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  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

skills, (2) broad perspective, (3) teaming skills, (4) expanded social network, and (5) boundary-spanning skills. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our ideas for conducting future team research. Board of Directors'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

exam Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Credential of Readiness from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Apply Now Key Concepts Analyze and interpret data to inform business View Details
  • Program

Public Education Leadership Project

backgrounds, industries, and school districts across the U.S. Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Gain access to a valuable network of... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

demonstrated that Unilever could make a hostile acquisition, while the acquisition of Chesebrough-Pond's two years later showed that Unilever could move quickly and decisively if it wished. Effective procedures were put in place to absorb... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products
  • 29 Mar 2022
  • Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

Professor of Business History, and Faculty Chair of the Business History Initiative at HBS. 2. Values guide decisions Jones believes that successful firms in India have a commitment to social values above that found in many other... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Business Administration Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007), Founder & Managing Director, Graham & Walker Venture Fund; Founder, Female Founders Alliance Sarah Fay, Glasswing Ventures and All Raise Chapter Lea 10:15–11:45 a.m. Founders & Builders Track: Small Group Discussions... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14302 The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality Author:Zeynep Ton Abstract Determining staffing levels is an important decision in retail operations. While the costs of increasing labor are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Jun 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

track5 How Does a Board Introduce to the Organization a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior? The question of conditions under which a board might hire a CEO fired elsewhere for inappropriate... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

I have created opportunities for others? HBS shows me that living my values is my true north.” HOME REGION Cambridge, MA & North Carolina UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Athenahealth, The Advisory View Details
  • Web

Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

Online Research Interests : balanced scorecard , boards of directors , incentives , inter-organizational control Interviews Narayanan Vaghul Hemendra Kothari Y.V. Reddy Mallika Sarabhai Abbas Akbarally Merrill J. Fernando M.V. Subbiah Dr.... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

Norton Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, no. 110 (2009): 152-159 Abstract The present investigation explores the neural mechanisms underlying the impact of social influence on preferences. We socially... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

has a dark side, and if employees aren’t careful about how and when they express it, it can turn off colleagues or even make them feel threatened, according to new research. “You can’t just express passion and expect it will be jolly good. It isn’t always the way to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

connection between the present and the future. Current decisions are affected by what people expect the future to bring. For example, business managers set the prices of their products—at least in part—based on expectations. More broadly,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

Abstract The financial crisis of 2008-2009 has revealed that our broad model of corporate governance is broken, independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

your agent may not be enough. For example, top executive pay attorney Joe Bachelder once took his client aside after the first negotiating session. The board had selected his client to be its next CEO and was working out his compensation... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Assess business opportunities through the lens of value creation Apply the value stick, a research-based framework for strategy formulation, to key strategic decisions that companies face today Master... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

independent decisions and to find ways to improve operations—including their own. Reward achievement with pay based on performance, but keep raising the performance bar. Pay psychological rewards in addition to financial ones. Create a... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson
  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

grievances, fears, and agendas quickly coalesced into a vocal anti-Amazon movement, much in evidence at two hostile city council meetings. When the newly Democratic state senate appointed an opponent of the deal to an obscure board that... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction
  • March 2015
  • Case

BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White
BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy
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  • 06 Oct 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

firms do not have a succession plan. Maintaining best practices around physical and mental health is not a luxury or a frill, but an essential aspect of risk management. CEOs and top management need to prioritize taking care of their own health. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne