Option Value - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

employees' eroding sense of loyalty and cynicism over the growing gap between the compensation of those at the top and those on the front lines all indicate that value distribution must change. The rapid spread of stock View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online

key elements and learn how to formulate a customer value proposition, determine product-market fit, and distinguish between marketing- and sales-led organizations. Highlights Nicole Clay, Co-Founder and CMO, Hue Sales v. Marketing... View Details

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Partners & Families | MBA

and meet some of your closest friends. Partners Club The Partners' Club provides value to on-campus partners seeking opportunities to socialize and network with other partners. Eligible members include spouses, boyfriends, girlfriends,... View Details

19 Jan 2023
Blog Post

11 Ways to Reengage Employees in the New Year

a day of paid time to volunteer at a charity of their choice. Give back to your community while showing employees how your company values are lived out and creating an opportunity for staff to participate in building that culture. 11. Be... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

08 Jul 2002
What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

desires) ... Why should it be any different for the high-flyers? If they are truly good, is it really necessary to pay them more than they can ever hope to spend?" As Stever Robbins says, "Alignment is still a great idea. We've not seen alignment with recent... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Ann Lucena

large part of the answer is the people the company brings in and the culture it creates," Ann says. "At Google, you could see how much value they place on treating employees well. Creativity and risk-taking are not only valued,... View Details

28 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking

students where people can thrive in the culture.” This is the case for both the bulge bracket banks with significant brand recognition on campus and the boutique banks. Students see the value of experience in both types of organizations... View Details

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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog

They can also be 100 percent family-owned or have outside investors; value is certainly affected not only by management quality, but also by the level of Family control and ownership. Family businesses come in all shapes and sizes, and... View Details

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

reputation as “the everything store” can sometimes work against it, overwhelming consumers with too many options and an impersonal experience. Convening: Indie bookstores are increasingly serving as points for convening, expanding beyond... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

11 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)

a year and a half working in supply chain optimization at Pinnacle Foods in New Jersey, Sheil faced a choice – begin her MBA now or pull one more lever of change. “I had the option to either go to HBS or I could do something else for a... View Details

14 Aug 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

examine the direct entry of platform owners into complementors’ product spaces. It finds that both the motivation and impact of such entries on complementors are multifaceted. The motivation behind platform owners’ direct entry goes beyond View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

preclude considering the option of knocking down and starting all over again if that's what is best for the business ... (but) Kaplan & Foster [authors of the book] seem to be recommending destruction for its own sake." Readers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Mar 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?

Representative Kevin Brady, a Republican from Texas and the House Ways and Means chairman, stated "our legislation transfers power from Washington back to the American people. We dismantle Obamacare's damaging taxes and mandates so states can deliver quality,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Dr. Gordon Moore, and Emily Boudreau

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Sustainable investing and ESG resources

by ERM, this report synthesizes survey responses from investors and companies to assess the value and quality of ESG ratings from leading ratings firms. ESG data (public company focus) MSCI ESG Research This platform includes access... View Details

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

executive's ability, but in some cases the executive may be able to do very little to change the measured value of stock option expense. Q: A unique feature of your model is its focus on short-term... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54899 forthcoming Management Science How Do Sales Efforts Pay Off? Dynamic Panel Data Analysis in the Nerlove-Arrow Framework By: Chung, Doug J., Byungyeon Kim, and Byoung G. Park Abstract— This paper evaluates the short-... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 13

choose the platform with a restricted number of candidates. This is because those agents value the higher rate of acceptance more than access to more candidates. Agents with higher outside options choose the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2011
News

An HBS gift guide

shake this nagging feeling that we weren’t getting great value for our dollar.” View the duo's fashion earrings Next Open the world to disabled travelers Darren Brehm (MBA 2007) Founder, AbilityTrip HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellow,... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; holiday; gift giving; Manufacturing; Retail Trade

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Mina Kazanlieva

situations. "We were value investors and were active throughout the economic cycle." Leadership made personal For Mina, getting an MBA was driven by both professional and personal motivations. "When you evaluate... View Details

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Kurt White

commander.” If he continued to advance in the military, however, “I’d never work with soldiers face-to-face again.” As he considered options that would allow him “to lead people I could mentor and train,” a business career looked... View Details

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