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John Macomber argues that private investors could play a pivotal role in developing adaptation projects that provide strong returns. 06 Nov 2024 Managing the Future of Work Guest Episode: Joseph Fuller on The Gartner Talent Angle Bill... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

"should" items when the impact will be felt in the future. They also talk about their related research on DVD rentals—should I rent the good-for-me documentary An Inconvenient Truth or the entertaining Pirates of the Caribbean—and offer implications for View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation
  • August 2024
  • Case

Lucky Ones Coffee: Employing People with Disabilities

By: Richard S. Ruback, Robin Greenwood, Joe Higgins, Matthew Preble and Dave Habeeb
Katie Holyfield and Taylor Matkins founded The Lucky Ones Coffee in 2017 with a mission to create jobs in Park City, Utah for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The company quickly earned strong support from the local community, and by early 2023... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Service Industry; Tourism Industry; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Utah; United States
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  • 06 Oct 2023
  • Book

Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week

solve difficult problems. Denouncing Mark Zuckerberg’s informal Facebook motto, “move fast and break things,” partners Frei and Morriss combine their decades of consulting experience—Frei as the UPS Foundation Professor of Service View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • October 2007 (Revised January 2008)
  • Case

The Transformation of Thomson

By: David J. Collis and Troy Smith
Thomson, a French multinational, went through a decade of dramatic change in the early years of the 21st century. From a state-owned enterprise earning 97% of its revenue from television sets and other analog consumer electronics, Thomson had become a publicly traded... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Technology Industry; France
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    Wenxin Du

    Wenxin Du is a Professor of Finance and the Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management at the Harvard Business School. She studies global currency and fixed income markets, central banking, financial... View Details

    • 25 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

    career choice at 3.5 percent. Among all the Ivy League graduates: 21 percent held at least one finance job after graduation. 8 percent made it to the C-suite, the highest level of management at most companies. 14 percent pursued science,... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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    Programs & Events - Alumni

    Executive Education HBS Campus Authentic Leader Development Increase your effectiveness as a leader and earn the trust of colleagues by leading from your own core vision and most deeply held values. Jun 04 04–07 JUN 2025 Executive... View Details
    • September 12, 2022
    • Article

    Merit or Inherit: How to Approach Succession in a Family Business

    By: Josh Baron
    One of the most critical questions facing family businesses is how to treat the next generation. They are clearly different from other employees, as current or potential owners of the company, whose wealth and reputation are on the line. On the flip side, most parents... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Management Succession
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    • September 2019 (Revised July 2021)
    • Case

    Gap, Inc., 2019

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In 2000, The Gap, Inc. (Gap) was the world’s largest player in specialty fashion retailing, and companies such as Inditex of Spain, H&M of Sweden, and Fast Retailing of Japan were less than a quarter of Gap’s size. But after two decades of growth, Gap’s progress... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Change; Fashion; Multinational; Brands; Fast Fashion; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Performance Improvement; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Change Management; Strategy; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sweden; Spain; United States
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    • September 2011
    • Article

    What Drives Sell-Side Analyst Compensation at High-Status Investment Banks?

    By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and David A. Maber
    We use proprietary data from a major investment bank to investigate factors associated with analysts' annual compensation. We find compensation to be positively related to "All-Star" recognition, investment-banking contributions, the size of analysts' portfolios, and... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Banking; Research; Compensation and Benefits; Investment Portfolio; Forecasting and Prediction; Resource Allocation; Status and Position; Business Earnings; Quality; Revenue; Stocks; Voting
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    • 26 Apr 2024
    • HBS Case

    Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

    subordinates feels micromanaged, which is bizarre.” It’s a leadership approach focused on self-discipline and personal accountability, one that might be considered refreshing in a business world often bogged down by managers who... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

      Waze Connected Citizens Program

      Di-Ann Eisnor, Director of Growth at Waze, founded the company’s Connected Citizens Program (CCP), a data-sharing partnership that provided officials with traffic incident and congestion data in exchange for data on anticipated road closures, re-routing, etc.... View Details
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      Information Dissemination in Capital Markets

       

      Seeking to bridge economic theory and the role of individuals, Professor Brochet researches the transmission of information in capital markets. He has investigated the effects of information... View Details
      • 2009
      • Working Paper

      Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act

      By: Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
      This paper analyzes the impact on firm behavior of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings by U.S. multinationals. The analysis controls for endogeneity and omitted variable bias by using... View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Taxation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Behavior; United States
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      • 15 Aug 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy

      their belts, the team’s review adds valuable new insights into how to prioritize spending in ways that not only help people in need but improve the mood and well-being of the helpers. Oh, goody! In one of the experiments included in the review, participants learned... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 29 Sep 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      Pride Goeth Before a Profit

      At General Motors' Car Assembly Plant in Wilmington, DE, there is a film that managers like to show when times get tough. Dating to 1991, the film opens with a GM executive saying that the plant will be closed in three years. There is no... View Details
      Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
      • 23 Jan 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers

      Ostensibly, Shah was trying to refocus employees. New research from Harvard Business School Professor Joseph B. Fuller offers a different take. When workers feel tension between their work and private lives, they’re likely to quit or be less productive. Fuller’s latest... View Details
      Keywords: by Kara Baskin
      • June 2016
      • Supplement

      FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies Spreadsheet Supplement

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Akiko Kanno
      In February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a US-based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Valuation; Investment Funds; Policy; Corporate Governance; Macroeconomics; Investment Activism; Change Management; Financial Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Japan; United States
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      • 02 Apr 2024
      • What Do You Think?

      What's Enough to Make Us Happy?

      today’s multibillionaires and much less than most people would have assumed. One reason was that he gave away half of what he earned throughout his career. He gained a great deal of satisfaction from being frugal with the rest. His major... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett