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- February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Versity.com
By: Leslie A. Perlow
Versity.com has grown from four college students working out of a dorm to a $125 million venture capital-backed company. The young founders and new professional managers struggle to create a company vision and grapple with the question of whether to acquire another... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development; Organizational Design; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Teams; Core Relationships
Perlow, Leslie A. "Versity.com." Harvard Business School Case 403-132, February 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
of familiarity, cultural gulfs and local differences often remain hidden. Amid these conflicting realities, however, HBS alumni report anecdotal evidence that a youthful and growing cosmopolitan business class is bringing these different... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
Number 6: Consideration of ESG factors might create a conflict with fiduciary duty for some investors. Reality: Many ESG factors have been shown to have positive correlations with corporate financial performance and value, prompting ERISA... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
By: Gil, Nuno, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract—We argue that a design commons can be an advantageous organizational form under two salient conditions: 1) high "subtractability" because different claimants have mutually exclusive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
Organizational Behavior The Energizing Nature of Work Engagement: Toward a New Need-Based Theory of Work Motivation By: Green, Paul, Eli Finkel, Grainne Fitzsimons, and Francesca Gino Abstract—We present theory suggesting that experiences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
same-journal and self-cites are excluded. Our results thus suggest that despite potential conflicts of interest faced by editors, personal associations are used to improve selection decisions. August 2013 Marketing Science Complementary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
fact that a major industry’s conventional wisdom could go unchallenged for so long, and eventually prove to be so misguided, was striking to McNamara. It exposed a serious flaw in organizational and management systems, both public and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
engagement? To answer these questions, we utilized self-determination theory to examine whether reward satisfaction predicted employee well-being, job satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and affective commitment, as well as valuable View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
Equity. It provides an opportunity to discuss a variety of issues related to leveraged buyouts including the process, the role of private equity, the incentives of the participants, the benefits to conflicting shareholders, and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
exposure to shift work, long work hours, job insecurity, work–family conflict, low job control, high job demands, low social support at work, and low organizational justice. Our model uses input parameters obtained from publicly... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
corporation. It describes the firm's portfolio strategy and the Danaher Business System—a systematic and wide-ranging set of organizational processes the firm has developed to drive growth and create value. In 2008, the firm confronts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
job and getting banned from serving as an executive or director at any other company for five years. This consensual workplace relationship—forbidden under the iconic fast-food chain’s fraternization policy because of potential conflicts... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development, and because context is crucial, needed fixes in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
kind of generosity. Royalties from this book go to Christian ministries focused on spreading the Gospel and providing for those in need. Global Risk Agility and Decision Making: Organizational Resilience in the Era of Manmade Risk by... View Details
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
property development. A family member, Raymond Cheng, had narrowed the list of potential markets to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Notwithstanding a history of instability and conflict and substantial government control of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
However, they have been most often studied separately. Because our focus was on leadership in action, we were able to observe how these three interrelated organizational skills work in concert as leaders and their groups undertake to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
experts in ethics, law, finance, accounting, and organizational behavior, aims to give students an analytical framework for thinking about tough, contemporary business issues by combining economic, legal, and ethical perspectives and... View Details
- Web
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Leadership Principles, and Business Strategy. For Experienced Leaders in CLIMB, participants must earn a Certificate of Completion in: Dynamic Teaming, Organizational Leadership, and Strategy Execution) and earn a Certificate of... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
Interorganizational Conflict Authors:Elizabeth Long Lingo, Colin Fisher, and Kathleen L. McGinn Publication:In Handbook of Conflict Management Research, edited by Neal M. Ashkansy, Oluremi B. Ayoko, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel