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- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
turnarounds. Thus, Holcomb, Holmes Jr., and Connelly argued that “firms must pay close attention both to their resource endowment and to the ability of their managers to extract value." The tale of three coaches Consider the... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
particularly in the vaccine space, had begun to attract the attention of much larger pharmaceutical companies. While there was much appeal to working with these companies, these relationships could also challenge Crucell's independence.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
effect, to build wealth that accrues to society. In addition to writing and teaching about these larger issues, the School has the responsibility to focus society's attention on them. Q: As Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture
diverse or non-traditional investors between women, people of color, and people from Latinx communities. Across most of their business, there is a fairly equal distribution between male and female employees. “We are paying attention to... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Strategy, Felix Oberholzer-Gee provides executives with a simple tool to cut through technological complexity and market uncertainties. The Value Stick, based on proven economic mechanics, is an extraordinarily powerful tool that helps executives decide where to View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
reporting, and demonstrating progress toward mission. The article describes how these logics are associated with three basic accountability regimes: coercive, technocratic, and adaptive. It then discusses how a focus on these normative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
but we still find systematic differences in some components of the accounting output). Findings like these indicate that the focus on overcoming accounting differences is important. Further, while we will be able to make some headway as... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
community through board work at Rising Ground and Service Program for Older People, both of which have rallied to help New York City through the crisis,” he says. Pandemic exposes underlying weaknesses in health care In Canada, mental health became a special View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
largely isolated from one another, and an inward focus among managers. Perpetual restructuring had created a culture of fear and had reduced employee initiative. When the new CEO asked executives individually to name the three people in... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
investigated how an organization’s heightened focus on political ideology impacts employees. We address this gap by exploring how an individual’s political ideological misfit with an organization’s prevailing ideology impacts mobility. By... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
subsequent increases in firm value. We show that companies increase performance on immaterial issues because of agency problems, low awareness of the materiality of ESG issues, and attempts to divert attention from poor performance on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
put it mildly, this was an overly rich valuation—Parker’s entire investment up to that point had been an Apple II and 10 used diskettes. With Parker’s enthusiastic assent, Sahlman used the TDC business plan as the focus of his very first... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
this article, I outline an agenda for strengthening the links between key institutions. Leaders, I argue, should focus on four goals: 1) linking knowledge creation to venture creation to speed the conversion of ideas into market-ready... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
is whether these efforts overlook a much larger job crisis ahead, one involving the service sector. The focus of attention is on a sector of the American economy that employs 12.3 million people, down from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
related real estate from Anheuser-Busch for $150 million, they didn’t only buy a baseball team. Just as the Boston Red Sox enjoy (or endure) the attentions of fans across a wide swath of New England, the Cardinals are a focal point for... View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
December 2017 Journal of Creative Behavior In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—Creativity researchers have long paid careful attention to individual creativity, beginning with studies of well-known geniuses... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
especially in B2B companies. Q: What do you mean by "performance pricing," and how does it benefit a company? Ben Shapiro: Collectively, we have worked with hundreds of companies on integrating pricing, strategy, and organizational processes—the View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
Each year hundreds of hardworking HBS students volunteer their time to arrange on-campus conferences that attract a wide variety of top-notch speakers, expert panelists, and enthusiastic audience participants. Working through student clubs, MBAs organize gatherings... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707451 CircleLending, Inc. 2006 Harvard Business School Case 206-137 CircleLending, an innovative start-up, offered individuals the ability to set up and manage informal loans made between relatives and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
higher education system and some knowledge of the obstacles and opportunities for change based on having worked with K-12 schools,” said Amara Warren (MBA 2023). “This SIP helped me narrow my focus and made me even more committed to... View Details