article, we survey existing research in this area and develop a broader framework for understanding... View Details
Sebenius, James K., Ben Cook, David A. Lax, Isaac Silberberg, and Paul Levy. "Dealmaking Disrupted: The Unexplored Power of Social Media in Negotiation." Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Negotiation. Negotiation Journal 37, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 97–141.
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
Improve Collective Intelligence, written by Ethan Bernstein, the Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; Jesse Shore, assistant professor at Boston... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- Web
Program Requirements - Doctoral
Courses (7 courses) Strategy students are required to take five additional doctoral courses. The Foundations of Strategy (HBS 4110) The Economics of International Business (HBS 4720) Analytical Methods for Strategy View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
heart attack. Of those, between 1,500 to 3,000 fewer women may have died if their doctor had been female, Laura Huang, a study co-author and Harvard Business School associate professor, said in an interview. The View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
Foundation & the Joslin Vision Network-Venezuela No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/morella-mendoza-de-grossmann-foundation-the-joslin-vision-network-venezuela/an/314035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne