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- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
another million dollars into the [culture] and DLU it created a high degree of comfort and confidence that we're focused on what really matters," observed the VP of Sales."3 The company's revenue, profits and stock price... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
Business School Note 808-004 Firms that aspire to develop two-sided platforms face a formidable challenge. Prospective users on each side will not invest in the platform until they are confident there will be enough users on the other... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
received theory; and/or (3) reinforce the findings of more systematic investigations, giving greater confidence in their validity. Learning from such accounts calls for a "Bayesian" mindset, in which a given case study, of the... View Details
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
to defeat preconceptions so they didn't fall into any rote pattern. They made fresh choices that they were completely prepared to make. If players were truly experiencing the music anew, they wouldn't be confident enough to make skillful... View Details
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
tender offer and the urging of several activist investors and sold their firm to the smaller Dollar Tree chain. Dreiling could not help but revisit some of the key decisions he and the rest of the board had made in their pursuit of Family Dollar. From a governance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Q: Throughout your career you've talked about confidence, the power of confidence. But the portrait you paint of America and Americans today doesn't look like a very confident people. A: I think we can restore confidence. We need more... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
experts and novices equally is mediated by feelings of competitiveness (Experiment 3) and confidence (Experiments 3 and 4). Finally, Experiment 4 shows that inducing high-power individuals to feel cooperative with their advisors can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
had changed radically in March, and the Moody's team was fearful that the situation could spiral out of control. The Moody's team knew that carry traders increased Iceland's vulnerability to a confidence crisis because they were quick to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
certainly shown increasing interest in identifying ways to protect the small investor. In my view, this reflects an intriguing mix of Phase I and Phase III motivations—that is, an emphasis both on boosting investor confidence (Phase I)... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Downsizing? By: Cohen, Lauren, Joshua D. Coval, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—While we commend the initiative of Snyder and Welch (2017), we lay out in this short reply why we remain highly confident in our results and our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
consumer electronics company. The portfolio company was exceeding key financial targets and Berkshire Partners was confident that it would be another successful investment. Holmes' management team then suggested acquiring a kitchen... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
confident that shareholders will approve changes made to the company’s executive incentive plan (EIP) and steps taken to accelerate the turnover of long-serving directors, but he wonders how much longer the company will be able to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
confidence in the value of trust that he relentlessly worked to establish. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 419-032 The Global-Local Tension: Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
Tracleer, which Actelion sold and marketed worldwide. However, Tracleer's looming patent expiry in a few years and recent late-stage pipeline setbacks had put the company under pressure from investors. While Clozel was confident in their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
different company headquarters before and after a shift to truly open offices. As with any research at HBS, we were careful: the same people were tracked before and after the move; we asked them to wear the devices for a long enough period of time that we were View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
debt is actually a fraction of its face value. To reach an agreement, Greece needs to build trust and confidence in its ability to become competitive again. Its European partners need to trust its leaders to reform their country and... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
abstract, and articulate the key lessons taught by experience. In particular, we argue that purposeful reflection on one's accumulated experience leads to greater learning than the accumulation of additional experience. We explain this boost in learning through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
universities, local governments, and civic groups and developed an array of outreach programs to help people understand and express themselves through music. Ma was confident that there could be no better time to hand over leadership. But... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
intrinsic or extrinsic incentives, and, for a wide range of settings, when the principal is more confident about the right course of action. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-085.pdf Publications Quanto Sei (a)Morale?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
effect of boundary spanning contact on boundary spanners' negative attitudes toward their own jobs and organization (e.g., job attractiveness and confidence in the organization). Download the Paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne