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- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
research agenda for the future." But the choice to study South Korea first was methodical. The researchers deliberately sought out a country in which the decision to hire a woman would be truly opportunistic-one where there was... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
School’s Hong Luo, an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit, studies entrepreneurship in Hollywood. Like other entrepreneurs, screenwriters struggle with the decision of how to advance their product. Should they pitch just a story line... View Details
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
be difficult, especially in the face of an entrenched duopoly. The transformation requires smart decisions and sustained effort from multiple actors across multiple states, each with its own unique history, political climate, party... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?
Nobody questions that there's whopping gender imbalance in today's boardrooms, despite ample evidence that it makes financial sense to put women on the board. Companies with female board representation routinely outperform those with no... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
and who have also made a clear declaration that "this is the kind of path I want to take." Some of the participants were quick to make it clear, 'We don't want to see superstars.'—Myra M. Hart A message to Clark from one alumna... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
not equally worth doing. By clarifying and defining intended impact and theory of change, organizations can gain the clarity they need to make the important decisions of how to allocate time, money, and... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
new course in our required curriculum next year. This course will draw on a great deal of work at the School and focus on three issues: Individual decision making (how you as a leader confronting ethical... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
Designed around the course at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision maker. Illustrated with examples... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
make sure that short-term decisions don’t undermine the longer-term message. Have a clear set of strategic priorities with the long-term mission in mind. Dedicate some time (and perhaps a team) to imagining... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
Purpose, Values, and Principles. Bob McDonald announced in August that P&G's growth strategy for the future is "purpose-inspired growth." So P&G makes it a conversation. Decisions get made... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
explore interventions at the individual level and focus on recognized cognitive barriers from behavioral decision-making literature. In particular, we highlight three cognitive barriers that impede sound individual decision View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
of financial and social objectives warrants significant rethinking of organizational democracy’s merits compared both to hierarchy and to nondemocratic alternatives to hierarchy. In making this argument, we draw on some parallels with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
paper, we unpack the concept of absorptive capacity and separately explore the effect of different types of prior experience on the capacity to adopt external knowledge and make internal inventions. We also measure how absorptive capacity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)
Leslie K. John is keenly aware of the pressure researchers feel to get results. When her graduate studies in behavioral decision research didn't produce significant findings that led to publication in a prestigious journal, John felt... View Details
- June 2018 (Revised October 2018)
- Teaching Note
Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A), (B), and (C)
By: Marco Di Maggio and Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 218-095, 218-096, and 218-116. View Details
Keywords: Sell-side Analysts; Underwriters; Investment Banking; Social Network; Discounted Cash Flow; Cost Of Capital; Conflicts Of Interest; Corporate Governance; Advertising; Quiet Period; Business Startups; Digital Marketing; Initial Public Offering; Information Infrastructure; Valuation; Venture Capital; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Media; Advertising Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; California
- March 1997 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
Purity Steel Corporation, 2012
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Managers introduce a new performance evaluation system based on sales growth and return-on-investment (ROI). A branch manager wonders whether his new warehouse should be leased to mitigate the impact on ROI. Formulas and performance calculations are provided. A... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Judgments; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Efficiency; Compensation and Benefits; Salesforce Management; Performance Consistency; Performance Productivity; Steel Industry
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Purity Steel Corporation, 2012." Harvard Business School Case 197-082, March 1997. (Revised November 2013.)
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
of the challenges they would be encountering,” Elberse says. “People facing these portfolio decisions do what feels right to them. But when you analyze their strategies, you often see mistakes. We’re trying to prevent participants from... View Details
- October 1988
- Case
Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout
Describes set of issues confronting Alison Lassiter, who is trying to help Charlie Harris arrange a leveraged buyout of the shrimp company he runs, a division of a publicly traded company, Katy Industries. Lassiter has prepared a memorandum discussing and analyzing the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Equity; Cost vs Benefits; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Preparation; Financial Management; Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; Industrial Products Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Harris Seafoods Leveraged Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 289-019, October 1988.
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
if people could be persuaded to develop a healthy habit. Potentially at stake: the lives of more than a million children. Master the Team Meeting Business meetings aren't always enjoyable, but they are key to moving a team forward. Julia Austin offers tips for View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams
influenced voters’ decision to register. Pons and co-researchers Benjamin Marx and Tavneet Suri—both of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—focused on Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, where 30 ethnic groups live side by side, and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding